Tim McCarver

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…

his own experience in his life. Scrooge evidently has become a happier person as Dickens shows by pretending to be angry with Bob Cratchit for being late but, in fact doubles his wages and promises him that Tiny Tim will walk again and becomes almost like a son to Scrooge at the end, Tiny Tim ends the novel with the words “God Bless us all” meaning that everyone can be good-hearted if they really wanted…

This bond that the soldiers formed helped them to survive, and helped the men of Alpha Company to cope with the war after they returned to the United States. "The bond that men form with each other in the heat of battle is incomprehensible to those who have not experienced warfare for themselves...You make close friends. You become part of a tribe and you share the same blood - you give it together, you take it together." (O'Brien, 192) This bond of friendship helps the men of Alpha…

Jackson, Mississippi was full of injustices in the 1960s. Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan is a young, white, and inspiring writer that wants to write a book exposing the maltreatment of the help by using their experiences. She receives assistance from Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson along with a few others to generate enough stories for the book. The Help was written by Kathryn Stockett and published in 2008. It was set in Jackson, Mississippi during the early civil rights movement. Slavery was…

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…

Tim Burton, a famous director of many movies, was influenced by Roald Dahl, Edgar Allen Poe, Vincent Price, Dr.Seuss, Grimms’ Fairy Tales, and Disney. Tim Burton’s influences have shaped and molded his unique style; Burton uses various cinematic techniques to create a dark and suspenseful mood while also maintaining a childlike 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.…

With Crime Comes Punishment Although the movies Tim Burton directs have various plots, they all have one thing in common, their theme. In the movies, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Beetlejuice, Burton uses music and sound, costuming, editing, and props to emphasize the theme of crime and punishment. Burton portrays that if one does something they know they shouldn’t do or are told not to do, their actions have consequences. Burton uses numerous other cinematic…

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban uses principles of sound, cinematography and elements of Mis En Scene to immerse the audience in the dark and mysterious wizarding world. Sound is a powerful film technique, especially one such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where sound and sound effects help to shape the understanding of the wizarding world (Bordwell and Thompson, 267). Generally, there are two different types of sound, diegetic and non-diegetic. According to Film…

We as humans all come from different backgrounds and have different views on what the world is and what it should be. No matter what we want to think, every person we come in contact with has an effect on who we are and who we become. I have met many people and visited many places that are very important to me and I believe they distinguish my personality and values. In the article Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender Aaron Devor talks about how we develop our…