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    scene that comes afterwards. By incorporating music into his films, he is able to change the mood from one scene to another with a different emotion. One example of Burton using music to change the mood is the scene of Edwards house in the beginning of the movie with Peg and Edward. He uses music and sound effects to change the setting of a cheery and happy neighborhood to the dark and gloomy castle on the top of the hill. Also, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, there was the scene in the…

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    oompa loompas started to sing their song, everytime a child misbehaved the oompa loompas would sing a song about the that certain child. That is diegetic because the characters can actually that sound and music. An example of non diegetic is in Edward Scissorhands when all of the husbands were leaving for work the music playing was an out of screen soundtrack the characters could not hear that music at the time it was more of an upbeat faster pace music to show that the men were in a rush to get…

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    innocence. Burton also doesn't hold back on using his imagination in his films; you can see his films tend to lean toward fantasy and fiction rather than being realistic. His style can be seen in Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Edward Scissorhands. To begin, in Burton’s film “Big Fish” we see Burton using flashbacks, long shot, cut, low key lighting, non-diegetic sounds, eye level, and high angle;…

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    to show contrast between settings and characters. Some of his movies that show this the most are Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Corpse Bride. He uses contrasting lighting, non-diegetic sound, and colors to show the difference between settings and people. Tim Burton uses different types of non-diegetic sound to show the contrast in certain settings in his movies. In Edward Scissor Hands, he uses creepy music to make the mansion seem big and and even kind of…

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    such as Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland feature a main character that is unabashed by their differences and not afraid of society’s views. Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques to show that an outcast can become successful and should not need to change in order to fit in with society.…

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    Willy Wonka and the state of where Charlie lives. Another example of the changing lighting is in the movie Edward Scissorhands. Tim Burton first showed that ecstatic and bright town. But when the salesperson looked through the mirror on the car the lighting change from very bright and happy to very dark and mournful. That changed the mood of the scene because the town looked very happy but, Edward lives in a very dilapidated and terrifying mansion. The last movie that involves the use of high…

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    cinematic technique in his films to control the mood. For instance in his film Edward Scissorhands he uses high key lighting when we are first seeing the neighborhood and the people to make it look bright and happy which gives the appeal that it is in a way a perfect society. This is a familiar technique that we see a lot in his movies for example he also uses high key lighting in his film Big Fish when the character Edward Bloom finds the little town for the first time and everything is so…

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    different they are than everyone else. Although it is consistent that these protagonist characters never fit in, what does vary is their desire to do so and many people argue that this reflects Burton himself. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissor Hands directed by Tim Burton, the use of a wishful protagonist and exaggerated characters conveys that no one should change who you are to meet society 's expectations. In Burton’s films, he uses a wishful protagonist to show that…

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    Tim Burton has has made many movies from; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Edward Scissorhands to Corpses Bride. All was different types of movies, some stop animation to normal acting but what they all have in common they have a gothic dark low key lighting combined with non-diegetic music along with various camera angles. Using dark scenes with little lighting dark music and close ups creating a scene full of suspense. To begin Tim Burton uses the close up camera extremely well, an…

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    charisma is portrayed through his movies, such as Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland. The main characters in the movies have the appearance and aspects of an outcast; therefore, they stand out in their society. Tim Burton uses misfit characters to show that people should embrace their unique attributes. Non-diegetic music is used to create the effect of innocence on the characters who do not fit into their society. In the scene where Edward is spotted carving an ice sculpture of an…

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