Tim Burton's Style Essay
Tim Burton is renowned for embracing dark undertones in his movies. HIs style is not like most directors who ignore the dark undertones of their movies and just convey the happy side. Burton uses low key lighting, and non diegetic music to help convey a creepy mood in his movie’s scenes. Tim Burton's creepy/ gothic style is conveyed by his use of cinematic techniques. Burton’s use of lighting helps to show his gothic style. In his movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory he uses low-key lighting. a specific example is when the main character Charlie wins the “grand prize” it seems too good to be true because there is low-key lighting and silence. This scene gives off a creepy mood because the audience expects triumphant music and high key lighting but Burton gives the opposite, again giving that creepy mood and a feeling that something going to go wrong. Another …show more content…
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory there is a scene where the main character Charlie is opening his birthday chocolate to see if he won the trip to the chocolate factory. The sound in this scene is suspenseful and hopeful to make the audience feel like he's going to win and go to the factory, but that doesn't happen. Charlie and the audience are let down that there is no golden ticket in his chocolate bar, and because that was his only chance of winning the trip. This helps to create a sad/dark mood for the scene because of the disappointment and false hope Burton put in the audience's minds. Another example is in Edward Scissorhands when Edward is on a anger fueled rampage throughout town; in this scene there is intense music making the audience think Edward is going to do worse than just ruining shrubbery. This creates a dark mood making the audience feel on edge at what is about to happen. In his movies Burton uses sounds to creates dark moods and feelings that things are going to go horribly wrong in the
Tim Burton is renowned for embracing dark undertones in his movies. HIs style is not like most directors who ignore the dark undertones of their movies and just convey the happy side. Burton uses low key lighting, and non diegetic music to help convey a creepy mood in his movie’s scenes. Tim Burton's creepy/ gothic style is conveyed by his use of cinematic techniques. Burton’s use of lighting helps to show his gothic style. In his movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory he uses low-key lighting. a specific example is when the main character Charlie wins the “grand prize” it seems too good to be true because there is low-key lighting and silence. This scene gives off a creepy mood because the audience expects triumphant music and high key lighting but Burton gives the opposite, again giving that creepy mood and a feeling that something going to go wrong. Another …show more content…
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory there is a scene where the main character Charlie is opening his birthday chocolate to see if he won the trip to the chocolate factory. The sound in this scene is suspenseful and hopeful to make the audience feel like he's going to win and go to the factory, but that doesn't happen. Charlie and the audience are let down that there is no golden ticket in his chocolate bar, and because that was his only chance of winning the trip. This helps to create a sad/dark mood for the scene because of the disappointment and false hope Burton put in the audience's minds. Another example is in Edward Scissorhands when Edward is on a anger fueled rampage throughout town; in this scene there is intense music making the audience think Edward is going to do worse than just ruining shrubbery. This creates a dark mood making the audience feel on edge at what is about to happen. In his movies Burton uses sounds to creates dark moods and feelings that things are going to go horribly wrong in the