Tim Burton

The few that have different opinions against society are considered the outcasts.Tim Burton has these opposing opinions, making him an outcast. When directing his films, Burton uses a specific sense of style, which you can easily identify in any of his films. The style is portrayed in films such as Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Through the use of lighting and camera angles, Burton gives a message of hope to these outcasts by portraying that they should be…

Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands tells the story of a young man named Edward, an inventor’s unfinished creation with scissors for hands. After a long period of isolation, this “uncommonly gentle man” faces the challenges of living in society and falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl, Kim. When analyzing the movie, it can be argued that Edward Scissorhands is in fact a modern take on the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. The main themes in Beauty and the Beast are that of loneliness,…

The man, the myth, the legend- a Big Fish Essay Who is Edward Bloom? In Big Fish by Daniel Wallace, Edward Bloom creates a persona of himself as a way to evade the truth about his life by telling stories to his son, William. But as Edward is dying, William wants to learn the truth about who his father really is, but he finds that Edward is unwilling to share it, which dampens the trust and understanding in their father-son relationship. By the end of the book, Will learns the truth about his…

Renowned for his ongoing series “Salad Fingers”, David Firth delivers yet another mind-twisting short film, “Cream.” The majority of the film is written, acted, and animated by the talent of Firth himself. However, for this project he is joined by musician Steven Ellison, whose artist name is Flying Lotus. Ellison contributed parts of the soundtrack and a few lines of background characters. This partnership yielded a nightmarish yet mesmerizing product that is sure to send viewers on a…

Gangs of New York and My Left Foot are two contrasting journeys that are set apart in almost every aspect. Daniel Day-Lewis immerses himself in both Bill Cuttings from Gangs of New York and Christy Brown from My Left Foot in a way that grips the audience. The use of lighting techniques, camera angles and costume design all combine to create an authentic setting in both films. Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York is an epic drama that captures the essence of the Five Points lower Manhattan…

Also, the audio of the toad and Pale Man scenes help intensify the story. The audio elements accentuate the monstrous characteristics. When Ofelia enters the tree, she is breathing heavily. There are ambient noises from the bugs on the frog’s skin (Del Toro). Also, there is ambient noise at the beginning of the Pale Man scene. When Ofelia walks, her shoes hit the floor. In the distant, babies scream as the portraits of slaughtered children are shown. The cracking of firewood is audible when the…

Edward Scissor hands Burton utilizes creative and regularly claustrophobic camera points to convey the focal ideas of seclusion and self-disclosure, and in addition upgrading the fundamental subjects of societal consistency and partiality, to the crowd. Burton 's defamation of the suburbs is made promptly clear through the opening perspective shot which container from the grandma 's home and compasses over the 'treat cutter ' rural areas, finishing with another perspective from the house…

The cinematographer that I have decided to research is Jeff Cronenweth; he is famous for movies such as Gone Girl, Fight Club, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network, and Hitchcock. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and currently resides in California. Jeff Cronenweth is very talented in many ways when it comes to cinematography, his craft and eye for cinematography separates him from the rest. Jeff with many of his movies are one colored, he usually uses green tones…

During the black and white era, the controlled use of contrast and intensity of lighting was a key factor that allowed for depth and even emotion in film. Keating talks in his writing about how Noir helped pioneer the excellent use of lighting to create enriching scenes with high contrast and irregular shapes and patterns. Keating talks about how lighting inside noir films are more low key and deep focus, while in regular studio cinema it tends to be more shallow and high key. Keating goes on to…

Leighton Pierce is an American experimental filmmaker who uses sound design and hypnotic images to explore themes of surrealism, dreams, and hypnotic states. The theme of water and its hypnotic rhythm are present in many of his shorts and feature films. Outside film, Pierce experiments a great deal with sound and installation. His artistic style is similar to impressionism, an art style represented by fluid motion and obvious brushstrokes. Music is a large influence in his work, along with other…