Tim Donaghy

(Part I) Nicole Rafter identifies several stock characteristics that dominate the traditional film. First, there is the convict buddy. In The Shawshank Redemption our innocent protagonist Andy is quickly befriended by prison veteran, Red. Red’s voice can be heard narrating his thoughts about his friend Andy. As the story goes on, their relationship is further explored to the point that the last shot is them reuniting. Common to traditional prison films is a paternalistic warden, but this is not the

Scrooge is overly grumpy and has extortionate avarice. He is a little miserly ol’ curmudgeon. He hates things like happiness, kindness, and Christmas until a clique of three apparitions comes and shows him otherwise. Scrooge was definitely not very liberal, but he is odious, and misanthropic. Scrooge was a miserable, depressed, heavy-hearted man. According to the text, no one ever stopped Scrooge in the street to say, with a gladsome look, “My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see

the Canada coffee shop chain Tim Hortons in August for $11 billion, its headquarters had moved to Canada (successfully saving money by avoiding American tax rates), not only the new cooperate brand has new location, but also a new name: Restaurant Brands International. In mid-December, the company officially went public in both American and Canadian markets under the name Restaurants Brands International, and categorize as quick service restaurant. For its products at Tim Hortons, it sells coffee and

all giving out different creative ideas when making films. There are many directors these days in the film industry. The one that has caught my attention and is still doing so will have to be Tim Burton. With his famous odd looking glasses and multicolored lenses, Timothy Walter Burton better know as Tim Burton is a well known, and very much successful American film director, producer, artist, writer and animator. He has a certain kind of consistency in his films, the kind that keeps up with his

Between Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Big Fish, Tim Burton has been amazing audiences of all ages for 30 years. Tim Burton uses many techniques to show how he can make an audience feel things that shouldn’t, or wouldn’t, have been there. In a lot of Tim Burton’s films, he uses sound, camera angles, and lighting to give off many different effects. First off, Tim Burton, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, uses camera angles to show a lot of different views of the factory and the whole movie

Is happiness being the pumpkin king of Halloween? Or is it becoming Santa Claus to take on Christmas. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is a great example of a movie that can be adapted to Aristotelian Ethics. Throughout Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle aims to answer what happiness is by providing some practical guidelines to reach Eudaimonia. Before I explain Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics through this movie, I will first provide a summary of the movie and then define some words that Aristotle

Lights! Camera! Action! Cinematic techniques are what directors use to make the phenomenal films you watch and love. Tim Burton, a renown director, utilizes the dramatic effect of lighting, music, and shots to fabricate engaging movies. This analytical essay will break down these cinematic techniques to reveal what purpose they serve in Tim Burton’s Films. First there is the powerful use of lighting to give off different moods and tones. For example, in Edward Scissorhands, the town is all bright

Who knew that by adding a little light or even moving the camera in a different direction you can change the mood and the emotion of the scene. Tim Burton uses lightning, camera movements, shots and framing. To create and emphasize his characters. By using cinematic techniques to make his characters appear mysterious, suspenseful, horrifying and wonderful at the same time. Even during a scary dark scene Burton always turns that around with a pop of light. When the first scene rolled around of the

In this painting by Tim Burton, our eyes are immediately drawn to the large, red spiral connected to a large down facing arrow. I choose this picture, due to Tim’s excellent use of the principal of Focal point. He has used his principal of design to make this painting more complex by adding two other elements, Colour and Lines. Tim’s focal point has been careful made by the bright and bold colour choice of red. Whereas the the organic spiral in the centre of the painting recreates the sense of confusion

The movie Edward Scissorhands starts off very interesting and the film continues to get more unique with a twist at the end. Johnny Depp plays the part of Edward Scissorhands, Winona Ryder is Kim, and Dianne Wiest is Peg. Each part is played very well with excitement at all times. This movie is for all to enjoy, it is a romantic, drama, and fantasy movie. Edward Scissorhands starts with a grandmother is telling her grandchild a story of how it snows outside. The story began with a woman was selling