Psychoanalytic Techniques In Tim Burton's Films

Do you know what makes you different? Tim Burton does and has a unique way of showing it. Through his films, Charlie and the Chocolate factory, Corpse Bride, and Edward Scissorhands. Which he has managed to enhance by using these two specific cinematic techniques. Lighting and sound are the two factors that contribute you into feeling a desired way. These techniques manipulate you to either feel sad, happy, or even excited during the film.

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.

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.

Tim Burton is a popular director, his films are known to be dark and strange, they usually are a fairytale like story with a dark twist. He has done a lot of very popular films, for example, he has directed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and The Corpse Bride. He was inspired by the Grimm Brothers, Edgar Allan Poe, Roald Dahl, and Vincent Price.Tim Burton uses close up, low key lighting, zoom, and long shot to show the characters emotions, create a scary scene, show what is important and to make characters look vulnerable.

In the same vein of logic Burton also visually compares his characters through the settings in which they are portrayed. In an almost laughably shocking contrast, the gothic mansion in Edward Scissorhands is quite literally looming over the uniform pastel ranch style homes of the characters. This clear juxtaposition can

“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.

During the 1940’s, the idea of the auteur theory arose. It was crafted by Andre Bazin, who was a French film critic, and Roger Leenhardt, a filmmaker. They stated that a film should represent the directors vision. Another French film critic, Alexandre Astruc, enhanced the auteur theory by expressing that directors with their camera should be like writers with their pen. This would make a director’s films all have the same type of aspects. Once a director makes a number of films, a certain “finger print” can be seen throughout his creations.

“People are afraid of me because I am different.” This quote from Edward Scissorhands shows that the tone of this movie is a melancholy and tragic tone. In Tim Burton’s work the melancholy and tragic tones reflect the point that Tim Burton likes to have stories that are tragic and have a lot of melancholy. These tones are created through the author’s use of lighting, character design, and camera angles.

From Edward Scissorhands to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Big Fish, Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques in order to intrigue his watchers to have them become more engrossed in his movies. Tim Burton's past is strange for his techniques. An example of this could be that he worked at Disney, which is a place filled of happy things with no dark meaning at all. In Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses flashbacks, lighting, and high angles to prove that mood can change in the blink of an eye.

Tim Burton is a famous American Director known for using his cinematic techniques for creating his quirky, gothic, and odd movies, however it wasn’t always this way. Raised in Burbank, California, or as Tim Burton calls it, “an empty canvas, where you have to create your own world.” Tim Burton felt that growing up he was a “wierdo” or an outcast, and for that no one in school seemed to like him, which allowed him to develop a skill and passion for drawing and thinking of such characters as Edward Scissorhands, explaining the reflection of Tim Burton and some of the characters in his films. Burton studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts and was later put into Disney's animation department where he worked on such movies as “The

I grew up watching his films and have always admired his sense of style and identity. He puts so much of himself into them which takes courage from someone as anti-social and introverted as him. His storytelling is characterized chiefly through striking visuals and unforgettable characters who exemplify the themes that reoccur throughout a majority of his works—primarily the isolation of being disconnected from the real world at large and the search for true identity. Interview Magazine stated, “There has always been a consistent underlying emotional current in Tim Burton’s works—a delicate balance of sadness, humor, and horror that matches his eye for gothic beauty and mythical surrealism” (Interview Magazine). He has a fascinating way of being able to unleash his own imagination and experiences when making a film and that is ultimately what I would love to witness in person myself. His unique skill at creating dreamscapes of unusual, freakish characters, outsiders conflicting with the so called “norm” and the clashing of two worlds that coexist—for example, in Edward Scissorhands is quite intriguing. The colors and tonal range of the production design as a whole are important in conveying a sense of emotionality as well as thematically allowing the narrative and characters to progress and I think Burton

Tim Burton uses lighting to make characters look evil. In the movie Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton uses dark and low key lighting to make Edward look evil. When Edward is first seen he was in low key lighting, and he looked evil with his big scars and his scissorhands showing. Once you

In my essay I am going to reference two films, Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Vincent (1982), directed by Tim Burton. Edward Scissorhands, is Tim Burton’s take on the Frankenstein story. We can clearly see the influences that have appealed to Tim Burton in the classic Frankenstein (1931) was not the character’s monstrousness appeal but the sense of sad sorrow that audiences sympathized to in Boris Karloff’s performance. Whereas in Tim Burton’s vision, we see a “Special” character as the Frankenstein Monster, in the similar way that we call people with disabilities Special. And then we have Vincent, a short stop-motion animation. The short film itself is an entertaining aspect of a suburban boy named Vincent who recites Edgar Ellen Poe and categorizes with Horror film star, Vincent Price. With similarities to Edward Scissorhands, the main character is a chance for Tim Burton to represent himself on the screen as a tortured boy, outsider and artist. I am going to discuss how cultural and psychological concerns are represented through characterization, art direction, cinematography, and sound. I will support my discussion by analyzing a reflection on both the similarities and differences between the two films, and whether a distinctive “Burton” signature (aesthetics, cultural and psychological concerns) is evident.

Moreover, Burton uses satire to emphasize Edward’s innocence; all characters represented a different flaw in society. For example, all of the housewives were nosy. One of them was particularly religious and judgmental. Burton portrays Joyce as a flirtatious liar. Kim’s boyfriend, on the other hand, was controlling and impulsive. In contrast, Edward had none of these faults. The town that they live in is made out to look perfect and neat, while Edward’s home is scary and intimidating. In reality, the castle is more of a humane place than the town. The real monsters are the “regular” people. To sum up, Burton gives a negative connotation towards society, verse praise towards uniqueness using satire.