Tim Burton Films: The Beauty In The Weird

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.

Sound is extremely important in films, and the types of sound used differ between genre. Sound is important in all films. Without sound, films do not possess as much power compared to if they did have sound. In ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, multiple soundtracks are used throughout the film. Two fantastic soundtracks in the film are ‘This is Halloween’ and ‘The Oogie Boogie Song’. Both use orchestral instruments and the lyrics are sung with deep voices. Diegetic sounds used in these soundtracks and throughout the film include bats squeaking, bugs crawling, and pumpkin heads being chopped off using a large metal blade. The effect of sounds, including soundtracks, is to enhance the feeling experienced from the visuals. Deep voices and multiple orchestral instruments create suspense and fear. As the music crescendos, the suspense increases as well. Loud, sudden sounds like a scream or crash create sudden fright. Using different sounds, films are more exciting and can be used to determine a genre.

Another example of Burton’s use of low key lighting is expressed in his short film Vincent. As Vincent and his zombie dog search for victims through the night, dim lighting is used to give him a mischievous appearance. This gives the audience the impression that there is something wrong with Vincent because he does not act like a normal kid. This displays importance to the story because the audience judges him by the way he appears, only to find out later that he just prefers to live in his dramatic imagination. The use of low key lighting assists the audience in believing that Vincent is aberrant until his mother explains that he is not insane, but living in a fantasy

Another film that buron uses non-diegetic sounds in is Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. In the scene as Victor rehearses his vows, the music is proud and triumphant, but when Victor places the ring, unknowingly, on the bride’s figure the music changes to a dark and frantic soundtrack, which changes the mood of the crowd from being happy for Victor to being scared for him as he runs away from the bride. By changing the music as the scenes change, Burton is able to fluctuate the mood of the setting for the audience. Burton also is able to portray that Victor's mood is also changing. In addition to allowing the audience to gain a better understanding of the characters, Burton uses non-diegetic sounds to foreshadow the events that are about to happen, such as when the music changes suddenly to frantic music the viewers can predict that something bad is

Burton also uses sound such as diegetic and non-diegetic music and sound in order to advance the mood, feelings, and emotions of the audience. One particularly exceptional example of Burton’s use of sound is in the film Edward Scissorhands. Burton uses non-diegetic music in order to signify the relationship between Edward and Kim. He uses music that sounds almost like an angel singing in heaven while Edward is carving an ice angel. While Edward is at work, Kim spots the beautiful, white snow created by the beautiful sculpting of the angel and starts spinning and twirling in it, as if she’s never seen snow as dazzling as Edwards before. This symbolizes the relationship between Edward and Kim and the forbidden romance that will take place later on in the film as their feelings for each other grow deeper and deeper. This persuades the audience to root and cheer on Edward and Kim’s forbidden romance even though they know the love they both have for each other is pointless and will never work out because of their differences. Burton also uses diegetic sound in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He uses diegetic sound in order to urge the audience to feel mournful and enhance their mood to feel sorrow toward the former Wonka factory workers. In the film, he uses diegetic sound as the massive gates close to Wonka’s incredible factory. He does this to show the

Tim Burton done this to help the movie have a dark twist or to help the movie take a serious turn. In the movie Edward Scissorhands you see low key lighting when they show the castle. Nightmare Before Christmas shows a lot of low key lighting too. When Jack sings his song about taking Christmas away. They use low key lighting to show his song is dark and scary.

For example, in the nut sorting room, when Veruca’s shoes are clicking on the floor, which is a diegetic sound. This creates the effect that everything has suddenly gone very quiet and anticipation is growing. But, in Big Fish, Tim Burton uses sound to make people feel many different things. For example, in the town of Spectre, when the townspeople were dancing, the diegetic sounds were all of the happy dancing music. This creates the effect of happiness.

To demonstrate, Burton uses non-diegetic sound in the form of upbeat and jumpy music in the opening scene of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, where the interior of the factory is shown in a loosely animated display of chocolate being made. This music creates the effect of the feeling of mystery and curiosity in the audience as to what the factory truly entails. This effect is created by keeping the audience on edge with the quick and bouncy notes that do not have a linear pattern or flow, whilst trying to decipher the little detail given of the interior of the factory. Without this technique, the factory would have less significance on the story as the factory would seem less mysterious to the audience, which was its overall purpose in the story.

To begin, Tim Burton uses diegetic and non-diegetic sounds throughout many of his films to twist emotions throughout the film using music. One way he does this is in Big Fish when Ed Bloom shows up to his future wife's house with daffodils covering her front lawn. The tempo of the music picks up and the music sounds almost like everyone in the world could see how much he was in

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.

Tim Burton's uses music/ sound in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands. The music in Edward scissorhands was peaceful during the ice dance scene. I think this reflects when jim is trying to force a wedge between Edward and Kim. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory they had some upbeat music but they had more beat than the ice dance scene in edward scissorhands. Also the music in charlie and the chocolate factory he chose was diegetic and in edward scissorhands they used a lot of types of music they used some tense music to create suspicion that something might be going on and they also used some music to create

Corpse Bride is about Victor who is to marry Victoriabut accidentally marries a corpse named Emily instead but Victor loves Victoria. Tim Burton uses sound in the song according to plan which includes a trumpet, organ, footsteps and a steady tempo. It makes it sound dull and dire. The sound of their footsteps makes it seem like they are running out of time. Also he used color and music to make the underworld seem brighter and friendlier as jazz music is playing, laughing, and drinking joyously since alcohol has no effect on their health since they’re already dead.

For example, in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton uses non-diegetic music to point out emotions of the children when they are loose in the eatable room. By using music, Burton shows the children’s thoughts and emotion. Burton lets the viewer absorb a deeper understanding of each character. This also lets the viewer experience the candy room through each of the children perspective which creates a connection between the character and the viewers. Tim Burton also uses music and sound in the film Edward Scissorhands. When Peg makes her way into the garden of the mansion, Peg sees green and well design bushes of objects in the garden. This scene is companied by sounds of bells and strong presence of strings incorporated. These elements gives the viewer a childlike and romantic feeling. The music and sound playing the background can make the viewer feel warm in the inside and see Peg isn’t in danger. It can also make the reader why the garden is so nice and bright and the mansion looks dark and

He uses lots of orchestral music like Organ music and Strings in minor to create broody, deep and sad music where it was necessary for mood and gleeful angelic music when there was hope. For example, you can see this when The Mad Inventor, or Vincent Price, in Edward Scissorhands hands takes the baked heart shaped cookie and presses it to the robot's chest. When he is watching the cookie be made, the music is very minor with a lot of trumpet and drums, making the machinery seem very dark, shadowy, and menacing. However when the cookie is fully baked and Vincent picks up the cookie and steps in the light, A much lighter tune begins, with mainly strings in major and a more angelic and ethereal mood is picked up. This lightness in this scene is meant to be symbolic of Vincent getting a grand idea to make the stories protag, or even possibly him playing god and getting the idea to create artificial life.

Horror films are known for their ability to scare audiences, to get the audience’s hearts racing, their blood rushing. A good horror film will cause viewers to be on the edge of their seats and having their perception of reality distorted as they attempt to understand the unraveling plot of the horror film. The tone of the film aides in the amount of suspense that a horror film produces, since a much darker film will create a more suspenseful atmosphere than one that is more focused on campy monster makeup. But the tone of a film is determined by the sound of the film, or in other words, the score. Sound or music in a horror film, or the lack thereof, make the intense scenes and without the addition