Tim Burton Techniques

He uses close up in Edward scissorhands to show ho Ed has scars from his hands and showed how his hands are different. Tim shows how Ed is different from everyone because his has scissors for hands and not regular hands with ten fingers. In Nightmare before Christmas you see close ups when Jack sings his songs and introduces the characters. Tim Burton uses close up shots to establish how the charters are feeling and flaws that a charter has. This cinematic technique helps to show how emotion and flaws of a charter.

Throughout Edward Scissorhands, there were a lot of zoom camera movements. For example, when they zoomed in on the mansion, and the character facial expressions. Burton uses long camera shot in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. When Charlie’s house is seen from the outside. There was a warm glow that pours out from the windows, softing the harsh white and grey tones of snow.

A director will call for the use of a close-up shot if he wants the audience to focus on the

Tim Burton has directed movies like Charlie and the chocolate factory, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, and many more. He is known for his unique style which is dark humor. He uses many techniques to create different moods or feelings you wouldn't usually feel .Tim Burton uses flashback, shot'reverse'shot, and camera movements to create different types of mood.

In Edward Scissorhands, Burton uses close up shots to show a particular emotion on a character’s face. An example of this would be when Peg first enters Edward’s home on the hill. Peg’s emotion shows the viewers that she is frightened when Edward comes out of the shadows while wearing all black. Since Burton is showing Peg’s emotion, he wants the audience to feel the same frightening emotion that Peg is feeling. Another good example of this tool that Burton uses is the scene when he uses a close up on Charlie’s face when he finds a golden ticket.

Tim burton mostly uses close up when he wants to capture a character’s facial expressions. For example, in Edward Scissorhands when he first met Pag and she was feeling on his face then she starts to put product on his face so his scars will start to go away. I used this scene for an example because she’s used a lot of facial expressions to show him that she can help him and she felt bad because he was all in a huge castle

Strange, grim, and unlikely is what most people would describe Tim Burton’s style of writing and his movies. Tim Burton grew up fascinated with fairy tales and the supernatural. He presents a darker version of children stories. He has written books such as “James and the Giant Peach” that were a hit but he also makes movies which use a variety of cinematic techniques in every movie. Tim Burton effectively uses variety of cinematic techniques to evoke emotion in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, and Edward Scissorhands.

Inspired by Roald Dahl and Vincent Price, director Tim Burton is easily one of the most remarkable and creative directors of his generation. Burton has a unique and individual way of challenging the minds of viewers and attracting individuals to his films, and has been using this technique for over 30 years. His ways persuade the audience to change the mood they have toward the film. In the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Big Fish Director Tim Burton uses cinematic and editing techniques such as lighting, sound, and flashbacks in order to enhance the mood and feelings of viewers.

Unearthly, inspiring, mystifying, childlike, unbelievable, these adjectives describes director Tim Burton’s use cinematic style. Tim Burton is an innovative and imaginative director which as directed movies such as Edward Scissor Hands, Big Fish, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Tim Burton has been mesmerizing viewers of his films with his unique stylistic techniques. Many can agree Tim Burton has an extraordinary and bizarre gift in the directing business, which makes the viewers emotions twist and creates a feeling that wouldn’t normally be created by the film. In many Tim Burton’s films, Tim Burton uses lighting, music and sound, and shots to create a mix emotions for the viewer to have.

The first example of this is in “Edward Scissorhands” [1990] when Peg discovers Edward in the castle inside of a dark corner of a dark room inside. As Peg welcomes Edward to come out of the shadows, the camera gives a close up to Edward showing his fearful and confused face, and cuts to Peg’s similar reaction, this scene helps to develop complex characters by showing their personality, and overall helps our understanding of how the characters feel in this situation and how they might act later. Another example of this technique is in “Charlie in the Chocolate Factory” [2005] in the same scene, when they are in the room before the chocolate room and they are about to open the doors. As Willy Wonka begins to tease the children the camera close-ups, and shows their excited and confused faces as they wait for what is behind the doors. Willy Wonka however shows a pale and abhor face, developing Tim Burton’s complex characters by giving them early personality traits, and also adding an understanding to what Willy Wonka has in store, why he does it? The finale example is in “Big Fish” [2003], this movie is full of close-ups showing Edward’s emotions, but specifically a scene is when he is slowly making his way to the witch’s house door. As the camera close-ups into Edwards face

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

When making a film a director tries to make the audience putting their emotions and their attentions on a particular object or character. If anything is of any importants in a scene the director would make an object stick out of a blurred background. When the audience sees this they will direct their attention 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 Burton uses camera angles and movement to create an intimidating and distressed mood in his films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Vincent. One example of this is in the scene where a small candy store that sells the heavily desired Wonka Bars is at the verge of opening up and there its a zoom on an enormous crowd that is waiting outside ready to barge in and then a zoom on a little cashier inside the store. The zoom emphasizes how small and petite the cashier is and then emphasizes how huge and wild the massive crowd is. It overwhelms one's mind because there is no way that she will be able to attend to them all and the audience can just hope that the cashier can handle the customers’ demands and manages to give and receive the right

When a person watches a movie, and a scene with dim lighting shows up on the screen, that usually makes them feel tense and scared about what is going to happen next. Directors use cinematic techniques to convey feelings or connect with the viewer. In the movies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, and Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses flashbacks, diegetic and non-diegetic sounds, and high key and low key lighting to show a characters’ thoughts or past, create the mood of a scene, create suspense, and let the viewers know about the characters’ as if they personally knew each other.