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The Art of Tim Burton Creepy, eerie, dark, and weird are all words that describe Tim Burton. Tim is known for hits like “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, “Edward Scissorhands”, and my personal favorite “The Corpse Bride” all very successful movies that are favorites to many people. In my opinion, Tim burton is an amazing and talented artist who puts amazing and insightful twists on stories that the average Joe wouldn't see or understand until looking into one of his films. His inspirational and eerie stories can and will change perspective of anyone. His choices as a director are very recognizable, if you are a tim burton fan it is easy to spot out his work when it comes to lighting, color pallets, soundtrack choices, camera angles and of course signature actor choices. Tim Burton’s most visible choice to the average person is the costumes and color choice. He is known for having a darker approach on his perspective of everyday life, for example, In the film “Alice in Wonderland”, in the battle scene we see the White Queen vs the Queen of Hearts, the contrasting colors of the red to the white displays the seriousness and harsh difference between the two sides and personalities, this …show more content…
This to me shows once again contrast but in the way in which we see death as such a taboo and scary thing that is “not going to happen anytime soon” but in reality it can be around the corner at any point in time, it also shows, in the scene where passed loved ones reunite with their families and friends how death impacts us, the dead seemed to brighten the colors and the mood in the human world when brought to the

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