Cinematic Techniques In Tim Burton's Film

Burton’s use of techniques results in an amplified outlook on gloomy or brightened scenes. His use of lighting and color in each individual film shows the effect of the two techniques. In Edward Scissorhands, Tim’s use of lighting behind Edward during the police scene made Edward

The same cinematic technique is utilized in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the inception of the film, darker and paler shades of colors are emphasized in the scenery. Especially inside Charlie’s home. However, once inside the chocolate factory, conspicuous colors are introduced. Even though the factory seemed like an exuberant center, there was still a profound void inside the hearts of Wonka, the obnoxious children, and non-proficient parents, not including Charlie and his grandfather. They were lacking the warmth of family unity and self content amid impecuniosity, that Charlie and his grandfather possessed. One can discern that Burton’s style is highly influenced by his lighting effects which in turn affects the tone, mood, and imagery of the film. The sharp contrast of coloration, establishes symbolism, tone, mood, and imagery. Another apparent effect of lighting is the mood it synthesizes. During the scenes in which the figures are pale or low key, the viewer feels uncomfortable. The reverse occurs during the high key scenes. Without the implementation of high key and low key, Burton’s message would have never been fully apprehended in both of the films.

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.

Lightning is key to show the mood of the film. Burton uses High key lighting to show happiness. Burton also uses low key lighting to show scary scenes. In Edward Scissorhands he changes the lighting. In the neighborhood its colorful and bright when in reality the town is judgmental and mean. The women of the town gossip and are not welcoming. Edward is scary and not inviting when really he is surprisingly sweet and kind.In Charlie and the chocolate factory the factory is gloomy and shadowy but inside it is filled with color and cheerful. this shows that not everything is how it appears. Lighting is a main part of burton's style.

“One person's craziness is another person’s reality” This is a quote from Tim Burton. This quote shows his creativity or what other people might is crazy, it really shows in his movies. Tim Burton uses multiple techniques to enhance the mood in his scenes and he includes his audience in the movie with his imagery. Tim Burton knows how to use his cinematic techniques well. His main techniques was his Music, Lighting and camera angles

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

Lastly, Tim Burton, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, uses lighting to show that the people are somewhere. For example, in the first few seconds of the elevator, the scene is dark, low key lighting. This creates an ominous feeling in the characters and the audience. Although these are the present effects in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton in Big Fish used lighting to give off effects that are conflicting of one another. For example, when young Edward is traveling through the forest on the dark and abandoned road, low key lighting is used. This gives off an ominous feeling.

Lighting is important to tell the mood of a film. Burton depicts sinister and scary images with low-key lighting. Tim Burton’s lighting techniques are completely unique. In “Edward Scissorhands“he contrasts lighting. Peg lives in a town that is bright and cheerful looking. Edward’s castle is depressing and gloomy. Tim Burton again shows off his

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.]

Explain how burton uses film technique to reflect the theme of ‘the journey from child to adult’ in Alice in Wonderland. [ i.e. visual symbolism, motifs, setting, etc.] (Costume, CGI, hair/makeup)

Tim Burton uses the flashback to show or reveal characters’ thoughts or past. In the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka has frequent flashbacks to when he was a child. All of his flashbacks involved memories of candy one way or another, and they were sparked by either Charlie Bucket or a question the Golden Ticket winners asked the candy maker. Wonka has a flashback to when he was a little boy trick or treating on Halloween. The flashback also shows how his father was a dentist that hated candy and only let Willy go trick-or-treating so his father could see what kinds of candy are rotting childrens’ teeth each year. While Wonka was allowed to trick-or-treat, his father always got rid of it by throwing it into a fire. Other flashbacks showed how Willy’s love for chocolate started, by showing how he ate pieces of candy and chocolate secretly at

This creates the effect of making the mansion feel dark, eerie, and suspicious to the audience, which further develops the illusion that Edward is dangerous, despondent, and opaquely transparent character. Low-key lighting influences this effect by generating a vague and therefore hostile setting of surroundings within the mansion for Peg, leading the audience to feeling tentative toward her actions. Without this, the interior of the mansion would be visible and result in an inquisitional feeling in the audience rather than

Tim Burton is known for his amazing and weird films, from “Batman”to “BeetleJuice”, his interesting ideas and odd thinking plays a key role in his award winning movies. Burton uses eye angle and the trolley camera movement to create equality between the characters and the audience.

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton uses lighting to create various moods and tones. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory there was back lighting on the chocolate mansion, that Willy Wonka had built, that shows excitement. This affect is achieved because it shows the massive palace. Without this it would not have shown such a great

It is a crucial part to indicate the mood of a movie. Bright and colorful lighting shows, cheer and happiness and on the other hand , Tim Burton shows, spooky images with dark and gloomy lighting. Mr. Burton's lighting techniques are completely his own. In ES, he mixes up the lighting.