Tim Burton Symbolism

Tim Burton is a very famous director that has many exceptional works. Some of his greatest include: Beetlejuice, The Nightmare before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Charlie’s Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, (most all of them have Johnny Depp in them). There is a lot of talk going on right now about Tim Burton’s new movie, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”. Tim Burton is an incredible director with award winning films, so what makes this one any different? Burton’s newest movie is having quite the battle on Twitter. There has been an outrage because of the all-white cast in the movie. Everyone acting in the movie is white, except Samuel L. Jackson. Many people have been tweeting about how wrong Burton was for being so discriminating

Burton has many examples to show how awkward and weird the misfit protagonist can be when in society. For example, in Edward Scissorhands, when Peg first meets Edward he is portrayed as this scary man with scissors for hands. A zoom is used to reveal Edward and when Edward is revealed a close up is shown

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

Inspired by Roald Dahl and Vincent Price, director Tim Burton is easily one of the most remarkable and creative directors of his generation. Burton has a unique and individual way of challenging the minds of viewers and attracting individuals to his films, and has been using this technique for over 30 years. His ways persuade the audience to change the mood they have toward the film. In the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Big Fish Director Tim Burton uses cinematic and editing techniques such as lighting, sound, and flashbacks in order to enhance the mood and feelings of viewers.

Edward is represented as the creation of an intelligent inventor, yet before Edward could be “completed” the inventor passed away. This had a long-term effect on Edward as he was left confused, alienated, alone and most importantly, “incomplete” literally, and metaphorically. This contrast, symbolizes the complex feelings associated with alienation and ostracism, and the destructive effects it has on individuals, leading them to create barriers of isolation, and lack of acceptance and understanding. William struggles to form a sense of identity because of the emotional abuse that was inflicted upon him during his placement with an unidentified male. And Edward suffers from a sense of identity, as he was never able to establish on, through social interactions, Edward is intrigued by those around who to him seem to be, unique and different, while those around Edward believe him to be unique and one of a kind, accepting him for “ The years spent in isolation have not given him the tools to judge from right or wrong. The snow represented the change he brought to the people and especially Kim. It showed how he blossomed, and when the chaos of his visit came and left, he still left his mark behind to the town. Before Edward visited it had never snowed, and now every year it does. This is because even though Edward was looked down upon at the end, he still wanted to show people he can create beauty and not just destruction. Edward wanted them to feel a sense of belonging, maybe not with him but with each other, with the town’s community. understood by us as an audience that the need to belong is significant in our world as it is through the healing process in our relationships and experiences that the human

Edward’s differences are viewed negatively by society as he is encouraged to conform. By having scars visible on his face, Peg makes an effort to mask Edwards imperfections. She is unfamiliar with his fair complexion as everyone in the neighborhood has glowing smooth skin and therefore she urges to “help with the scars”. While Peg applies a concealing cream on Edwards face, she insinuates that “blending is the secret” which symbolizes how blending into society will help Edward conform. This suggests that Edwards flaws are not accepted and how society pressures to cover up your differences because uniformity is acknowledged. As the family warms up to Edward in their home, Bill suggests that Edward gets a job to earn money like everyone else in the community. He says that having a job is the “greatest satisfaction” a man can have. This insinuates that men are conformed to have a job and earn money for their family. Edward decides to make an effort and get a loan to start up his own business at the local bank which is painted white and black symbolizing the dull and homogenous life the society lives in. Edward is rejected by the bank authorities when he finds that Edward has no previous bank records and therefore “may as well not even exists.” This implies that by Edward not having a job, he is not welcome to exist in society as they are not willing to give others who are different a chance. As humanity negatively views Edwards differences, Burton displays how humans encourage outcast to conform to society.

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.

First, the stylistic element juxtaposition truly exhibits director Tim Burton establish a theme. He uses colors like the houses. Edwards house is dark while the neighbors houses are bright. It makes Edward look scary. He also uses characters that are opposite like Edward and Kim's boyfriend Jim. Jim is against Edward the whole

The film’s introduction paints the small town in pastel tones, perfectly mowed lawns, where the women spend their days as housewives and the men are off at work, a simple yet perfect depiction of a 1950’s American dream. In contrast to Edward’s isolated, gothic castle, the epitome portrayal of the archetypal ‘other’. Although the positive and negative connotations, respectively, of these appearances poorly describe those who actually inhabit them. Behind the mask of a perfect suburban life lies repressed drives, explosive cruelty, and a threat, while under black leather and sharp blades is a boy whose scissors hurt himself more than anyone else. A prominent instances of this is Joyce, a sexually seductive manipulating woman, with her toe curling orgasmic experience of Edward cutting her hair, to her sexual assault on him, her sexual desires arise, something typically looked negatively on by conservative societies. Edward's hair cutting skills also ignites similar response from other women as well. This leads to the exploitation of Edward and his abilities, his talents in cutting stylish hairstyles and artistic garden hedges are objects of praise almost immediately after he is brought into the ‘normal’ world. At first Edward and the town come to see his scissorhands as a creative gift, although the initial pleasure from his deformity quickly turns into an abuse of his body, asking Edward for favours here and there, for which he is later repaid for with an angry, witch hunt like mob chase. Edward’s gift becomes once again a curse, proving that once the circus like allure of something strange and ‘other’ wears away the elitist society will remind itself that it does not fit into their system. Although suburbia feels a threat from anything different to the norm, itself is a threat

“With this hand, I will life your sorrows. Your cup will never be empty, for I will be your wine. With this candle, I will light your way in darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine”. She walks into the chapel and sees the couple telling each other their wedding vows. Little does she know this day will be the worst and best of her life. In almost all films directed by Tim Burton include dark colors and choral music. This is what bonds cinematic techniques and mise en scène. Burton’s unique style includes the use of lighting and mise en scène to convey that self-discovery is important in developing an interesting outlook on life.

Imagine this; you’re walking through and old graveyard, and crisp, cool air makes chills run down your spine. Leaves are swirling around you, and blackbirds rest upon the tombstones. For most people, this would be exceedingly uncomfortable, but for Tim Burton, scenes like this were positive, and would later influence his style. Tim Burton exemplifies his style in one of his movies, Edward Scissorhands. In a castle high on a hill top lives an inventor’s most phenomenal creation- Edward.

The Cinematic Techniques of Edward Scissorhands On a high isolated mountain, an unhuman creature resides. His inventor died before he could give him hands. One day, an Avon cosmetics salesperson stops at his mansion. Besides his inventor, nobody knew who he was or has seen him. When Peg, the salesperson, stumbles into his home; she was bewildered.

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.

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.