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stopped. Charlie Wilson's War movie portrayed the events during the 1980's and how a Texas congressman succeeded to defeat the soviets. Charlie Wilson's War, otherwise known as Operation Cyclone, is a movie telling the incredible story of secret CIA operation that changed history. In 1979, the Soviet Union started a war that devastated the people as well as the land of Afghanistan. During the war, the United States would not oppose the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.…

From Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate factory, and even Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton has made films that have became huge hits across the country. When watching these movies, the audience may notice many different types of lighting, music and sounds, and camera angles, from cheery to gloomy then dismay. Tim Burton wants the audience to feel these feelings to have a connection with the character he’s made. To begin, Burton manipulates camera angles and framing to catch and…

their style. In particular, Tim Burton uses numerous cinematic techniques such as sound, lighting, and shots to demonstrate his unique style in movies like Charlie and the chocolate Factory, and Edward Scissorhands. For starters, Burton applies the cinematic element lighting to set a different mood in a certain setting. Case in point, in Charlie and the choclate factory, Burton exhibits a back lighting to the mountains…

The versatile filmmaker Jon Favreau moves dexterously among different genres – the comedic fantasy “Elf” was an agreeable option for Christmas; the sci-fi action thriller “Cowboys & Aliens” was a sort of prank that didn’t work so well; the unparalleled “Iron Man” is a reference in the cinematic Marvel universe while its second installment lowered the expectations of something big; the comedy “Chef” put some heart and soul in an engaging story whose main character is played by himself. Even with…

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…

Tim Burton really loves to use establishing shot in Charlie and the chocolate factory , Edward scissorhand, and the Big Fish Charlie and the chocolate factory, when entering the factory. Seeing the waterfall of milk chocolate, grass you can eat and other things delicious, surprised and amazed the characters. Setting the mood as happy, cool, and mysterious. Edward Scissorhands, when Peg was walking into Edward’s house. Seeing the mysterious and spooky things in the house, not being fully…

Everything in this room is eatable even I am eatable. But that is called cannibalism my dear children and is in fact frowned upon in most societies (willy wonka).In the famous movie Willy Wonka kids buy hundreds of thousands of dollars worth in chocolate to try and find a golden ticket. A golden ticket was an invitation to come to Willy Wonka’s factory even though it had been closed for decades. In truth they spent all this money to find a golden ticket so they could visit a factory where they…

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…

characters experience a common feeling of friendlessness that the majority of his viewers have been accustomed to. The relatable wretches make Burton’s work universal and exploit the true genius of his madness. Edward from Edward Scissorhands, Charlie from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Jack from The Nightmare before Christmas all truly demonstrate the worldwide truth that the loneliest people are often the most kindhearted through their hard experiences and fight to stay continually…