Cinematic Techniques In What Dreams May Come

Sleepy Hollow is a gothic horror film directed by Tim Burton in 1999. It tells the story of when Ichabod Crane is sent to the isolated town of Sleepy Hollow to solve the mystery of the Headless Horseman. The isolated gloomy setting for example, when Ichabod Crane enters the town, the film techniques such as music and lighting such as when the Headless Horseman appears combined with characters that have supernatural powers including Catrina and Lady Van Tassel reinforces the idea that Sleepy Hollow is a gothic horror film.

The film ‘Good Will Hunting’ directed by Gus Van Sant is a movie which follows the life of Will Hunting who is gifted with astonishing maths skills but suffered as a child and now has a fear of abandonment. He developed a defense mechanism which affected his ability to create long lasting relationships. An important extract from the movie is the scene ‘ It’s not your fault’. This scene conveyed the impact of childhood trauma, the results of suppressed emotions and the idea of soulmates. These ideas were manifested through the use of various film techniques, such as camera shots and movements, music and dialogue.

“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.

The Film Dreamworlds III examines the explicit nature and the objectification of women in music videos across music genres. A similar theme is presented throughout these various music videos as women are sexualized and exploited. In addition, many music videos display the domination and antoagonizing nature of a man controlling the numerous women submitting themselves to him. The portrayal of these images in music videos advertise and influence audiences to accept this behavior on screen, which in turn strengthens aggressive masculinity and the pornography of women.

With a net worth of one hundred and forty million dollars, Tim Burton is greatly known to be a creative mastermind. He has made many amazing movies aimed toward children but also aimed at adults. He creates tales that have nightmarish feelings and makes you worry about the things that go bump in the night. His style is unique to him and he uses many cinematic techniques to his advantage. Some of the many techniques that create Burton's uniquely creepy, yet childish style in many of his amazing works are lighting, camera movements, and music.

“The director Tim Burton wages a valiant battle to show us new and wonderful things. In a Hollywood that placidly recycles the same old images, Burton uses special effects and visual tricks to create sights that have never been seen before.”-Roger Ebert. This is true, Tim Burton uses a variety of cinematic techniques such as lighting, music and sound, and even camera angles to display the mood of a scene and the characters in it that the audience can understand and even relate to on a more personal level.

Tim Burton, arguably one of the most iconic directors in the world, is responsible for many popular films including Frankenweenie, Alice in Wonderland, and Beetlejuice. His movies are easily distinguishable due to his unique style of directing, which involve the brilliant use of cinematic techniques. Two cinematic techniques incorporated in his films are color and sound, which are used to establish the tone and mood of the scenes. If the tone and mood are not accurately shown, underlying messages could be easily misunderstood or overlooked. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, and Edward Scissorhands all have a common message: appearances can be deceptive. Therefore, the cinematic technique of sound and color are essential

Through Tim Burton’s films viewers are taken on a unique journey, to unimaginable places with peculiar characthers. All of Burton’s films are all different from each other, as well as from mainstream movies. However, all of his films follow a similar concept. The unimportance of fitting in is acheieved through Tim Burton’s unique cinematic styles. Tim Burton uses lighting techniques to acheive the unimportance of of fiiting in.

Tim Burton uses a unique combination of cinematic techniques to give his films a signature trademark. From the beginning of one of his films, Burton hooks the viewer with creepy, and sometimes even grotesque themes. I find Burton’s films welcoming and relatable. Burton harnesses the power of low key lighting to make his films and characters appear dark and ominous. Burton uses constant cinematic techniques throughout most of his films, such as low key lighting, and non-diegetic sound.

The well-known director Tim Burton is famous for his creepy yet kid friendly films. A few popular movies being, Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, and Charlie and the Chocolate factory. He strongly conveys tone and mood in each of these films to keep an audience engaged and sympathetic. Tim Burton uses many cinematic techniques to have an affect on the audience.

The Way, directed by Emilio Estevez, is a compelling story where four characters walk a famous trail in Spain called the Camino de Santiago. The main character, Tom Avery, has recently discovered that his son has died his first day on this trail. After flying over from America to prove his relation to the deceased, he decides that the best way to honor his son’s memory is to walk the Camino for him, and spread his ashes along the way. The Way helps people see through the eyes of others due to the use of characterization, flashback, and metaphors.

I choose to nominate the movie What Dreams May Come to be shown in campus. This movie shows different possibilities of the afterlife. This is a spiritual movie which will make individuals question that there maybe other life after this. Campuses must acknowledge spirituality by viewing this movie. Depression and suicide are at higher rates in our society because people are chasing the materialistic views of “American Dreams”. People who are successful struggles with self-fulfillment even after achieving their goals because they lack the spiritual nature of our existence. This movie applies not only for religious believer but also for agnostics and atheists. Schools play a magnitude role in the individual lives of students for career and future

For over 30 years Tim burton has been entertained audiences with movies like Edward scissorhands and Charlie and the chocolate factory and has become a master of cinematic techniques he has used a plethora of them in all if his films and some other techniques like lighting and music and camera angles.

Tim Burton, 2 of his quotes “It’s good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way.” and the other is “Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they see things as a child.” These quotes from Tim Burton mean that he loves to create movies outside of adults imagination and refer to when he was little, also that anything is possible when you turn your mind into a kids or in a peculiar way. Tim Burton is a director that films movies that creates a tone and mood of fantasy outside of reality, the way he does this is using the stylistic techniques of music, camera shots, and lighting in the movie Charlie and The Chocolate Factory he uses these techniques to achieve the tone and mood of fantasy. In this essay I'll explain what where some cinematic techniques that made the movie fantasy type.

The idea of movies or parts of movies being a dream is not new. A lot of the time, directors and writers use this in order to explain surreal fantasies or irrational ideas and thoughts. Hence, audiences have asserted this as taboo; a cop-out to make excitement or abstract within a film that is less so. The eye-roll and shake of the head of the audience as a character waking up to the realization of hypnogogic events is all too familiar. Using it as a resolution is even worse as the audience is invested in the storyline, only to find out it was all a sham from the start and none of it was actual reality.