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you’re just being yourself. This is something Tim Burton knows all too well on how to portray in his films. Burton has a way of giving off a pitiful, scared, or uneasy feeling toward a character that will later on be the “good guy.” Burton has always had a love for childlike stories and films, and now in almost all of his movies a child, teen, or someone with a childlike mentality is the main character. This makes the audience want to care even more. Tim Burton has accomplished how to use…

In this essay, I will show how Tim Burton has a distinctive style that allows the viewers to recognize one of his films but similar elements found in his films. By examining the similarities between a range of his movies I will be able to decide on what features he uses in each of his films. Elements that these films have in common are the misunderstood and odd main characters, the use of gothic architecture, fantasy environments, the battle between good and bad, stereotypes, use of flashbacks,…

including Friedrich Wilhem Murnau’s film Nosferatu- A Symphony of Terror, Fritz Lang’s film Metropolis, and Robert Wiene’s film The Cabinet of Dr. Cligari, as “Expressionist films”, how director Tim Burton’s films compare and contrast from the classical German Expressionist films, and, finally, how Tim Burton’s films are a new form of “Expressionist films”. Ian Roberts, author of German…

Buddy Flicks Dynamic duos have been recognized and celebrated in Hollywood for decades. From Sherlock Holmes and Watson to the Blues Brothers, the concept of male camaraderie sparks an interests in audiences and initiates a creative platform for filmmakers. They have used this concept to illustrate their ideas, criticisms and perspective of the human condition and encompass it with in adventures and clever dialogue. As with most films, there’s an underlying message behind the two buddies…

Patricia Cormack (2008)’s ‘True Stories’ of Canada: Tim Hortons and the Branding of National Identity has described the famous coffee chain brand Tim Horton’s successful approach of making itself an authentic icon of Canadian national identity. According to her theory, Canada’s identity was “in crisis” at that time: Canada has been always portrayed…

The Blindside is a film that deals with the life of Michael Oher as he grew up in a rough neighborhood and got adopted by a more affluent family. Michael goes throw many emotional turmoil and has a hard time fitting in at school and at home as his life with his new family is nothing he has ever encountered. The film shows the progression of Michael Oher throughout his senior year as he becomes one of the more attractive football prospects in the country and opens doors for him to have a future.…

personality. To many people, embracing their indifferences may seem difficult. Through the art of film-making, Tim Burton makes his creative yet unique stories into movies. Burton’s charisma is portrayed through his movies, such as Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland. The main characters in the movies have the appearance and aspects of an outcast; therefore, they stand out in their society. Tim Burton uses misfit characters to show that people should embrace their unique attributes.…

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…

“Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me” - Tim Burton. In Tim Burton’s films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edwards Scissorhands, and Alice in Wonderland he uses low key lighting, high key lighting, and non-diegetic sounds to create suspense and suspicion, bright and open looking scenes, and happy or spooky moods. For people to feel the suspense and suspicion in the movies, Tim Burton uses low key lighting in the scenes to create a spooky mood. For example, In the…

'I am here to-night to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. A chance and hope of my procuring, Ebenezer,' urgues the Ghost of Jacob Marley (Dickens 30). The Ghost Of Jacob Marley came to Scrooge to warn him, trying to open his stone heart, to change his life of selfishness and greediness. The Ghost wanted to show Scrooge that the true happiness is in giving and in making other people happy. In the similar way as the Ghost of Jacob speaks to Scrooge, so the Ghost of…