Tim Burton's Cinematic Techniques

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.

Lightning is key to show the mood of the film. Burton uses High key lighting to show happiness. Burton also uses low key lighting to show scary scenes. In Edward Scissorhands he changes the lighting. In the neighborhood its colorful and bright when in reality the town is judgmental and mean. The women of the town gossip and are not welcoming. Edward is scary and not inviting when really he is surprisingly sweet and kind.In Charlie and the chocolate factory the factory is gloomy and shadowy but inside it is filled with color and cheerful. this shows that not everything is how it appears. Lighting is a main part of burton's style.

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.

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.

The creation of Tim Burton's style is more complex than what meets the eye. There are many components within each film that help develop his style. In one case, Burton uses many different cinematic techniques throughout his films to create his dark, eerie style.

Not to mention but,the film technique that Time Burton used was High- key-lighting. High-key-light is where the scene is Full of lighting. In Tim burton’s movie Edward scissorhand when Peg has a barbeque to introduce the neighbors to Edward the scene is full of light.

person, instead of scary music playing, an angelic choir is replaced giving a mood of the innocence of Edward. These are some of the many examples where Burton uses music to demonstrate that looks can be deceptive. By

Lowkey lighting, a form of lighting the character or scene with heavy shadows and a dark atmosphere, is notably used effectively in movies Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands. While inside of the chocolate factory, heavy shadows are cast across Willy Wonka’s face and his instruments for making chocolate. This creates a frightening mood around the man and what he may do to the touring children, overall creating suspense and drama. In Edward Scissorhands, Edward’s castle is cast in heavy darkness and gloom, making the setting seem cut off from the world and surreal, meant to give the audience chills. Lowkey lighting gives Burton’s films an important and eerie atmosphere that support the

One of the most powerful element used in Burton’s films is his arrangement of lighting to create a certain effect to his movies. The color we see help show the story and how it develops throughout the film. Color tells us the emotion and atmosphere of the films he directs, usually he uses under-saturated or over-saturated colors to help add gothic mystery or dreamlike feelings. Both “Edward Scissorhands” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” start off with low key lighting and snow to make the effect of the cold and grotesque environment. In “Edward Scissorhands” when he is walking out of Jim’s house with his hands up and he keeps walking towards the police cars, there is side lighting which makes him appear dangerous, but he is really innocent.

Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques to establish mood. For example, consider the scene in the film Charlie and the chocolate factory, where charlie’s parents give him a chocolate for his birthday. The technique that was used there were dark lighting which made the mood sad when opened the chocolate. Also another technique was used in the film Edward scissorhands, when Edward was on tv and was about to say something. The music that was on making us feel mysterious about the scene. In the film frankenwinnie the technique that was used was dark lighting and the music was sad mood. This was used when sparky died and his owners went to the graveyard and gave their goodbyes to sparky. If the director had not used these techniques, than the film would not be exciting and have us get emotional feelings while watching. Clearly, using these techniques made the film fun to watch.

Tim Burton has his own unique way of producing that distinguishes his movies from others. His movies have won many awards. He uses color and lighting in order to create a suspenseful mood for his audience. His unique use of color and lighting are shown in his movies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare before Christmas.

Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques to create his movies. Through his use of cinematic techniques in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Beetlejuice. Some of Burton’s cinematic techniques are lighting, music, and costumes. Cinematic techniques are camera shots used to demonstrate different aspects of a films setting, characters and themes. In at least three of his movies, Burton uses similar cinematic techniques to portray mood to his audience.

He uses music to convey the characters mood , with also using camera angle to help us understand what is happening. Burton’s use of lighting with many other thing is what makes him so revolutionary. He does what others are afraid to do. With conveying the mood of a character in music and lighting to help us understand the story is impressive.

One cinematic technique that he uses is lighting and it is mainly used to display the tone or mood of the movie. In the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton uses High-key lighting on the Chocolate Factory.

“It’s good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way” (Burton). Tim Burton, since childhood, has been had been fascinated with authors like Dr. Susses and poets like Edgar Allan Poe. Now as an adult, Burton has created films that are very imaginative yet dark style to captivate his audiences attention. These films will surely continue to be watched and enjoyed for many generations to come. In the films Charlie in The Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Corpse Bride, Tim Burton uses editing, lighting, and camera movement in order to create a mood that is haunting but at the same time wondrous and amazing.