The Nightmare Before Christmas

Have you ever seen the Nightmare Before Christmas is it a Halloween movie or Christmas movie. I think it is a Halloween movie. This essay talks about it being a Halloween movie because most of the characters are Halloween, the setting is in Halloween town, and they ruin Christmas. First I’m going to talk about most of the characters being Halloween like. The main character is Jack which is a skeleton which are scary and Christmas isn’t scary. Also the society are monsters, and trick or treaters.…

The Horror Genre has many dynamic components to make it what it is.The three works I am using are The Nightmare before Christmas, The cinderella story, and High Beams. These 3 pieces of work use archetypes, setting and mood to achieve the horror genre and draw the reader into the story or movie.The horror genre is best represented by a spooky setting that helps set up the story. Most of the time a horror passage will have some type of archetype that is in danger or trouble. Then they will have…

and directed, along Mike Johnson, the stop-motion animated film Corpse Bride, with Johnny Depp as the voice of Victor Van Dort and Helena Bonham-Carter as the voice of Emily. The imagery of the film is similar to the imagery we see in The Nightmare Before Christmas, but the nature of Corpse Bride is more adult and dark. The film, which was a huge box office success, tells the story of Victor, who was practicing his wedding vows in the woods when Emily, a murdered young bride, rises from the…

Salute Your Shorts: Tim Sullivan's A Christmas Treat (1985) It's Christmas Eve, and as Jason is being tucked into bed, his parents warn him that if he doesn't get to sleep soon, Santa will not be bringing him any gifts. It isn’t long before Jason does finally fall asleep, however, only to excitedly wake up in the middle of the night and rush downstairs to see if Santa has brought him all he wished for. Much to his surprise, Jason finds Santa himself, as he's leaving behind a plethora of joy…

35 motion pictures and he has been nominated for many oscars, his mix of gothic and fantasy elements have continually blown audiences away and has earned him a spot as one of Hollywood's most respected directors. In the film study of the Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, and Charlie and the Chocolate factory it was no surprise that the gothic and fantasy elements he is so well know for were apparent, specifically…

their own way and reach out to youth viewers. 8. Nightmare Before Christmas One of the first Claymation movies, A Nightmare Before Christmas is a fantastically dark take on a genre of movies that are known to be overly joyful and sentimental. Despite the enormous commercialization of the film, it has not lost its unique take on the holly jolly Christmas season. The ground-braking approach to full-length animated films instills A Nightmare Before Christmas as a fantastic, and even heartwarming…

For example, a long shot is used on Jack in The Nightmare before Christmas as he is trudging through the cemetery in Halloween town; this shows his dissatisfaction in the gloomy and chilling environment. However, moviegoers see his whole demeanor as an outcast change as he realizes not all people or worlds behave as his former subjects had. A long shot is also utilized as a technique for insignificance in Edward Scissorhands as Kim walks up the stairs in Edward’s castle. This shows Edward’s…

storyboards for his stop-motion films and also concept arts for his final characters in the films, his work has been produced since 1982 and he is still making work up to this day which is either films or art, he has made things such as The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Corpse Bride (2005) and Frankenweenie (2012). His biggest influences are the work of stop-motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen and the…

context of the real world. This consistent fantastical element of his films works to his advantage because it keeps the same audience coming back for more. For example, in Edward Scissorhands, the protagonist is the creation of a scientist who died before he was complete. Because of this, Edward is left alone to live a life of isolation in his gloomy castle, stuck with scissors for hands. Ironically, this castle is found at the end of a purposely unremarkable, normal neighborhood. The…

golden ticket. Throughout this scene, Augustus had had chocolate smeared unattractively all over his mouth. Because of this scene, the viewer’s initial reaction is disgust towards Augustus. By doing this, Burton leads us to dislike the character before he’s even spoken. An example of a close up angle in Edward Scissorhands occurs during the ice angel scene. Kim sees what looks like snow, stops decorating the tree, and exits her living room to investigate. Curiosity lights her features as she…