Thesis Statement Of Tim Burton

Upon entering the circus, Edward spots a beautiful girl whom he vows to marry. However, she soon vanishes and he never learns her name. The ringmaster, Amos, agrees to provide Edward with clues about the girl each month that he works for him. He does everything Amos asks of him, which includes sticking his head in a lion’s mouth, washing an obese circus performer, cleaning up after the elephants, and being fired from a cannon. Edward completes every task with a smile knowing that he is one step closer to meeting his future wife.

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.

The signs of the time are also shown through the use of specific camera shots, which humble the characters and show their frailty. Long Shots, in particular, are used to exemplify the smallness of the characters (without power) in the vastness of the world around them. In the scene in which the

A long shot of the family on fathers day is presented to show the audience the whole family, feel the connection and the emotions during the scene, Daryl is shocked by the gifts that he has received and states ‘ That is going straight into the pool room’. This shows the audience that the pool room is every important to the family. Daryl, believes in his home, this includes doing all the renovations and his wife completing the decorations. Introducing the film, Daryl describes and introduces the audience to his home, stating the importance and all the renovations he has completed, this includes wide shots and pans across each renovation, the pool room and the greyhound house. Providing a wide shot and pans across objects, allows the audience to acknowledge each item that is sentimental to

Within the film, Edward Scissor hands by Tim Burton, the composer uses film techniques to display distintivitvely visual. The impressive use of camera angles and camera shots both encompass the distinctively visual element. Camera angles are used to emphasise the characters view on certain scenes, for instance, when Edwards the main character is staring at Kim, a young girl who lives in the town. A eye level shot is used, to emphasise the emotions that Edward is feeling towards Kim, it also shows the deep scars that are on Edwards face, a sign of both pain and torment both from earlier on in his life but also towards Kim’s boyfriend, as deep down he knows things about her boyfriend that she doesn’t, deep down like his scars. The composer also uses camera shots to give the audience understanding of the setting. The use of long shot on the town which shows a fair amount of landscape is used to contrast between Edward’s mansion on the hill, being all dark and scary looking, but yet a town at the foot of the hill which is colourful, vibrant and peaceful looking. The composer used this shot, to show how such differences can be put aside each other, but the community

Long takes and camera movements usually rely on each other. Frame mobility helps to break the long shot into significant smaller units (Bordwell and Thompson, 2008, p. 215). With the use of camera movement, this shot can be broken down into three parts – Lisa and Lieutenant Leopold walking towards their family members, where the camera tracks them, Lieutenant Leopold breaking the news to his uncle, where the camera stays static, and Lisa’s parents questioning Lisa about her refusal, where the camera tracks in from a long shot to a mid-close up shot.

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.

In the third case, he knew the truth in the half of defending process. And he knew Cullen was guilty after he saw the picture from the scene of the murder. A lady, a kid, and a maid were killed. Because Cullen was one of the largest real-estate developers in New York, if he could win the triple homicide defendant, he would earn higher reputation in the legal profession. Therefore, Kevin needed to make a choice between vanity and truth again, which had the same situation as two cases before. He chose vanity again and forced a lady lying in the court.

The client’s younger sister recently had an accident where she almost fell through thin ice while skating with her brother and cousin. She told her parents that Henry pushed her towards the thin ice and was laughing as the ice began to crack. As the parents questioned their son about the incident, Mark, came forward and explained that Henry had been doing things that he should not be doing. Mark accused Henry of torturing and killing a neighborhood dog, throwing a stuffed dummy off of an overpass and causing an accident, plotting to kill his younger sister, and had even threatened him if he told on Henry. The client’s mother at first did not believe that her son could at all be capable of such things and had dismissed the incidents as sibling rivalry.

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.

These low angle shots make Edward look powerful while he is accepted. For Example, when Kevin brings Edward in for show and tell Edward is shown with a low angle shot while the class is shown at level shot. This makes him look powerful and the kids cheer when he finished his paper cutting. This helps his efforts to be accepted. This scene is accompanied by frantic music that ends in a heroic jingle. Another scene where Edward is accepted is when he starts cutting dogs hair. Joyce then asks if he would cut her hair. The neighbourhood love the hairstyle that Edward gave her, so every woman lines up to get their hair done they way the want it. This scene is accompanied by fast paced strings. When he cuts their hair it is filmed with a low angle shot to make Edward seem powerful. The people love him for it which makes him feel more confident in himself and he is accepted into the neighbour hood. This is his new found signature talent. Finally, the last scene is where Edward is on a talk show with Peg. Edward and Peg on the talk show and are asked numerous questions. Edward and Peg are shown with a low angle shot to give them a powerful presence. Although this scene is not accompanied by music, the crowd clap and cheer at various questions, such as his favourite thing in town being the friends he’s made. This proves that the presence of low angle shoots is an indication of the theme of acceptance towards

“One person's crazyness is another person's reality” (Burton). These are the famous words of Tim Burton, and wow has he lived up to his words. Tim Burton has been a director for over 30 years. He is influenced by the infamous Dr. Suess that is known for the innocence of his books, but also influenced by Edgar A. Poe who is known for his intense dark style. This can draw conclusions as to what Tim Burton's style is like, but what does he use to control the mood? Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques such as editing, lighting and sound to set the mood and control how the audience feels.

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

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.

generate moods, and have great psychological affect. This is just as true for the very first series of shots for the film, and perhaps more important since these first shots will give the audience the initial feeling of the film, and set a tone for the picture. The first shot is highly dramatic in its lighting method, and the audience is drawn in immediately to one single detail. A man begins revealing the details of a tragic incident that befell his daughter. We don’t see who he is talking to. There is a spotlight directly above the man, and this is pretty much