Style Analysis Of Tim Burton's 'Corpse Bride And Edward Sccissorhands'

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.

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.

Burton also tends to have a judgmental society to showcase further that society wrongly teaches people to fear the unknown. Such as in Edward Scissorhands, where the neighborhood was always too quick to judge Edward and automatically assumed the worst in him. This is especially present when the neighborhood assumed Edward had killed Jim for no reason and then tried to kill Edward themselves. This shows that the neighborhood harshly judges those who act outside of their unspoken rules. This also demonstrates that the neighborhood will only believe what they want to believe. In the end the neighborhood really only thought of Edward as something new that should bring joy to their lives, but then wrongly taught themselves to fear him. This technique is also evident in The Corpse Bride when the townspeople is struck by fear when the dead enter their

One technique that Burton uses to express that we should not conform to standards in society is by the use of outcasts. In his films "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Edward Scissorhands" the protagonists are both outcasts. Edward is an outcast in the movie and is different than everyone else because of his clothes and his hands. Edward dresses in black clothing while other people in the neighborhood wear bright vibrant colors. Even though Edward is an outcast, he still has fun and doesn’t change who he is throughout the movie. Charlie is another example of an outcast that Tim Burton used in one of his films. Charlie lives in a small and sad town with his family. Charlie doesn’t seem to fit in with the other kids he meets because the other kids are all rude and ungrateful, while Charlie is a very nice and respectable boy. Charlie doesn’t try to act differently because of the other kids and ends up having a good time at the chocolate factory. Burton uses outcasts in his movies to say that we should not conform to society’s standards just to fit in.

Tim Burton created Edward Scissor hands out of his own experiences in Collage. It is Modern Fantasy which uses narrative and Film conventions to create the mixture of Horror and Fantasy. Fantasy films have their own charatestics and those are how we can determine what genre the movie belongs to. A fantasy Film will normally be in an enclosed space, the setting oF Edward scisoor hand is way that Tim Burton makes the film aFantesy film. Like most movies there is a clsh between a villan and the main Charater changes during the film aswel. Many other things make a film what it is like the Charaters the plot and even the sound.

In the films of Tim Burton, the antagonists are always troublesome, self-absorbed, and ill-mannered, while the protagonists are always the outsiders. Burton, director of many movies such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, Frankenweenie and much more, makes the protagonists outcasts because “‘It’s important to feel like you live or understand the character.’ [...] Like young Victor, Burton grew up feeling isolated in the suburbs, with emotionally-distant parents and a beloved dog, bullied in school and probably a bit depressed…”(Hollywood Reporter). The great contrast between the protagonists and the antagonists convey the tone for how he perceives the world and the people in it. In the films Edward Scissorhands and

Wells iconic novel, The Time Machine, fear is one of the most relatable, and -not oddly enough- most commonly used theme in even modern literature, today. Wells uses the “Unknown” to support the theme of fear in a variety of ways: from the Time Traveller’s fear of the future and its inhabitants, to the fearful cycle of wants and needs from Morlock to Eloi. Each scenario Wells introduces over the length of the novel shows a different way to look at fear, and the best example of this is the Time Traveller’s apparent fear of being trapped in this unfamiliar and ultimately unknown world during the year of 802,701, A.D. As the Time Traveller finally realises what has become of the world and himself, he is enveloped in fear, and he quotes, “At once, like a lash across the face, came the possibility of losing my own age, of being left helpless in this strange new world. The bare thought of it was an actual physical sensation. I could feel it grip me at the throat and stop my breathing” (“The Time

Across widespread films the use of cinematic techniques can creates a range of moods and tones, especially Tim Burton. Tim Burton has directed films such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, and Edward Scissorhands. Tim Burton's use of cinematic techniques creates a childish, yet dark, style across films.

Often times, people judge those who diverge from the typical ideals that societies have created in place for them. Although, director Tim Burton challenges societies’ norms through his work in the film industry and exemplifies his argument through outcast protagonists that alter the perception of normal. The differences, not only in the characters, but the setting as well, are seen as a “peculiar” set of characteristics that make them unique and special. Tim Burton expresses the idea that individuality is preferable to conformity through his use of contrasting settings and misfit protagonists in films such as, Miss Peregrine’s home for Peculiar Children and Edward Scissorhands.

What if your hands where replaced with multiple scissors? How would you react? How would you change socially? In the gothic, “Edward Scissorhands” by Tim Burton, various cinematic techniques such as different camera angles and lighting. Burton uses these techniques to convey that you shouldn’t try to change yourself because you were made for a reason, so you should accept what you’re given and make the best out of your situation.

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.

Corpse Bride is an extremely stylized animation based around German Expressionism. The social seclusion of Germany that began in the early 1900s and peaked in the 1920s caused a series of artistic movements that create today's concept of German Expressionism. Tim Burton uses this style of lopsided buildings, sharp shadows, lack of colors, slow movements, and intense orchestration to enhance his films all based around the concepts of love and of death. He uses obscure concepts and stories enhanced with German Expressionism to create a new outlook on common themes we've seen reused in not just films but stories as old as time. Specifically Tim Burton's Corpse Bride combines the concepts of both love and death to completely reinvent the tale

Frankenstein, a book that was made to bring fear takes a bigger bite out of psychological fear than nail biting action. Mary Shelley wrote this book on a challenge, a challenge to make a frightening book, but the fear that the common public thinks of is far from the type of fear seen in Frankenstein. This type of fear that the public commonly thinks of is far from what Mary Shelley uses. because of this unusual writing style it poses a very good slate for the fear that the monster imposes on the characters and the reader. Because of Frankenstein’s underlying unknown concepts this book proves to be a very hefty dose of psychological and philosophical horror. With this Mary Shelley is able to make the reader think about their place in existence.

Tim burton is very good at using color to establish a mood. As seen in many of his hit movies, color is a large part. Tim burton uses certain cinematic techniques such as color symbolism. For example, in “Alice in Wonderland”, you can see that Tim burton purposefully makes queen Iracebeth’s castle dark and red to show that she is angry or even dangerous while Tim Burton makes Mirana of Marmoreal’s castle white to show tranquil and goodness. Even the small things matter to Tim Burton. All colors are specially chosen because it would change the whole movie if he changed a white castle to a black castle. This technique can also be found in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” in the scene when they are riding on the boat down the chocolate river.