Johnny B. Goode

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…

Though he came from humble beginnings, Johnny Cash, born J.R. Cash, rose above his many failures to become a true American success story and living legend. Johnny Cash once said, “You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” Using this philosophy, Johnny Cash rose to become one of the greatest country music…

Johnny Cash was a man commonly known as the Man in Black. He is arguably one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, He also happens to be one of the best selling music artists of all time. A question that usually goes unanswered is what is his history? Most only know him of his somber tone and his calm baritone voice, humble attitude and streak of rebellion. His trademark look which was a suit of black, coincidentally earned him his nickname, “The Man in Black”. Cash was born…

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…

Tim Burton, in both Charlie and the 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…

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…

Wonderland is as beautiful and colorful as she remembered, reminiscent of a masterpiece painting using colors selected by a child. Alice navigates through the dense forests, tall mushrooms and strange fauna. Alice navigates the path as if she’d done it every day of her life. Upon stumbling through a darker part on her path she all at once gets the sensation of being watched, a chill goes down her spine; the sense of someone breathing on her neck; the sound of faint whispers into her ear, yet she…

The Internal Battle for Victory The Red Badge of Courage, a civil war narrative which portrays the struggle of a young soldier in battle, was written by Stephen Crane, an author who had no real-life war experience. But through the accounts of real soldiers, Crane was able to create a novel respected for its realism about the civil war. He is commended for his deft use of figurative language and symbolism to depict the morbid reality of war. In The Red Badge of Courage, Crane not only analyzes…

Tim Burton is the most unique director of our time. By using cinematic techniques he points out the isolated character in the movie and shows how 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…

films are flashback scene. He use that technique to add a back story on his main characters and explain why they are like that. Also he like to use actors that have the same vision that he has. Only three people meet up as his requirements which Johnny Deep, Helen Bonham Carter and Christopher Lee which he frequently collaborates on his films. Tim burton has unusual visual style from characters, props, and setting are widely exaggerated in cartoonish…