The Importance Of Setting In Tim Burton's Film, Corpse Bride

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.

“We do not fear the unknown. We fear what we think about the unknown.” Is a quote from Teal Swan. This idea is incorporated into a lot of director’s movies, however, Tim Burton, a creator of many famous movies, would probably have one of the best understandings of this idea. This is through Burton’s constant use of ideas about the unknown in many of his films. Yet, these ideas of fearing the unknown and curiosity of the unknown are especially prominent in Burton’s films such as The Corpse Bride and Edward Scissorhands. There are a great amount of techniques Burton uses to convey these ideas of the unknown, but Burton typically uses techniques such as some sort of misfit protagonist that is different than most people and a judgmental

The setting created by Burton is a major part of the story, almost as important as the characters depicted. This film shows us that fairy tales can take place in a modern setting. Explain, using examples from the film, with reference to Burton’s personal iconography. (Describe the two worlds depicted in Edward Scissorhands. *How do lighting, colour, contrast, and shape influence our understanding of each of these worlds? * How do the characters’ costumes emphasise the contrast between these two worlds add to our understanding of the story and the themes being communicated. * How are the two worlds connected through the characters of Edward and Kim? * When Tim Burton described the suburb in which he grew up, he said that there was “no

Also, Hawley discusses how the Bride was not in the film for long showing how the film was sexist by having most of the screen time be men only. Even though she was only in the film for a short period, the Bride was the main focus of the film. The whole movie was about her creation and centered on her;

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.

The setting on the dvd cover is a very wide shot type to show the isolated setting this sets the miss en scene for the film and what the audience should expect from it. An isolated setting is a common feature of a horror film as having a setting isolated scares the audience, as it makes events more realistic. If they take place in one location, rather than all over the place. The feeling of being alone in a horrific situation creates tension and has the audience in suspense and after looking away from the cover they can know that the film happened in that one isolated setting that has no threat to them this link to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and how fear is directly related to our needs. Biological and physiological needs and safety needs. By having an isolated setting on the front cover and the Lead (Daniel Radcliff) in it makes the audience have a empathetic understanding of the

For this assessment, I based my film on the concept of the living dead. I was inspired by Tim Burton’s film ‘Corpse Bride’ as he uses bluish hues to exemplify that themes are out of the ordinary. With my main protagonist being a young female photographer, I utilised her as the damsel in distress. The film begins with a piece of paper swaying through the air and landing softly. I used a close-up shot here to allow the reader to see what is written. The point of the close-up is to foreshadow what will happen and thus, it also alludes to the audience that this note is important. From the start, I had decided to start the film with the movie instead of a title as I believe that it will engage and capture the audiences’ attention. The non-diegetic

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.

   With castles, hidden streets, waterways, recurring rainy weather, interesting European architecture, and mystique, London is the perfect location for Bram Stoker's Dracula. London: The capital of Great Britain, and the center of attention in the nineteenth century, due to the many incidents that were going on at the time. The novel includes many daunting scenes, such as when Dracula heaves a sack withholding a deceased child before three female vampires. Stoker may have been influenced by London's numerous enticements; it is no surprise why he choose it to be the setting of his novel, London seems to be "exotic" and unknown. Stoker is obviously inspired by London's castles, hidden

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 the director behind a lot of well-known movies in the cinema. Most of it have a special effect of dark, mysterious, complicated feeling for the audience that linger for a long time. After Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Big Fish, it is proven how talented Mr. Burton is in driven the audience mood anywhere possible and impossible without any notices. Tim Burton movies have a unique style because he uses elements that both contrast and complement each other like fairy tales, dark and grotesque elements.

In the words of Tim Burton, “One person’s craziness is another person’s reality.” This is the truth for the magical movies he has put together. Burton grew up different from others; he was an outcast from the people around him. Enjoying B movies, he would watch them a great deal. Out of all the characters, Burton preferred the monsters or strange creatures. Some inspirations to him are Edgar Allen Poe, Roald Dahl, and Vincent Price. He frowns upon conformity, for he prefers individuality. What is normal to Burton could be completely wild to another. In Tim Burton’s distinctive films, he uses symbolism and the comparison of individuality and conformity to emphasize the purity of an outsider.

One of the main depictions of women in the novel is that are either both sexually promiscuous and overtly sexual, or they are pure and chaste. In Victorian society, you were either a virgin or a married woman, if women were neither then they were not of much moral worth to society. Much like this Victorian ideal, the overtly promiscuous and sexual females of Dracula are depicted as evil and monstrous, while the pure and chaste women are displayed as strong and heroic.

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.