...Films such as Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Big Fish have a whimsical style like Walt Disney, and dark mood like Edgar Allan Poe’s pieces of literature. This is because Tim Burton, the director of these film, was inspired by these people and he creates their type of style using cinematic techniques. Some examples of film techniques that all these films share are flashback, low-key lighting, and non-diegetic sound. Flashback is when a scene goes in to the past to show previous events. Low key lighting is when a scene is flooded with shadows and nondiegetic sound is when there are sounds and music that are only meant for the viewer to hear. FIlm techniques can use many different types of effects and ways to create...
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...Tim Burton Tim burton's movies uses lighting, music and shots to contrast Fantasy and darkness to set a sense of mood for the audience to enjoy and resonate with his films tim burton uses cinematic techniques to portray only what he can show through his own imagination. In the Movie Willy wonka the beginning of the movie he shows the characters life style how poor and unwealthy he strongly uses lighting in that scene because it portrays the mood of sadness and sorrow and hope. He uses the lighting again for when in a scene where willy wonka's factory chocolate workers were stealing his secret recipe to candy. It shows Discrete and Mischievous thievery cheating in Willy wonka's movie it showed an important lesson to be grateful for what you have and do not have and to mostly not be greedy, selfish or mean to others....
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...Tim Burton is an expert film producer that gives his audience a unique gothic cinematic experience. He has a distinctive way to demonstrate dark and menacing throughout his movies, such as "Beetlejuice", "Edward scissorhands", and "corpse bride". He uses various techniques to keep his audience engaged and give them a satisfying fantasy. Tim Burton is an incredible film director that has a unique romantic dark fantasy theme, gothic style, and characters. Tim Burton was born on August 25, 1958 in Burbank California. His parents were Jean Burton, who owned a cat themed gift shop and Bill Burton, who was a minor league baseball player. Growing up he enjoined painting, drawing watching and filming short films. At age 13, he created his oldest known work "The Island of Doctor Agor". After graduating from Burbank high school he enrolled in the California institute of arts, majoring in animation. His career then started when he obtained a job at Disney as an animator. Shortly after, he became tired of this job and decided to form his own film production. The...
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...The movies Edward Scissorhands to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Beetlejuice to Batman. These films directed by Tim Burton caught the eye of many people the unique cinematic techniques used in his films.Tim Burton uses many cinematic techniques like lighting, camera angle, and shots and framing to set the mood of his movies for his audience. First of all, Tim Burton uses low key lighting creating a mood of suspense for the audience. In Edward Scissorhands, Burton uses this when Peg first meets Edward in the attic. This technique made it feel like Edward could really hurt Peg. When Edward was in the attic it was filled with darkness and created suspense which made the audience curious about what will happen next. In the movie Charlie...
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..."One person's craziness is another person’s reality" from Tim Burton. Tim Burton became a film director because his films reflected his personality. He always loved creepy, scary movies as he could relate to the monsters. He felt like a lonely outsider and was a recluse as a child. Tim Burton created monsters making them the good characters and the most emotional of all. In his films Edward Scissorhands, and Corpse Bride Tim Burton uses contrast of light and dark colors and flashback to create a gothic, scary mood which reveals his true potential as a director. One of the elements that contribute to Tim Burton’s cinematic style is flashback. It is used to show what happened in the past. For example, in the film Edward Scissorhands,...
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...Tim Burton is a popular child and young adult film maker. Burton has created many movies that are popular for their gothic and dark feel. The characters in Burton’s movies are usually happy with dark surroundings. In Tim Burton’s film he is very good at using editing skills, music, and lighting to establish a dark and suspenseful setting with strange characters. These cinematic techniques keep the viewers interested in the film. Tim Burton is a very creative writer, he knows and utilizes several techniques to catch the viewer’s eye. For instance, Burton uses lighting to establish a mood. In the introduction of Edward Scissorhands at Edward’s house he used a lot of low key lighting to give the viewer a creepy, more gothic feel about Edward. Lighting is a very important cinematic technique in movies, especially movies like Edward Scissorhands and Charlie In The Chocolate Factory....
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...Individuality is the vibrant streak of starlight in the black night. Individuality makes you the distinctive duckling in the crowd of adorable chicks. Yet is “different” truly such an atrocious thing? Tim Burton--renowned director and producer of movies such as Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory--rebels against this common assumption by revolving his cinematic works around the importance of uniqueness. Inspired by Ray Harryhausen classic horror films and Roger Corman’s Vincent Price, he fused his contrasting light and dark moods to develop powerful themes behind his films, enhancing the value of individuality. To this day, his cinematic works empower many people with a new sense of pride in themselves. Tim Burton’s films use non-diegetic music, shot-reverse-shot, and close-up techniques to convey his thoughts about individuality and uniqueness. As long as Tim Burton uses close-ups, the unique traits of certain characters are repeatedly highlighted. Close-ups are when the images being shot take up at least 80% of the entire frame. Edward Scissorhands is a key example of Tim Burton’s ability to utilize close-up shots to add to the overall theme of individuality. Whenever Edward is using his scissor-hands--whether it’s to cut hair or chop lettuce--the scissors are consistently shown in a close-up. As a result, Edward’s hands are established as an significant feature that sets him apart from others. Similarly, in Charlie and the...
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...A light flickers in the corner and fast paced music plays. A man is viewed from slightly above. How does this make you feel? It causes the audience to feel excited, nervous, and anxious about what will happen to the weak man. Tim Burton in Big Fish and Edward Scissorhands utilizes cinematic techniques to cause the audience to feel certain emotions. Before the events of Big Fish, Will and his dad, Edward, would not talk to each other. After Will's father gets sick, Will rushes to his father's house via a plane. There his father shares pieces of his life story before his death. In Edward Scissorhands, Peggy drives around a neighborhood trying to sell items to people. She goes to the creepy, dark mansion on the mountain. There, Peggy finds a man...
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...Tim Burton’s use of Lighting and Coloration Techniques in Film Burton has made memorable films with the use of many cinematic techniques to convey a common theme through each film. Many of his ideas are stemmed from his childhood where he was a part of an unloving family and left alone with his dog who then passed away. His upbringing is often reflected and influenced how he created his films. Burton uses low and high key lighting and coloration to express feelings of isolation and communicate a common theme of self discovery. Burton has a unique way of utilizing lighting to express feelings of isolation and emphasize a character’s pathway towards self-discovery. In Burton’s Corpse Bride, the living world is portrayed as a dark and gloomy...
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...Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques in various ways. The use of cinematic techniques is to bring mood and tone into the story or scene. The three cinematic techniques that Burton uses best is lighting, shots and music. Tim Burton uses lighting to change the different mood in a scene. For example in "Edward scissor hands" Kim's scene of dancing in the ice shavings of Edwards art went from romantic to a hurtful scene. The lighting made the mood feel this way because of the brightness and the dimness of the lighting. In Charlie and the chocolate factory the lighting technique was best used when Charlie had high hopes of finding the golden ticket in his birthday chocolate bar. The lighting technique went from a very twinkling scene to a droopy...
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...factory Tim Burton uses long shots to add a of reference the size of the scene and also to add an effect of mood.To start off with during the film Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton used the filming technique long shot to add a larger effect to the area. Such as during the scene where peg is walking up the grand staircase Tim Burton used long shot to show the inter of the mansion to add on to the already gloomy mansion. This also shows how much money and wealth that the inventor had that once occupied the mansion. Additionally, Tim Burton also uses long shot during the film Charlie in the chocolate factory. An example is when the Oompa Loompas were singing their song after Augustus gloop fell into the chocolate river. The long shot in this scene showed the colossal size of the chocolate room. It also shows how many Oompa Loompas willy Wonka has and compare their size to the surrounding props. Second, In the films big fish and Charlie in the chocolate factory. Tim Burton uses color to add a sad to happy or a happy to sad effect. To start of with during the scenes. When Ed Bloom first discovered the town spector the town was very colorful which brought kinda a joyful experience to the viewer. But when Ed Bloom went back to spector the town was all run down there was no...
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...Tim Burton is a well-known American film director that has created dozens of dark movies. Two of his most famous films include the very original story of Edward Scissorhands in and his retelling of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Both films use many devices to help tell their unique stories, but Tim Burton’s expert use of lighting and camera angles cause the viewers to stay glued to the screen. One of the most powerful and visual elements any director can use to help create a story is color. Whether it is the color of the costumes, sets, or even the way the entire shot is tinted in editing, the lighting has a lot to do with how we see those colors. In both Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Burton uses bright, popping colors in many of the scenes to symbolize what most people associate with good and normal things. In the early scenes of Edward Scissorhands, Burton uses energetic colors such as bright pink, blue, and yellow with vivid green lawns to represent the happiness of suburban life. Likewise, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the colors of the candy factory are incredibly bright and are juxtaposed against the plain, dreary scenes of Charlie’s environment. Burton uses color in both of these situations to show that just because a place might be colorful, it does not mean that it is necessarily happier. Although the lighting is an obvious tool that Burton uses to create a certain mood, viewers may not realize the way the camera shoots the scene...
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...Tim Burton is one of the most innovative, creative, and successful directors to have ever come out of Hollywood. To reach this title, Burton creates and uses a unique style. Burton’s style consists of taking happy fairy tales and emphasizing the sinister effects in them. All the while, still making the films kid-friendly. Furthermore, Burton creates his main protagonist as an outcast, for example, Edward in Edward Scissorhands and Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to show how being different is a good thing because both characters still came out very successful. Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques to show that the outcast in society can be one of the most creative or talented individuals in society if given a chance. Tim Burton, in Edward Scissorhands, uses a close up on Edward’s hands to show and emphasize how different he is and how much potential he has. For example, when Peg first approaches the mansion, the audience sees beautiful sculptures that have been created by Edward. Then, Peg enters the mansion and meets Edward, who she then takes home. During his stay, Edward has so much success with making sculptures and cutting hair that Peg and Edward think about opening a hair salon....
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...82751 01 001-026 r6 ko 8/24/09 7:41 AM Page 2 Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to ✔ appreciate the difference between passively watching movies and actively looking at movies. ✔ understand the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other forms of art. ✔ understand how and why most of the formal mechanisms of a movie remain invisible to casual viewers. ✔ understand the relationship between viewers’ expectations and filmmakers’ decisions about the form and style of their movies. ✔ explain how shared belief systems contribute to hidden movie meaning. ✔ explain the difference between implicit and explicit meaning, and understand how the different levels of movie meaning contribute to interpretive analysis. medium. With so much experience, no one could blame you for wondering why you need a course or this book to tell you how to look at movies. After all, you might say, “It’s just a movie.” For most of us most of the time, movies are a break from our daily obligations—a form of escape, entertainment, and pleasure. Motion pictures had been popular for fifty years before even most filmmakers, much less scholars, considered movies worthy of serious study. But motion pictures are much more than entertainment. The movies we see shape the way we view the world around us and our place in that world. What’s more, a close analysis of any particular movie can tell us a great deal about the artist, society...
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...International Relations Theory The new edition of International Relations Theory: A critical introduction introduces students to the main theories in international relations. It explains and analyzes each theory, allowing students to understand and critically engage with the myths and assumptions behind each theory. Key features of this textbook include: • discussion of all of the main theories: realism and (neo)realism, idealism and (neo)idealism, liberalism, constructivism, postmodernism, gender, and globalization two new chapters on the “clash of civilizations” and Hardt and Negri’s Empire innovative use of narratives from films that students will be familiar with: Lord of the Flies, Independence Day, Wag the Dog, Fatal Attraction, The Truman Show, East is East, and Memento an accessible and exciting writing style which is well-illustrated with boxed key concepts and guides to further reading. • • • This breakthrough textbook has been designed to unravel the complexities of international relations theory in a way that allows students a clearer idea of how the theories work and the myths that are associated with them. Cynthia Weber is Professor of International Studies at the University of Lancaster. She is the author of several books and numerous articles in the field of international relations. International Relations Theory A critical introduction Second edition Cynthia Weber First published 2001 by Routledge Second edition published 2005 by Routledge...
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