...Cinema Review: Director Tim Burton Tim Burton is one of the most unique visionary directors in Hollywood, defining a new genre of film with his twisted imagination. Besides the similarity of having been made by the same director, there are also many other similarities between his films. For example, his film style is able to be seen clearly throughout the films, Edward Scissorhands (1991), Corpse Bride (2005) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). All three of these movies showing Burton’s easily identifiable film style. The characteristics that are similar across these films are the flashbacks, the actors and actresses, the characters, the use of costume, makeup and lighting. Similarities can also be seen through the themes and genres including, German Expression and fantasy. Burton incorporates characters in his films that no one would encounter in real life, such as you would never find a ghost who wants to marry a human in real life or someone who is able to chop hedges with his scissorhands. His films are characteristically quirky and unusual, however somehow making it relatable and identifiable which make them so popular with the audience. One style that Tim Burton’s films are strongly influenced is the German Expressionism codes and conventions. This foreign film style is an artistic genre that originated in Europe in the 1920s and is broadly defined as the rejection of Western conventions (Darsa, 2013). The artist’s impression of reality...
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...Tim Burton is a well-known American film director that has created dozens of dark movies. Two of his most famous films include the very original story of Edward Scissorhands in and his retelling of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Both films use many devices to help tell their unique stories, but Tim Burton’s expert use of lighting and camera angles cause the viewers to stay glued to the screen. One of the most powerful and visual elements any director can use to help create a story is color. Whether it is the color of the costumes, sets, or even the way the entire shot is tinted in editing, the lighting has a lot to do with how we see those colors. In both Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Burton uses bright, popping colors in many of the scenes to symbolize what most people associate with good and normal things. In the early scenes of Edward Scissorhands, Burton uses energetic colors such as bright pink, blue, and yellow with vivid green lawns to represent the happiness of suburban life. Likewise, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the colors of the candy factory are incredibly bright and are juxtaposed against the plain, dreary scenes of Charlie’s environment. Burton uses color in both of these situations to show that just because a place might be colorful, it does not mean that it is necessarily happier. Although the lighting is an obvious tool that Burton uses to create a certain mood, viewers may not realize the way the camera shoots the scene...
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...The movies Edward Scissorhands to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Beetlejuice to Batman. These films directed by Tim Burton caught the eye of many people the unique cinematic techniques used in his films.Tim Burton uses many cinematic techniques like lighting, camera angle, and shots and framing to set the mood of his movies for his audience. First of all, Tim Burton uses low key lighting creating a mood of suspense for the audience. In Edward Scissorhands, Burton uses this when Peg first meets Edward in the attic. This technique made it feel like Edward could really hurt Peg. When Edward was in the attic it was filled with darkness and created suspense which made the audience curious about what will happen next. In the movie Charlie...
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...Tim Burton is an expert film producer that gives his audience a unique gothic cinematic experience. He has a distinctive way to demonstrate dark and menacing throughout his movies, such as "Beetlejuice", "Edward scissorhands", and "corpse bride". He uses various techniques to keep his audience engaged and give them a satisfying fantasy. Tim Burton is an incredible film director that has a unique romantic dark fantasy theme, gothic style, and characters. Tim Burton was born on August 25, 1958 in Burbank California. His parents were Jean Burton, who owned a cat themed gift shop and Bill Burton, who was a minor league baseball player. Growing up he enjoined painting, drawing watching and filming short films. At age 13, he created his oldest known work "The Island of Doctor Agor". After graduating from Burbank high school he enrolled in the California institute of arts, majoring in animation. His career then started when he obtained a job at Disney as an animator. Shortly after, he became tired of this job and decided to form his own film production. The...
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...moods. In Edward Scissorhands a teenage outsider tries to fit in despite his unique deformity while in Big Fish a son tries to learn more about his dying father by piecing together the stories he has told over the years. This dismal mood is created through the use of close-up camera shots, low-pitched background music and full camera shots. Tim Burton uses a close- up shot in order to show the audience the character’s emotions and reactions after the occurrence of a certain event. For example, when Sandra tells Edward that she’s already engaged to Don Price, Tim uses a close up to show Edward’s reaction to Sandra’s revelation. The close up on Edward’s face allows the audience to feel sad and somewhat sorry for Edward giving this scene a heartrending mood. Another example using this cinematic technique can be found in the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when Willy Wonka’s father throws all of his Halloween candy into the burning furnace. The close up on Willy Wonka’s face shows us the sadness in Wonka’s eyes and his longing to eat a piece of chocolate without his father going to extreme measures. This demonstrates how Tim Burton can use a simple cinematic technique to create a heartrending mood throughout the scene. Tim Burton uses dramatic and depressing background music constantly throughout all of his films in order to bring the audience into the character’s emotion. For example, in the movie Edward Scissorhands, when the Inventor dies while giving Edward his Christmas...
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...protagonist as an outcast, for example, Edward in Edward Scissorhands and Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to show how being different is a good thing because both characters still came out very successful. Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques to show that the outcast in society can be one of the most creative or talented individuals in society if given a chance. Tim Burton, in Edward Scissorhands, uses a close up on Edward’s hands to show and emphasize how different he is and how much potential he has. For example, when Peg first approaches the mansion, the audience sees beautiful sculptures that have been created by Edward. Then, Peg enters the mansion and meets Edward, who she then takes home. During his stay, Edward has so much success with making sculptures and cutting hair that Peg and Edward think about opening a hair salon....
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..."One person's craziness is another person’s reality" from Tim Burton. Tim Burton became a film director because his films reflected his personality. He always loved creepy, scary movies as he could relate to the monsters. He felt like a lonely outsider and was a recluse as a child. Tim Burton created monsters making them the good characters and the most emotional of all. In his films Edward Scissorhands, and Corpse Bride Tim Burton uses contrast of light and dark colors and flashback to create a gothic, scary mood which reveals his true potential as a director. One of the elements that contribute to Tim Burton’s cinematic style is flashback. It is used to show what happened in the past. For example, in the film Edward Scissorhands,...
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...Tim Burton is a film director that has made Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands, dark, Beetlejuice.Tim Burton uses different shots and lighting to establish a tone and theme in his movies.Tim Burton is known for his childlike and scary themes in his movies, In the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when the Oompa Loompa was dancing while Augustus was stuck in the chocolate pipe.The Oompa Loompa looked creepy and really didn't care about the boy, Willy Wonka wasn't scared or worried.The music he puts in his movies creates the mood of the character. In his film the Beetlejuice, Tim Burton uses different shots and the camera tracks the characters in the movie and all the different shots give you a better understanding of...
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...contribute to Tim Burton’s creative style is irony. Irony is the opposite of what is expected. For example in the film Edward Scissorhands, at the beginning of the film there was a scene where Edward is all dressed up with dark colors, clothes made out of metal and his face filled with scars made by his hands that are scissors . Edward lives inside of a very dark lonely house on top of a hill. That makes the audience think that he is a monster but really he was a nice person even when Ms. Peg goes to his house he doesn't do anything bad to her. In my perspective I thought he was going to kill her because of how he looked but he didn’t. In this scene Tim Burton uses irony in order to make the audience think bad about Edward but he really isn’t he might be dressed like a monster but he is the sweetest thing ever. On the other hand Tim Burton makes the neighborhood very bright. The hoses are bright yellow, pink, green etc. All the neighbors have a daily routine but in the inside the are as cruel as a lion catching its prey. They are all talking about Edward spreading rumors but when they see how nice he can make a garden they are all being nice. That only last a while after they all want him in jail. that was impressive because they seem nice but at end they were very cruel to edward. One of the elements that contributive to Tims Burtons creative is flashbacks. Flashbacks is when the characters seems something from the past. For example, in the film Charlie and the Chocolate...
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...Films such as Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Big Fish have a whimsical style like Walt Disney, and dark mood like Edgar Allan Poe’s pieces of literature. This is because Tim Burton, the director of these film, was inspired by these people and he creates their type of style using cinematic techniques. Some examples of film techniques that all these films share are flashback, low-key lighting, and non-diegetic sound. Flashback is when a scene goes in to the past to show previous events. Low key lighting is when a scene is flooded with shadows and nondiegetic sound is when there are sounds and music that are only meant for the viewer to hear. FIlm techniques can use many different types of effects and ways to create...
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...An ‘uncommonly gentle man’, Edward, is the main character of the film ‘Edward Scissorhands’. Edward is an unfinished robot who has scissors instead of human-like prosthetic hands. He was built by an inventor who lived in a huge, spooky mansion on the top of a hill. The film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ is about this abnormal man who fell in love with a young woman. Because of Edward’s differences, the people in the community were unable to tolerate him and at last Edward hid into the mansion again. There are few differences Edward had in the film, and the biggest difference he had was that his hands, the scissors, were far more dangerous than human hand because they were sharp. Even though he was a gentle and respectful person, the existence of his scissor hands proved to be incredibly dangerous. No one had ever tried to enter the mansion at the top of the hill until a huge outcast opened the door of the mansion and included him into her family. “Why are you hiding back there? You don't have to hide from me - I'm Peg Boggs, your local Avon representative and I'm as harmless as cherry pie…” Peg took Edward from the dark mansion and introduced the town to him where there were strange colourful houses and lots of people which seemed to excite Edward. Peg...
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...Edward Scissor Hands “The years spent in isolation have not equipped him with the tools necessary to judge right from wrong. He's had no context. He's been completely without guidance. Furthermore, his work - the garden sculptures, hairstyles and so forth - indicate that he's a highly imaginative... uh... character. It seems clear that his awareness of what we call reality is radically underdeveloped.” (IMDb) This quote comes form the psychologist who is talking to the character officer Allan during the middle of the movie which is after Edward is released from jail. For those who have not watched the movie Edward ScissorHands it is a comedy mixed with horror. The movie starts off with Kim tucking in her grandchild to go to bed. Kim's grandchild asked for a story so Kim told her the story of Edward the man who lives in the house on top of the mountain. The story starts off with Kim's mother Peg who is a door to door Avon sales women. She was having a rough day with no one wanting to buy the Avon products. Peg then decided to go up to the house on top of the mountain. When Peg arrives she is confronted by the beautiful garden. She then lets her self in to the house and finds Edward in the corner of the attic. Peg then takes Edward home were all the woman in the neighborhood are curious to find out who the mystery man is. One day when Kevin, Peg's husband is in the backyard Edward sees him cutting the hedges so Edward cuts the bush and makes it into a dinosaur. Peg then throws...
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...The widely acclaimed film, Edward Scissorhands is a Christmas themed film directed by Tim Burton, based on a manmade man – named Edward - created without hands due to his creator’s death. Scavenging for parts, he had scissors for fingers. The story symbolizes many things, such as the ability to show that outsiders can change lives, and much more. The psychology of the characters, progressive changes to the town and much more all show that Edward changes their lives, but they also change his. Kim is Edward’s love life, he helped her see the truth in Jim and what she really wanted. Edward’s underdeveloped personality introduces her to new concepts and ideas. To show the change in Kim, doubtful music fills along with panoramic low shots set the suspense when Jim hits Edward and Kim breaks up with him. ‘Jim. I don't love you anymore. I just want you to go. Okay? Just go!’ Edward shows the truth about Jim, exposing him to what Jim truly cares about. Whether accidental shocks (‘It was a little shock. Ha! Ha! Ha!’) or death threats (‘Jim. Stop! Stop it, or I'll kill you myself’), Jim truly is an inside monster. And that’s what Kim realised, she saw the beauty in Edward and the monster in Jim. As it says on the promotional poster, innocence is what he knows. Beauty is what she sees. But what if Edward never was down there? What if Edward was never invited into town from his mansion on the hill? If we accept the multiverse theory, and assuming that this multiverse plays out the same. Jim...
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...I find his exclusive style of directing quite rare; from the characters themselves, the architecture, and props are all created in a distorted, yet animated way which he uses to accentuate mysterious and eerie visages. I remember watching the Corpse Bride when I was little for the first time; the blend of a dark and obscure town the story took place in, as well as the haunting and sickly appearances of his characters had terrified me. I promised myself I would never watch that movie again. Although my feelings towards the film were unfavorable, the movie made me feel as if I were truly beside his unsettling characters in that unearthly town, which is not what I can say about other films. Thus, I look up to Tim Burton for creating a style of directing that truly makes a storyline and characters come to...
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...MISE EN SCENE ANALYSIS OF EDWARD SCISSORHANDS EXT/INT MRS. BOGGS CAR DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, DAY,. This sequence begins at approximately 15:45 into the film, after Peg Boggs encounters Edward for the first time in the mansion, it depicts them both in the car as she drives him to her house. Shot 1: 25 seconds total (including reverse shots). Tracking two shot MCU. Eye-level. Edward and Peg drive down the street to Peg's house. Edward admires the sights, people, and activities that he has never experienced or seen before. Edward smiles meekly at first, and then more broadly and confidently when he glances briefly at Peg and she they both smile at each other. He clumsily points to something and nearly injures Peg with his hands, and he bumps...
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