Cinematic Techniques Used In The Film, Corpse Bride

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]In the movie Corpse Bride, Victor played by (Johnny Depp) is a young man that is getting married to a beautiful young lady named Victoria, also known as Emily Watson. Things came up and it seems that Victor is doing everything wrong. Victor feels ashamed and wonders off into the woods. As victor does his vows to a tree, he awakens a dead bride. This bride known as Emily (Helena Bonham Carter) falls deeply in love with Victor. What will Victor do now. Corpse Bride is a good film for kids; the characters are very humorous, the setting of the movie is very colorful and dark throughout the movie, this movie can teach you a lot.

As I was watching Corpse Bride, the plot was very understanding and easy to seek out. When Victor accidentally put that ring on Emily’s finger in the woods, he knew that he had a problem and that was very easy to point out. Tim Burton used high angle to show the audience how scared victor was of Emily coming out of her grave. As Victor left to see his soon to be wife he left his real wife in the graveyard. In this scene low key
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Emily skin color was blue, she looked mostly like a ghost. Even know Emily looked different, she was actually a really sweet girl. The camera used tilt to show how Emily looked. Lady Everglot was very different, her head was big and she was mean to her husband. Tim Burton used medium shot to show how Lady Everglot head and the way she talked to her husband. All in all, Tim Burton made a very great film. This movie was very humorous, funny and interesting for people to watch. Even know the characters where shaped weird and looked very different, Tim burton made them funny in their own way. The Corpse Bride movie caught your attention very easily and the plot of the movie was interesting to watch. The setting of this movie was unordinary but it was colorful and it fun to watch. Overall this was a great movie and I would recommend people to

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