Cinematic techniques is the figurative language of film. Different film techniques are showcased in order to better enhance meaning and emotions. Tim Burton uses sound, lighting, and camera point of views, to create suspense, joy, fear, and anger.
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Corpse Bride, Tim Burton uses diegetic sound to foreshadow a negative event that may occur. For example,in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Augustus was given the opportunity to taste any thing in the chocolate factory garden his diegetic sound was much different from the others. His had a much lower base and greater frequency giving the viewers a suspenseful feeling. When Peg, from Edward Scissorhands, enters the castle there is the same low based high frequency diegetic sound in the background giving the viewer a tense and unsure mood. In Corpse Bride, when Victor is running away from the branch he has accidentally …show more content…
For example, in Edward Scissorhands, Peg enters the castle to see low key lighting giving the viewer a creepy and horrifying image. There were shadows and dark figures throughout the castle establishing an eerie and yet spooky surrounding. Victor, from Corpse Bride, lets go of the butterfly he was drawing the viewer follows the butterfly throughout the city, showing us the low key lighting in the alleys, giving us an apprehensious mood. In Charlie and Chocolate Factory, Charlie, Mike, Augustus, Violet, and Veruca walk up to the chocolate factory, the door and entrance was low key lit to give the viewer anxiety not knowing what’s on the other side. Unlike the low key lighting showcased in these films, the high key lighting gives a much more comforting experience. Burton’s use of low key lighting provides a great tool when needing to create a suspenseful
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Corpse Bride, Tim Burton uses diegetic sound to foreshadow a negative event that may occur. For example,in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Augustus was given the opportunity to taste any thing in the chocolate factory garden his diegetic sound was much different from the others. His had a much lower base and greater frequency giving the viewers a suspenseful feeling. When Peg, from Edward Scissorhands, enters the castle there is the same low based high frequency diegetic sound in the background giving the viewer a tense and unsure mood. In Corpse Bride, when Victor is running away from the branch he has accidentally …show more content…
For example, in Edward Scissorhands, Peg enters the castle to see low key lighting giving the viewer a creepy and horrifying image. There were shadows and dark figures throughout the castle establishing an eerie and yet spooky surrounding. Victor, from Corpse Bride, lets go of the butterfly he was drawing the viewer follows the butterfly throughout the city, showing us the low key lighting in the alleys, giving us an apprehensious mood. In Charlie and Chocolate Factory, Charlie, Mike, Augustus, Violet, and Veruca walk up to the chocolate factory, the door and entrance was low key lit to give the viewer anxiety not knowing what’s on the other side. Unlike the low key lighting showcased in these films, the high key lighting gives a much more comforting experience. Burton’s use of low key lighting provides a great tool when needing to create a suspenseful