Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Tim Burton, born August 1958, is a film director and famous writer. Throughout many of his films and stories, Burton commonly makes is protagonists an “outsider”. His characters are usually outside of societies normality’s and don’t fit in either physically or mentally. This is shown through the protagonists in Burton’s films: Edward Scissorhands, Vincent and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Tim Burton uses the protagonist Edward, in the 1990 feature film Edward Scissorhands to…

Once there was a little boy, his name was Charlie. Charlie was poor and he lived with his mom and his grandparents. He would always save up money to buy a chocolate bar, because In five of the chocolate bars, there was a golden ticket. Whoever gets a golden ticket, wins a tour of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Fa-a-a-ctory! One day Charlie got his coin and went to buy a chocolate bar. When he opened it up, inside there was a golden slip of paper, it was one of the tickets! As soon as he realized…

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban uses principles of sound, cinematography and elements of Mis En Scene to immerse the audience in the dark and mysterious wizarding world. Sound is a powerful film technique, especially one such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where sound and sound effects help to shape the understanding of the wizarding world (Bordwell and Thompson, 267). Generally, there are two different types of sound, diegetic and non-diegetic. According to Film…

#34. Gaspard Ulliel’s Gelled Look A famous French actor, Gaspard is known for spotting a unique hairstyle. This includes a wet, sleek, and flat appearance that gives him a formal appearance. Those wishing to copy the actor should take caution and avoid making the hair look completely sleek wet and flat. #35. Style With Extra Volume Tapering the sides and the nape section provides those who prefer long hair with a commendable choice. To achieve this, application of wax, a product to boost…

Corn mazes are huge, sometimes extravagant, mazes made out of corn where children and children at heart find amusement in making wrong turns and getting lost looking for the end. David Barber uses a corn maze to show that in life everything we do, whether a positive or a negative impact, is an experience. Experiences form the basis of all types of human relationships (Volkmer). Barber uses paradoxes, an extended metaphor, and diction to portray the idea that the experiences in life impact one…

Style, In Burton’s Eyes “You find worlds that come completely out of his imagination.”(“Hollywood Outsider Tim Burton”). Film critic Roger Ebert explains his view of director Tim Burton’s style. He considers it so very unique, that it would only appear in Burton’s mind. He is the only one that would be able to create it on-screen. In Tim Burton’s movie, Edward Scissorhands, Edward, who has scissors for hands, is brought into the colorful town. At first the neighbors and other citizens welcome…

Wes Anderson and Tim Burton are both complex and unique characters in the filmmaking industry, with their own unmistakeable signatures. Although both of their technical approaches to filmmaking differ greatly, on a theoretical level they appear to agree on a number of aspects. One aspect of filmmaking that both directors seem to concur on is that films are composed in almost equal parts by all of the characters and creators involved in the production process, a process that includes the film's…

Renowned for his ongoing series “Salad Fingers”, David Firth delivers yet another mind-twisting short film, “Cream.” The majority of the film is written, acted, and animated by the talent of Firth himself. However, for this project he is joined by musician Steven Ellison, whose artist name is Flying Lotus. Ellison contributed parts of the soundtrack and a few lines of background characters. This partnership yielded a nightmarish yet mesmerizing product that is sure to send viewers on a…

deliberated in Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New World.” The author states that, “We need pain to provide a contrast for pleasure; without pain, life becomes dull, boring and downright undesirable.” The author uses the example of “a chocoholic in a chocolate shop”, in which at first everything is grand, but after a while we will forget why and what made us happy. This leads into how pain builds pleasure and a great example would be a “runners high.” After intense physical exertion, runners…

Tim Burton is an American film director that has created dozens of brilliantly dark movies. Two of his famous movies are Edward Scissorhands in 1990, and Big Fish in 2003. Both of the films use there own stylistics devices, but they create the same effect. Tim Burton uses lighting, framing, and camera movements to make characters look more vulnerable. Tim Burton uses Lighting in Big Fish, and Edward Scissorhands to make the characters seem more vulnerable. When Edward Bloom and his friends…