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Directors use many cinematic elements and techniques to give their movies a mood or feeling but director Tim Burton does this especially well in his movies Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Tim Burton uses many cinematic techniques in his films but the one technique that he does extraordinary in his films are camera angles. In his films, Tim Burton effectively uses the cinematic element of camera angles to create a sense of mood and feeling based on the type of camera he…

Burton’s Technique Tim Burton uses many different types of cinematic elements/techniques to show the mood, tone and style. In the movies I’ve watched, he used various types of cinematic elements/techniques to show the mood, tone, and style of each movie. Some of his cinematic elements/techniques used are music/sound, editing, and lighting. As we go further into the essay I will talk about these three techniques, and you will notice that the tone of the movie is…

Tim Burton, a person who 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…

Film Analysis Essay Tim Burton is known for his dark, gothic and quirky fantasy filming. This has been displayed through the six movies we watched in class. All six of the film topics were things that one would rarely think of happening and gave us a perspective of how it would feel or the experience through the characters as they traveled through the world of Tim Burton. He has expressed himself through The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, Charlie and…

Magic, defined by Merriam-Webster, is “an extraordinary power or influence seemingly from a supernatural force”. Realism, defined by Merriam-Webster, is “the quality of being very much like real life”. By taking these two definitions into consideration, the idea of magical realism seems quite contradictory. Magic and supernatural force should not go hand in hand with the real world, right? That idea, however, is incorrect, as magical realism successfully incorporates the characteristics of magic…

Because Tim Burton was influenced by fairy tales and children’s stories, Dr. Seuss, and Edgar Allen Poe, his films are characterized by a combination of childlike innocence and dark elements. These attributes are present in many of his films, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and in his most recent film, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016). Burton’s first project was called Vincent (1982), and it showed some of the common themes and…

One of Tim Burton’s main archetypes is contrast. Tim Burton uses numerous cinematic techniques 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…

“I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words for me is very personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words” (Burton). Tim Burton had a different life than other kids’. He never got to be close with his parents, he loved horror movies, and he hated growing up in the suburbs. Tim Burton likes to make dark movies that always involve somebody being an…

In all our lives we have choices and depending on the choices we make it could change our lives for the better or for the worst. In the story “ The Legend of sleepy Hollow ”, Ichabod Crane is a strange man from New York seeking work as a school teacher in Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow is a town full of strange occurrences and peculiar people. Ichabod was being bothered by a superstition named The headless Horsemen and was also troubled by Brom Bones. Brom Bones disliked him because he didn't want…

1.What was yoand estaur motivation for joining the honors college? Well one it's free and education is very expensive in the US and my train of thought was why start of college in debt when I can go my two years for free, they can cover everything and ill be able to transfer and possibly get a really good scholarship because I have, you know that, backing that I went to the honors college and follow a career with less debt the someone who just straight transferred to whatever university they…