Danny Aiello

The best use of 3D in films comes when a filmmaker is trying to absorb the audience into a different world. Scorsese's *Hugo* leads the audience into Scorsese's magical and whimsical Paris with a gorgeous train staton. *Coraline* draws the audience into Coraline's disturbing alternative life. *Avatar* literally creates a separate world and realizes it with 3D. Marvel's *Doctor Strange*, while not equal in overall cinematic quality to these films, uses 3D incredibly well to align the audience with

Tim Burton’s films are strange and wonderful with his medium shots, eye level angles, and front or back lighting. His films have great depth of meaning and he always seems to get the audience's attention with his techniques. In some of his movies like “Edward Scissorhands” and “Beetlejuice” he used many different techniques to demonstrate sinister moods and tones. The tones of his movies are usually always dark because of his childhood experiences and past. Tim Burton creates something so odd and

Martin O’Donnell is responsible for composing the “iconic” main theme to the video game Halo: Combat Evolved. The “instantly recognizable tune that is to Halo what Monty Norman's theme is to the James Bond films” has earned Halo as well as O’Donnell countless awards. This paper will focus on his personal life, education, career, and influence. Martin O’Donnell is an American composer born on May 1, 1955. His father worked on film productions, while his mother taught piano. Because of this, Martin

Tim Burton has been making a name for himself in Hollywood for 30 years. Rotten Tomatoes claims he has become one of the most successful directors in his own right by “presenting filmgoers with an ever-growing list of films that celebrate the strange and macabre.” While many people think of Tim Burton movies as stop-motion animation, there are so many more. Over the years, he has built up quite a resume, but the following ten films remain favorites among fans and critics alike, most of which are

Big Fish “So this is a tall tale?” “Well, it’s not a short one…” Stories are our essence of life. They grow and change with us. They allow us to reconstruct the past, and put our slant on things. They don’t’ have make sense, and they don’t all have to be fact. That’s what kind of story this is. Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton, is a heartwarming, comedic film, with many twists and turns. It explores the world of an eccentric father, while telling his life story. And so, our story begins.

To be better prepared for active shooter situations it is important to understand the history and make up of an active shooter, and what to do in the event of an active shooter situation. Active shooter situations are becoming more and more frequent, due to the fact that they are rising in occurrences, it is essential to know how you can better prepare yourself for such an event. An active shooter is defined as, “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined

second is a historical fiction propelled by a man seeking a loved one. In addition to the dramatic and thematic differences, the underscoring of both films is opposing in the methods used to achieve similar ends; namely, serving the five functions. Danny Elfman, the composer for this Tim Burton film, interlaced an intricate and organized underscoring for the film, forming a piece that rivals that of Edward Scissor Hands. A first noticeable difference between the two films is the sheer amount of

Everyone tries to be like the actors or characters they see on television or in movie theatres. Often times people can’t really see themselves as one character because they see too many negative aspects, and instead choose a character that they want to be more like because the traits of that character are more appealing. People often try to associate themselves with different aspects of a character. Some people may say something like “This character is so generous, I’m like this character because

Compare and Contrast Essay of the Opening Scenes of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and The Nightmare Before Christmas This essay compares and contrasts the similarities and the different parts of the opening scenes of two movies of Tim Burton which are Corpse Bride and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The scenes will be explained in details through the gothic elements and his unique style. Here is an outline of the essay’s main sections; 1. Introduction • Information about Tim Burton and his unique style

go, it could have been his general boredom, stress from his tireless research, Walter's persistence to do something outside of his room, or maybe he had a pathetic hope that he could convince some of the more open-minded goths to believe him about Danny. Whatever it was that brought him there, it was a strikingly out-of-character coercion to act on that kind of whim. The poetry night was held in a separate room than the main store, and within, were various tables full of bored looking goths he'd