Suspenseful Techniques In Tim Burton's Films

Tim Burton has directed movies like Charlie and the chocolate factory, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, and many more. He is known for his unique style which is dark humor. He uses many techniques to create different moods or feelings you wouldn't usually feel .Tim Burton uses flashback, shot'reverse'shot, and camera movements to create different types of mood.

Tim Burton is an American director who has creatively produced various amounts of dark and horror related films. Burton has many different stylistic features that make his films different in a way from other directors, from his brilliant film, The Big Fish to the dark and mysterious Edward. In both of these films, Tim Burton uses lighting, framing, and sound to establish mood. The way Burton uses his lighting in various ways to make the audience become suspicious and continue watching.

Director Tim Burton is brashly thought of as having a dark, macabre, and humorous style in his films. This being true, there is a multitude of ways that the style is created for the audience. Furthermore, Burton’s cinematic technique usage is a direct mark of creative exposure of this dark style throughout the duration of a film’s story. Director Tim Burton uses diverse cinematic techniques to create a variety of effects that represent his style of grim childlike misfortune, tampered by opulent optimism.

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.

Tim Burton is a film maker, he uses sound, brightness, and Editing to make his audience feel suspense and wonder about parts of information that Burton leaves out. When Peggy first notices Edward in the corner of the castle, the music becomes dark and suspenseful. The music was important, making what would have been dead silence, instead creates more depth in the scene, with the added use of sound. laying in Peggy’s daughter’s bed is Edward. Peggy’s daughter comes in the room and doesn't notice Edward because the room is very dim.

Strange, grim, and unlikely is what most people would describe Tim Burton’s style of writing and his movies. Tim Burton grew up fascinated with fairy tales and the supernatural. He presents a darker version of children stories. He has written books such as “James and the Giant Peach” that were a hit but he also makes movies which use a variety of cinematic techniques in every movie. Tim Burton effectively uses variety of cinematic techniques to evoke emotion in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, and Edward Scissorhands.

Personally, I believe the reason is the same as to why so many people love him and his films. He’s different, and in a very good, yet odd way. Nobody has really seen anything like what he has envisioned and brought to the table. Not only is he extremely unique, but he is also very relatable to anyone who has ever felt like an outsider or that they were weird or even rejected by the world. In this way, his audience can really connect with his films, even though they are out-of-this world imaginative. Honestly, Burton is my all-time favorite director, and for the same reasons as anyone else, I can identify with his art. “One person’s craziness is another person’s reality” he has said. Not all of his work is mind-blowing or even amazing, but you can’t deny that when you watch one of his films you feel just a little bit transported to another world. He has transformed modern cinema with his ‘Burtonesque’ style and has also inspired many other directors, actors, artists, films, and shows. He’s also given actors dozens of opportunities to start up and expand their careers. Maybe his films aren’t everybody’s ‘cup of tea’, but there’s just no denying his glittering talent. It is inspiring to see someone come from such a rough beginning to come out on top, giving hope to many. Tim Burton has truly left his stamp on the world of film, as I believe to be one of history’s best directors, and changed the world of cinema and art

Tim Burton is a well-known American director who has made countless dark and edgy movies. Two of his main productions are Edward Scissorhands and his remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He uses many cinematic techniques in these films to set the mood and tone of the film, but sound and camera angles really stress the interest in his films. The most effective element in these films is sound.

To some, Tim Burton’s works display frightening, abstract images. To Burton, his work represents positivity, “I never really saw them [films] as dark. They always seemed more positive in a way.” People all view objects differently. His fictional films include, Edward Scissorhands, Alice and Wonderland, and Big Fish, along with many others. In these films, Burton uses cinematic techniques that shape the characterization. Tim Burton’s usage of flashbacks, lighting, and color helps develop characterization in Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish.

Tim burton is a famous director who won a oscar for the best animation.1.Some of his films are Batman,9,James The Giant Peach,and Big Eyes.Tim Burton is known for the weird, wacky and unusual (IMB). 2.Burton lived with grandmother as a teennager he spent his days drawing and dreaming and watching old monster movies.3.Some may say he’s a creative genius,others think he's strange.His movies match his personality in many ways,like wacky and unusual. The genius of Tim Burton is his unique juxtaposition of the light and the dark, the adult and the childlike, the counterculture and the mainstream to produce interesting, edgy, yet widely enjoyable pieces of cinema.

Have you ever watched a Tim Burton film and thought to yourself what are his influences? Many of his movies are very different from other directors especially the characters. There are not many characters in other films comparable to stop motion films such as Nightmare Before Christmas or Beetlejuice. Then you also think about what made Burton interested in Johnny Depp's characters such as Edward Scissorhands or Mad Hatter. One of the first times Burton experienced stop motion film was growing up watching Harryhausen's Jason and the Argonauts in the 1960's. (Tapley) As far as the monsters in these films I believe that they were shown a certain way to make you believe it and make the character more interesting. Ray Harryhausen was an influence to Tim Burton for his films

Tim burton is a famous director who earned an Oscar nomination for best animated feature. He is famous for his uniquely directed films such as Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride. His style can be described as childish, but at the same time dark, which can also be described as a perfect mix between Walt Disney’s style and Edgar Allen Poe’s style. Throughout his widely famous movies, he uses flashbacks, non-diegetic sounds, low key lightning, and close ups in order to create strange characters that the audience sympathizes with.

Film directing lets a person express themselves through creating characters that can relate to one’s emotions and thoughts. Director Tim Burton has dictated many films, all containing a similar aspects. However, he expresses a deeper message outside of the grimness and darkness of his films. Four of his motion pictures include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, and Big Fish. Within these films, Burton provides the message that family is defined by love, not blood.

“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.

Tim Burton is one of the most creative and unique directors of this time. He’s made many films with different studios, created amazing and scary artwork, and has inspired many of us to create what we imagine. Even though his childhood wasn’t that great and he had to work hard to be noticed. He succeeded in building a career for himself and enjoy it as well. Burton is an idol and has never made a dull film.