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Tim Burton is one of the most famous directors known for his dark style in films such as Edwards Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and many more. He uses several different cinematic techniques such as camera movements, editing, and both diegetic and non-diegetic music to emphasize his style. In most of his movies, Burton not only uses various cinematic techniques to show his style, but he also creates peculiar characters that have either a battle with…

Cortez, Diana ANTH Sec.1 8/5/14 Piltdown Hoax The pre-sapiens hypothesis was developed by Henri Vallois. It is a theory that consists of two different and separate lineages; they are both in the Mid-Pleistocene. Some people believe that modern Homo sapiens have evolved from one lineage, the pre-sapiens. The Neanderthals which is part of the second lineage evolved into the European Neanderthal population who became extinct. The pre-sapiens hypothesis theory is mainly derived from European fossil…

Throughout select films, Burton also uses outcast protagonists and a doubtful mindset to tend to societal issues and limiting forces. For instance, in Edward Scissorhands, the police arrive in a fury wanting to catch the criminal who broke in to the house. Edward walks out of his house with his hands up, just as the police asked. With Edward having scissors for hands it looked the same as Ed holding weapons. The police are not aware of Edward’s characteristic and are ready to fight back. The…

Tim Burton the director of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands and Corpse Bride. The director uses the cinematic techniques throughout these movies to give it that special effect. Without these cinematic techniques throughout these movies it would not have the same effect it gives for the audience to feel. Every audience member knows that each director has their own style to give of each movie. The director Tim Burton has a dark and creepiness style in each one of his movies.…

Dr. Edward Jenner lived between the years 1749 and 1823. During that time period, Smallpox was a disease that killed approximately between 10% and 20% of the population. It was a horrible disease that left multiple deep scars all over people’s bodies if it did not kill them first. During the time period of Chapter 19, many advances were made in medicine. Dr. Jenner’s discovery, experimentation, and invention of the vaccine for smallpox is one of those many advances. Dr. Jenner is considered…

The “father of immunization” Edward Jenner was well-known for his creativity and wisdom. As a large contributor of revolutionizing the face of medicine, Jenner’s experiment with a dangerous and deadly infection transformed into prevention at its finest. The health care industry between the seventeen to eighteen hundreds lacked prevention methods which could have saved thousands of lives. It was during this time infections were considered a death sentence since the use of antibiotics were…

Introduction: Timothy Walter Burton is a well-known artist today. He is a film director, producer, artist, animator, and writer. Burton is inspiring because he has created lots of movies that are very creative and are popular to this day. Most of the films he has produced are dark, fantasy films. This shows that anyone can achieve their goal if they put their mind to it and that they shouldn’t give up. Early life: Tim Burton was born on August 25th, 1958, in Burbank, California. He was the…

English 15B Norton Anthology of American Literature Shorter 8th ed. Dickinson Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886 1. Briefly summarize Dickinson’s life (79-83) Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her family was rather prominent in the economic, political, and intellectual spheres. Her father served as a lawyer, a state representative, and a state senator, all at different parts of his life. Dickinson never married and remained close with her parents through her…

Both Tim Burton, director of ‘Edward Scissorhands’ and the anonymous writer of ‘About School’ examine the complications that people face living in a society that is not willing to accept difference. In ‘Edward Scissorhands’ Burton creates a character whose physical deformity and isolated up brining make it impossible for him to fit into ‘normal’ society. The anonymous poet of ‘About School’ describes someone who doesn’t fit in but seems happy in his own world. Society however, requires…

Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands, uses a variety of cinematic techniques to create powerful, emotion filled, and memorable scenes. Some of the more effective techniques he utilized were the lighting, proper camera angles/movement, and music. All of these techniques that Mr. Burton has mastered has given him an iconic style that can be identified by almost anyone. One of the best defined and well used of the cinematic techniques would be the impressive lighting. In the film Edward…