Cinematic Techniques In Tim Burton Movies

Indisputably, Tim Burton has one of the world’s most distinct styles when regarding film directing. His tone, mood, diction, imagery, organization, syntax, and point of view within his films sets him apart from other renowned directors. Burton’s style can be easily depicted in two of his most highly esteemed and critically acclaimed films, Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Burton ingeniously incorporates effective cinematic techniques to convey a poignant underlying message to the audience. Such cinematic techniques are in the lighting and editing technique categories. High key and low key relationships plus editing variations evinces the director’s elaborate style. He utilizes these cinematic techniques to

Tim Burton is one of the most unusual and unique directors of our time. He brings characters to life by putting them in a habitat they don’t belong. His movies “Alice in Wonderland”, “The Corpse Bride”, “Charlie and the chocolate factory”, and “Edward Scissorhands” all demonstrate how one of a kind his movies are. Using cinematic techniques, Tim Burton points out the misfit character and shows how different they are then everyone else. His use of camera angles, lighting, and sound give the viewers a different perspective on the movies, and help pick out the individual character.

One very important editing technique Burton uses in his films is flashbacks. Burton uses flashbacks in order to build structure for the mood and feelings of the audience. An example of a flashback is in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Burton uses flashbacks in the beginning of the film in order to educate the viewer about the connection and relations that the Bucket family has had with Wonka and his factory. The flashbacks showed Grandpa Joe working for Wonka before the terrible tragedy that is the closing of the factory. The flashbacks educates you about how Wonka treated his workers, the amazing things he did, and how the factory shut down. After viewing, you start to feel sad for Wanaka because Grandpa Joe described him as a great and marvelous man with incredible ideas and inventions, but jealousy got to the competitors forcing them to steal ideas and inventions Wonka created, forcing him to shut down the factory. Burton also uses flashbacks to build structure for the mood and feelings of the audience in the film Big Fish. He uses flashbacks to give you a glimpse of the relationship Will has with his father. The flash backs told and showed the stories of Edward Bloom and his adventures. They explained all the stories that will was told and gave you a clue on what the relationship between them was like. A lot of what Edward said was true and because of that, the flashbacks make the audience reconsider

as a director Tim Burton has more abilities as opposed to a writer to depict mood/tone.In some of his older movies, He utilized a multitude of cinematic techniques to show off sinister tones and mood in movies such as “Batman”. The moods and tones of his movies are practically always eerie and dark. Tim Burton uses lighting, camera movements and sound to depict a distinct, gothic film experience.

How does Burton use film technique to present the ‘Wonderland’ as a magical, mystical and nonsense universe? [i.e. computer generated characters, film exposure, colour, music, etc.]

Burton manipulates shots/framing, editing, and music/sound to enhance the perspective of the audience and give them a meaningful and relevant story.

When a person watches a movie, and a scene with dim lighting shows up on the screen, that usually makes them feel tense and scared about what is going to happen next. Directors use cinematic techniques to convey feelings or connect with the viewer. In the movies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, and Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses flashbacks, diegetic and non-diegetic sounds, and high key and low key lighting to show a characters’ thoughts or past, create the mood of a scene, create suspense, and let the viewers know about the characters’ as if they personally knew each other.

“One person’s crazyness is another person’s reality” was once said by the famous director, author, inspirer, Tim Burton. He creates films that have surprised many of his supporters. Most of the films he has directed have had elements of horror and modernness. Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques such as flashbacks, high key lighting, and dolly/tracking to express his style natural creepiness throughout his movies.

For example, during The Big Fish, the story about the witch’s eye, the angle from where the camera was, showing the house, it meant to make the audience predict what was going to happen. Another example would be in Edward Scissorhands when Peg first went into Edwards room when he was sitting in the corner in the dark. the lighting and framing worked together to create suspense and make the audience worry for Peg’s safety. But another technique that ties both of these techniques together to create the effects of the viewers would have to be

The camera angles, in which the scenes are shot in, are very similar in both of these films. For Tim Burton close up camera angles are very common. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the camera angle when Willie Wonka is having a flash back are very tight on his face (1:15:09-1:14:25). This is also seen with the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland (1:17:43-1:17:33). Another type of camera angle that is associated with Tim Burton is the dutch angle. This angle involves creating a sense of tension. In Alice in Wonderland this can be seen when the Mad Hatter is at the tea table (1:17:29-1:17:21). This is also very prominent in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when each of the kids receives their consequence for not following the rules. One noticeable example of this is when Veruca gets attacked by the squirrels (39:53-38:10). When she is begin dragged, the camera angle is tilted to make the scene more dramatic. Another camera angle that is seen in many Tim Burton films is a wide angle shot. Burton does this in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when the kids first see the edible room with the chocolate stream (1:13:59-1:13:48). In Alice in Wonderland, this type of camera angle can be seen when Alice gets to wonderland and is looking around (1:30:29-1:29:48). Tim Burton uses this type of angle to show how big his production in the movies are. Both Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland are both

The Chocolate Factory hasn't been open in years, no has been in or out of the factory after it shut down. Pan was used when the five children and their guardians were waiting outside of the gates. As time passed by suspense was created because the audience was eager to find out what would happen when the gates opened. Tim Burton also used camera movements in Edward Sciisorhands to create suspense. When Edward helped Kim and Jim break into Jim's house, the security alarm went off and Edward was locked in the room. Zoom and low angle was used to show how Edward was struggling to open the door to escape. After the alarm was turned off pan was used when Edward left the room and was walking towards the police. Suspense was also created because the audience knew that Edward could not put down his weapons because they were apart of him. The police didn't know so it was an suspenseful moment because Edward could've

Starting off, Tim Burton uses flashbacks to not only enhance the viewers' experience, but to show that scenes and moods can change in one frame. One example, in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, is when the oompa loompas come out and to the viewer, it's a surprise. Almost immediately after, however, it turns to suspense when Willy Wonka, in the flashback, is suddenly in a forest being attacked by snozzwangers and such. Similarly , in Edward Scissorhands, the scene changes from a elated stereotypical barbecue to a low key lighting factory with the scientist teaching him poetry and edicate which is in a dark environment where the

Tim Burton uses camera angles and movement to create an intimidating and distressed mood in his films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Vincent. One example of this is in the scene where a small candy store that sells the heavily desired Wonka Bars is at the verge of opening up and there its a zoom on an enormous crowd that is waiting outside ready to barge in and then a zoom on a little cashier inside the store. The zoom emphasizes how small and petite the cashier is and then emphasizes how huge and wild the massive crowd is. It overwhelms one's mind because there is no way that she will be able to attend to them all and the audience can just hope that the cashier can handle the customers’ demands and manages to give and receive the right

For example, in the scene whereby the three brothers were in front of a shrine, the others were equally distanced, creating the impression that they were looking directly into the camera whilst creating a balanced

The motion picture starts with a close up shot of a desk and hands that open up an empty book. The screen then changes to a picture of a cartoon kid and dog in a picture frame and we are told that this is a Tim Burton production early on as this is likely to engage the audience as he is rather famous for strange excellent films. The camera then goes to a close up shot of a hand, picking up a feather pen from an ink pot. The audience