Tim Burton is one of the greatest directors of all time, with a macabre style that is also seemingly innocent. Despite being very famous now as an Hollywood producer and director, he spent most of his childhood reading books and watching television. Burton has made many very popular movies, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Tim Burton makes a unique, disturbing, yet childish style using lighting, sound, and camera angle.
Tim Burton uses lighting in all of his works to show the contrast of certain characters and places to their surroundings, a repeating theme in his movies. In almost all of his movies, Tim burton makes sure that the main characters do not fit in with their enviroment. In Edward Scissorhands, Burton makes the choice that when Peggy enters the Inventor’s castle for the first time, despite it being extremely dark from a distance the outside of the castle is a sprawling garden with brilliantly made topiaries and brightly colored flowers. Burton did this on purpose, not only as a plot device to foretell Edward, but to show that this seemingly abandoned place that is very dark and scary is also very bright and happy. This can also be seen as ironic, considering the Inventor’s castle is harboring a leather clad, …show more content…
One of the biggest ones that he does is suspense building. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, during the opening credits he makes a very loud and well put together symphony of machinery and seemingly factory noises, only for it to stop for 5 seconds so Willy Wonka can put the 5 golden tickets in their separate chocolate bars. Burton uses the sounds of loud machinery and orchestras to make this gigantic mood and synergy of noise that wraps the viewer in, only for it to stop for something very small. He uses music in a comedic way, despite the intense music surrounding it all, something only his style could do so
Tim Burton uses lighting in all of his works to show the contrast of certain characters and places to their surroundings, a repeating theme in his movies. In almost all of his movies, Tim burton makes sure that the main characters do not fit in with their enviroment. In Edward Scissorhands, Burton makes the choice that when Peggy enters the Inventor’s castle for the first time, despite it being extremely dark from a distance the outside of the castle is a sprawling garden with brilliantly made topiaries and brightly colored flowers. Burton did this on purpose, not only as a plot device to foretell Edward, but to show that this seemingly abandoned place that is very dark and scary is also very bright and happy. This can also be seen as ironic, considering the Inventor’s castle is harboring a leather clad, …show more content…
One of the biggest ones that he does is suspense building. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, during the opening credits he makes a very loud and well put together symphony of machinery and seemingly factory noises, only for it to stop for 5 seconds so Willy Wonka can put the 5 golden tickets in their separate chocolate bars. Burton uses the sounds of loud machinery and orchestras to make this gigantic mood and synergy of noise that wraps the viewer in, only for it to stop for something very small. He uses music in a comedic way, despite the intense music surrounding it all, something only his style could do so