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    Angles, and Lights Oh My! Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory may seem like very different films. One being about a man with metal blades for hands, the other about a man who owns a chocolate factory, but in reality the films share many similarities when it comes to cinematic style, due to the fact Tim Burton directed both. Tim Burton has an unique style, and the ways he shows this style is not only through the stories he creates, but also the use of lighting, and camera angles

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    Tim Burton the director of his famous films like Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He uses multiple cinematic techniques which each benefit the films. The director uses music and sound, flashbacks and camera angles. These cinematic techniques emphasize the different types of emotions of the characters and how it draws the viewers in. Tim Burton uses music and sound to give off the feeling of how the character feels. This sets the mood of a certain scenes

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    Throughout the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” Charlie believes that he has a better shot than anyone to get the golden ticket because he wants it more than anyone else. Charlie has the motive to approach success in this situation because he has the “capacity to experience pride in accomplishment.”(Shcunk 126). He believes that no one else in the world deserves the ticket more than he does so that gives him the

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    he Door When I walk out that door, I want to keep walking until I find my way to an exit. Outside of school I’d find a lottery ticket. When I pick it up gunshots ring out from a nearby gas station. I find my way into the station without being noticed by the man wearing a ski mask, holding a gun to the trembling cashier. During the commotion of the man in the ski mask barking orders, I sneak in and knock him out heroically. The cashier thanks me for stopping what could have been the actions that

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    during the opening of “Edward Scissorhands”, the music starts out as heavenly, then proceeds to transition into ghastly music and foreshadows that something has gone wrong. Something has happened and now the inventor has passed away. Kind of like in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, the oompa loompas start to sing every time one of the children are taken away. Why? Because it's foreshadowing that the child has gone wrong, is spoiled and disobeys almost everything and anything their parents say. This

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    In the 1940s a young boy named ralphie attempts to assist his father in changing a tire on their family's station wagon on a cold winter day, when ralphie accidentally drops the bowl full of lugnuts he says the word fudge and his whole world starts to spin. He knew he had made a big mistake. Now, you probably know this as one of the most famous scenes from the 1983 A Christmas Story and it resonates with people as an example of a time when america was pure and innocent. Even in the 1980s it was a

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    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

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    as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Alice in Wonderland. Burton is known around the world for a child-like sense of wonder and creativity and that really becomes apparent in his films and movies. Director Tim Burton uses Editing, Framing, and Music to give the audience insight to the characters past and their development from it. Tim Burton has created a multitude of films ranging in themes but they all share something similar, the creativity

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    Captivating the Audience From Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Edward Scissorhands to Big Fish, Tim Burton has been captivating audience with his unique directing style. Everyone can agree that Burton has an uncommon gift in the directing world, which allows the audience to have feelings that wouldn’t normally be there. In many of his films, Burton uses camera movements and angles, sound and lighting to highlight characters differences in all of his movies and control the mood of the scene

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    Community shames those who are abstract characters, but society needs individuality. Tim Burton uses this perception of individuality in his films to form his unprecedented style. In Tim Burton’s films, Edward Scissorhands and Alice and Wonderland, Tim Burton demonstrates the importance of these misfits and outcasts. Tim Burton uses color, music, and camera angles to show individuality creates a better society. Color is used in both Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland to exaggerate Edward

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