How Does Tim Burton Use Sound Techniques Used In Big Fish

In usual fairytale movies, filmmakers intend to make films that give happy endings with simple miraculous entertainments. However, in the fable movie, Edward Scissorhand, the director, Tim Burton, positions the viewers to understand the significant meaning of particular issues. “E.S” is can be seen as a story of stereotypical suburbia with social criticism. In this essay, starting from analysing this film and providing dominant discourse, the use of characters will be discussed followed by debate of technical and symbolic codes which help to put up the discourse. In particular, this essay will consider the technical code of camera angle and symbolic codes of colour which emphasize the dominant discourse.

Produced and directed by Tim Burton, the film Big Fish is primarily a fictional recounting of the life of Edward Bloom. A majority of the plot takes place in flashbacks, starting with Edward’s story about how he caught the biggest fish in his town on the day of his son's birth using only his wedding ring. It is soon revealed in an argument scene that Edward’s son Will Bloom is sick and tired of stories like this as they are a complete lie. Soon following Will receives news that his father is deathly ill with cancer, so he immediately visits his parents with his wife Josephine. Soon after their arrival Edward immediately goes on to telling his life story to Will and Josephine although they have heard it countless times before. His story starting with a flashback in which he and a friend stumble upon a witch that reveals to him how they

Indisputably, Tim Burton has one of the world’s most distinct styles when regarding film directing. His tone, mood, diction, imagery, organization, syntax, and point of view within his films sets him apart from other renowned directors. Burton’s style can be easily depicted in two of his most highly esteemed and critically acclaimed films, Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Burton ingeniously incorporates effective cinematic techniques to convey a poignant underlying message to the audience. Such cinematic techniques are in the lighting and editing technique categories. High key and low key relationships plus editing variations evinces the director’s elaborate style. He utilizes these cinematic techniques to

Shakespeare uses a large motif of light vs. darkness throughout the play to present moral choices and religious ideas. When the play opens, there is thunder rolling around and the witches on stage. The thunder is symbolic of darkness and gives the audience the first impression that the play will not be ordinary. The witches who only appear in darkness, elements of the supernatural, are one of Shakespeare's classic ways of catching the audience's attention and of also setting the mood for the play.

One of the ways why cinematography made the film was the lighting. To get the feel, the lighting appeared to be fake shadows that were painted on the set. The fake shadows that were painted on the set gave the lighting appeared to be harsh and sharper to set the mood for the audience. If it weren’t for the painted shadows, the movie wouldn’t have been so successful in the horror genre. Since it was a silent movie, if it weren’t for the shadows, you wouldn’t of seen it as a horror film, but as an original film that was trying to be creative.

This creates the effect of making the mansion feel dark, eerie, and suspicious to the audience, which further develops the illusion that Edward is dangerous, despondent, and opaquely transparent character. Low-key lighting influences this effect by generating a vague and therefore hostile setting of surroundings within the mansion for Peg, leading the audience to feeling tentative toward her actions. Without this, the interior of the mansion would be visible and result in an inquisitional feeling in the audience rather than

Director Tim Burton uses lighting throughout his films in order to create a feeling of sorrow toward his characters. One example

Lewis uses lighting to dramatize the opening scene of the film and characterize the protagonist of the story. The most noticeable utilization of film noir lighting is in the beginning

Without doubt, Tim Burton has one of the world’s most unique styles when it comes to directing a movie. Burton’s use of tone, mood, diction, imagery, flashbacks, and -most of all- his point of view within his films easily allows him to be a director like no other. Effective techniques such as these contribute to conveying an underlying message to his audiences. Two impacting techniques are the use of makeup/effects and his choice of actors. Although the two may not seem important, they can be terrifically illustrated by Burton’s award winning film: Edward Scissorhands.

Burton manipulates shots/framing, editing, and music/sound to enhance the perspective of the audience and give them a meaningful and relevant story.

High key lighting makes the viewer feel very happy and open, since high key lighting is usually used in bright and playful scenes. For example, in Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, when the Willy Wonka is introducing the tourists to the candy room, there is a variation of colors and the lighting used was very bright. By using this type of lighting, it makes the viewer feel joyful and very positive. Also, in Burton’s Edward Scissorhands, the scene when Edward is introduced to Peg’s neighborhood, the lighting is very bright. This makes the viewers understand the differences between Edward’s deep and dark mansion, compared to Peg’s bright and colorful neighborhood. The contrast allows the readers to feel the uniqueness between the two different lifestyles of Edward and

In a lot of Tim Burton’s films, he uses sound, camera angles, and lighting to give off many different effects from menacing to feeling safe, and sympathy to

Tim Burton is one of the most unusual and unique directors of our time. He brings characters to life by putting them in a habitat they don’t belong. His movies “Alice in Wonderland”, “The Corpse Bride”, “Charlie and the chocolate factory”, and “Edward Scissorhands” all demonstrate how one of a kind his movies are. Using cinematic techniques, Tim Burton points out the misfit character and shows how different they are then everyone else. His use of camera angles, lighting, and sound give the viewers a different perspective on the movies, and help pick out the individual character.

Tim Burtons gothically themes fairytale like story of an uncommonly gentle man in the film Edward Scissorhands, allows, through the eyes of Edward himself, the audience’s unconscious to live his emotions vicariously, allowing the exploration of our own society and anxieties. To analyse the heart of this film it must be looked at Edward’s own childhood misfortunes and consequences, the system of the society that deems him an unholy monster, and typical American relationships of the 1950’s.

Big Fish is a film that jumps between past and present to relay the fantastical stories and adventures of Edward Bloom. This film presents these stories through various flashbacks as his son, Will Bloom, tries to piece together the man his father claims to be. As the flashbacks unfold, stunning cinematography, lighting and colours are used to create beautiful and enchanting scenes that really complete the movie. The sequence I chose to analyse is the town scene in which Edward comes to the realisation that he does not belong in Spectre, and needs to leave whilst he still can.