Cinematic Techniques
“When I was growing up, Dr.Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that hit me,” Tim Burton. When a director is making a movie they tend to use certain cinematic techniques in order to create the mood or foreshadow future events. Some directors have their own techniques they use frequently due to developing their own sense of style. Tim Burton and Tim Henson have their own style and cinematic techniques they use while directing their films. Even though Tim Burton and Tim Henson have different techniques for camera angles and lighting, they both become similar when they create the setting for their movies.
In Tim Burton’s film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, …show more content…
By using this angle the audience can focus more on the father’s expression rather than what is going on in the background. This type of angle was used to create a sense of hesitation within the father because it shows how much surprise his facial expressions were. Not to mention the long shot camera angle that was used when Willy Wonka and Charlie enter Charlie’s home. The long shot was used to allow the audience to attain a clear view of the house and Charlie’s family. The use of a long shot of the family together shows that the family is doing better, which could allow for the foreshadowing of future events. By showing the family together and doing stuff in a long shot shows that something has in deed changed. In addition to using camera angles, Tim Burton also uses different lighting techniques to create the mood. When using a darker lighting technique it makes the shot seem more gloomy, mysterious, creepy, etc. In Burton’s case his use of darker lighting creates a gloomy type of mood. When Willy Wonka is reunited with his father, the lighting appears to be darker than other scenes. This allows the audience to take in …show more content…
In Tim Burton’s film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Burton feeds off of childish wonder and in Tim Henson’s film The Labyrinth, Henson feeds off of children's folklore. Tim Burton interacts more with his inner child to create the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Burton creates a factory where everything inside is made of candy and chocolate, this shows that kids imaginations run wild. But Burton also has a bit of a dark side to him. When directing his film he makes it so that Willy Wonka didn’t have the support of his family so he runs away. When Willy Wonka meets children who have their parents it is hard for him to understand everything. This compares to Henson’s film because in Korean folklore Dokkaebi, better known as Goblins, would be frequently placed in children’s books. By creating a film where an older sibling basically sacrifices their younger sibling to a goblin king, Henson makes it so that he shows the frustration siblings have with one another. He used goblins and a labyrinth to show that if you ever feel like getting rid of sibling, there’s going to be a time where you need them and you’ll have to go through obstacles in order to take back what you have lost. In comparison to Burton’s dark sense of reality, Henson makes it so that the female protagonist almost loses her little brother. Sarah, who’s the female protagonist, then regrets everything she said that
“When I was growing up, Dr.Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that hit me,” Tim Burton. When a director is making a movie they tend to use certain cinematic techniques in order to create the mood or foreshadow future events. Some directors have their own techniques they use frequently due to developing their own sense of style. Tim Burton and Tim Henson have their own style and cinematic techniques they use while directing their films. Even though Tim Burton and Tim Henson have different techniques for camera angles and lighting, they both become similar when they create the setting for their movies.
In Tim Burton’s film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, …show more content…
By using this angle the audience can focus more on the father’s expression rather than what is going on in the background. This type of angle was used to create a sense of hesitation within the father because it shows how much surprise his facial expressions were. Not to mention the long shot camera angle that was used when Willy Wonka and Charlie enter Charlie’s home. The long shot was used to allow the audience to attain a clear view of the house and Charlie’s family. The use of a long shot of the family together shows that the family is doing better, which could allow for the foreshadowing of future events. By showing the family together and doing stuff in a long shot shows that something has in deed changed. In addition to using camera angles, Tim Burton also uses different lighting techniques to create the mood. When using a darker lighting technique it makes the shot seem more gloomy, mysterious, creepy, etc. In Burton’s case his use of darker lighting creates a gloomy type of mood. When Willy Wonka is reunited with his father, the lighting appears to be darker than other scenes. This allows the audience to take in …show more content…
In Tim Burton’s film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Burton feeds off of childish wonder and in Tim Henson’s film The Labyrinth, Henson feeds off of children's folklore. Tim Burton interacts more with his inner child to create the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Burton creates a factory where everything inside is made of candy and chocolate, this shows that kids imaginations run wild. But Burton also has a bit of a dark side to him. When directing his film he makes it so that Willy Wonka didn’t have the support of his family so he runs away. When Willy Wonka meets children who have their parents it is hard for him to understand everything. This compares to Henson’s film because in Korean folklore Dokkaebi, better known as Goblins, would be frequently placed in children’s books. By creating a film where an older sibling basically sacrifices their younger sibling to a goblin king, Henson makes it so that he shows the frustration siblings have with one another. He used goblins and a labyrinth to show that if you ever feel like getting rid of sibling, there’s going to be a time where you need them and you’ll have to go through obstacles in order to take back what you have lost. In comparison to Burton’s dark sense of reality, Henson makes it so that the female protagonist almost loses her little brother. Sarah, who’s the female protagonist, then regrets everything she said that