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    Tim Burton Research Paper

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    If there is one thing that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, and Edward Scissorhands all had in common, it would be the director. Tim Burton is most well known for his style of film, which usually involves characters looking pale, tired, and are eccentric in terms of their personality. His movies also produce a certain style to them, revolving a lot around darker yet comedic themes. Not only that, but Burton’s cinematography excels in terms of the lighting, direction, editing, and in…

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    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.…

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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…

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    techniques given to make a good movie that expresses 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…

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    ¨Beetle Juice¨, ¨Edward Scissorhands¨, ¨Batman¨, and¨The Nightmare Before Christmas¨. Throughout many of his films, Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques to convey messages to the audience. Two techniques, you can find in his films, are control of color and flashbacks to show how people and places contrast each other and give insight into a character's past and their motivations. Tim Burton uses color to show how people and places contrast each other. For example, in ¨Edward Scissorhands¨, the…

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    Edward Scissorhands Analysis

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    Edward is found living alone in the attic of a Gothic castle, a setting that is also used for main characters in Burton's Batman and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Edward Scissorhands climaxes much like James Whale's Frankenstein and Burton's own Frankenweenie. A mob confronts the "evil creature", in this case, Edward, at his castle. With Edward unable to consummate his love for Kim because of his appearance, the film can also be seen as being influenced by Beauty and the Beast. Edward…

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    started out as a kid fascinated by other famous directors and then became one himself. What did he do to become such a famous director? He is known for his disturbing and yet child-like movies, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands. Everyone of all ages can be able to enjoy his movie. Tim Burton’s style is kid-friendly at first, but then it takes a disturbing and twisted turn. One of Burton's cinematic technique he uses is music. Music is used to…

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    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Corpse Bride, Tim Burton uses diegetic sound to foreshadow a negative event that may occur. For example,in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Augustus was given the opportunity to taste any thing in the chocolate factory garden his diegetic sound was much different from the others. His had a much lower base and greater frequency giving the viewers a suspenseful feeling. When Peg, from Edward Scissorhands, enters the castle there is the…

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    use of dark children’s stories and gothic fantasies in films like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie finds the last out of five golden tickets that Willy Wonka sent out for children to visit his chocolate factory. Edward Scissorhands is about the creation of a teen boy that has scissors for hands, it shows challenges Edward will have face on a day to day bases. Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques like sound, lighting, and…

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    Tim Burton Research Paper

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    Tim Burton is a director with a great creative mind. Many directors Tim Burton is one of the most famous directors of all times. He made movies like Charlie and the Chocolate factory, Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland. Tim Burton is a unique director. His expression on movies is unbelievable he makes films that are unexplainable. Tim’s styles have many sides with an evil side and a good side. One of his famous movies is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory made in 2005. Charlie and the…

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