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    The director of critically acclaimed movies such as The Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, and the Alice in Wonderland 2010 remake creates fantastic oddities with wickedly funny and grotesquely hilarious gothic style, spotted with poignant moments that make the heart melt. By using a variety of cinematic techniques such as lighting, angles, and music, Tim Burton condones the global audience to take a peek at the dark side. Incorporating all of the cinematic techniques in a unique way, Burton creates

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    society towards people who are unusual and does not fit into their standards. The film is also inspired by Beauty and the Beast, as Edward falls in love with Kim, but is unable to be with her due to his appearance. The role of Edward was given to Johnny Depp, a young actor with a teen idol status at the moment, but he had always been the director’s first choice for the role, due to his expressive eyes and face. It

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    Introduction - Timothy Walter Burton is a famous American film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator known for a rather gothic movies. However, most may know him by the name of Tim Burton. “American director known for his, original, quirky style that frequently drew on elements of the fantastic and the macabre.” (Britannica Library 1). Throughout his life he has made bonds with actors and directed/produced many movies that were successful. Paragraph 1 - The early life of Tim Burton

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    Edward Scissorhands

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    Within every Burton movie is a very famous and known actor: Johnny Depp. Depp has been chosen to play the main male role in almost every Burton movie. Along with Depp, Winona Ryder and Vincent Price make a few occurrences in Burton films. Reusing actors can be a risky thing, but for Burton it just means keeping his audiences guessing on what crazy and exciting thing

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    The movie that I watched for my first movie review is called “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” by Lasse Hallstrom, released in December 17, 1993. This took place in Iowa, There were few main characters in the movie named Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp), Arnie Grape (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Becky (Juliette Lewis). Gilbert Grape was a young man who looks after his younger brother Arnie and the rest of his family in this small town called Endora. Gilbert struggles to look after everyone in his family because

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    appear in the movie. Jim Carrey is an example of an actor who when the audience sees his name in the credit, they automatically know that there's going to be a bit of comedy in the film. One major character in both films where played by Johnny Depp. Before the film credits in Edward Scissorhands the audience can see that the 20th Century fox logo is covered in snow. This emphasises the time the film was released and it informs the audience that the period of time in which the

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    about two hours with contrasting scenery and 1950’s style home décor. Burton in collaboration with Caroline Thompson, created a tale about an alluring, and uncooperative beauty and a beast who falls in love with her. Predictably, the beast Edward (Depp), possesses innocence, peace, and all those qualities that normally aren’t expected for such a creature to have. Additionally, the beauty Kim (Ryder) is the one of the few who can see through Edward’s disguise. Set in the 50’s in a seemingly nice

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    and King Lear is proven to have some version of a narcissistic disorder. This is proven through analyzing the symptoms and actions of each of the characters. The Mad Hatter's constant mood swings, irrational thoughts, and the nervousness made Johnny Depp even feel that the charter was suffering from a disease. Alice is paranoid and has hallucinations of shrinking and growing to abnormal sizes, and the speaking animals and bugs are the reason that she is a paranoid schizophrenic. Poor Tom is a classic

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    Tim Burton Essay

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    From the creepy ghoul-filled streets of Halloween Town to the candy crowded rooms of Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory, Tim Burton is a master of suspense and directing. His use of cinematic techniques created incredible worlds beyond imagination. People from all over find themselves pulled into the originality of his stories and the depth of his characters. His ingenious use of sound, lighting, and shots and framing create diverse and colorful masterpieces. First off, sound makes up a large part

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    an affair. It also helped Burton to cast Johnny Depp as Ichabod, the other major difference that made the story interesting for myself and many other girls in the world. In the book, Ichabod was an unattractive man that reminded one of a ?scarecrow?. In the movie, Depp was anything but unattractive and probably wouldn?t be able to scare even crows off with his looks. It is also implied that he was a teacher, but Burton made Depp play Ichabod as a policeman in the movie

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