Cinematic Techniques In Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory

Lighting is a technique that director Tim Burton uses to create the perfect mood for a particular scene in many of his well known movies. An example is when low-key lighting is used to fill the screen with darkness. Just barely any light left in the movie, which can give the sense danger and fear throughout the scene of the movie. In contrast high-key lighting is used to do the opposite of low-key lighting. It’s used to fill the screen with brightness, which can give the scene a sense of warmness and happiness. For instance in the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” the introduction shows the dark inside of the factory. All you can see is a black background and a single dim light to show the machine masking chocolate bars. However later on in the movie we are showed the land of candy and an immediate transition from dark to light lighting happens. When we …show more content…
An example is in the beginning of the movie it shows either a city or a town and you see it from a high angle. For instance in the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” we are shown the exterior of the factory from a high angle and looks dirty grey with smoke coming out of the chambers of the factory with the sky looking cloudy, grey, and cold. Which gives the appearance of it being a poor town because of its old houses throughout the town. Which helps the audience know where the movie is taking place. But this technique is also used in many other movies directed by Tim Burton such as “Big Fish.” In this movie Tim Burton uses this technique to show the audience an old house that is a dirty white and has branches and vines around it making it look old, and creepy which we could see because of this shot letting the audience know what the house looks like. Making this cinematic technique help the audience know the setting of a science of