Tim Burton Cinematic Techniques

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Tim Burton the director of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands and Corpse Bride. The director uses the cinematic techniques throughout these movies to give it that special effect. Without these cinematic techniques throughout these movies it would not have the same effect it gives for the audience to feel. Every audience member knows that each director has their own style to give of each movie. The director Tim Burton has a dark and creepiness style in each one of his movies. But the cinematic techniques that achieve that effect the most is lighting, editing and framing.

In the movie Edward Scissorhands, lighting achieves the effect of mood during the scene of the neighborhood. During the scene of the neighborhood high
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In the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory there is an eye line match, it is used to show when someone is looking at one thing. But that one thing is not shown until after the next second. There is a eye line match of Charlie finding the golden ticket. This is suppose to show a exciting moment for Charlie for when he finds the ticket. Due to the eye line match during the scene of Charlie finding the golden ticket it shows the audience the excitement of how Charlie is feeling when he finds the golden ticket. Without this effect during that scene it does not show the interesting moment that happened to Charlie. In the next movie editing plays a big role in this next scene.

Editing is used in the movie Edward Scissorhands with using the cinematic technique shot reverse shot. Shot reverse shot is when one character is looking at another characters face, and then flips the other way around. In the scene where Edward was looking at a picture of Kim it shows that Edward is starting to feel something for her. This shot is showing how Edward is starting to feel about Kim without even knowing her. Without the shot reverse shot the audience would not know what Edward would be looking at. Another eye line match changes the whole meaning of how this next scene is

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