Burton’s Techniques
Although he worked with Disney, did you know that Tim Burton wasn’t allowed to release some of his films with Disney because they were ‘too scary’? Tim Burton has been spooking audiences of all ages for 30 years with his films created from childhood drawings. One can infer that Burton is able to create a twisted outlook on characters in his films by using low key lighting contrasting high key lighting, non diegetic sound, and high/low angles.
To begin, Tim Burton tinkers with lighting to create feelings of fear and suspense within the audience and a cheerful, happy scene. One way that Burton does this is when he uses low key lighting, In the film Edward Scissorhands Burton used low key lighting when it was panning Edward’s house to give a ominus vibe making the audience believe that Edward is menacing and threatening to the normal people in the town. He contrasts the lighting as well in the town full of people when the array of houses are shown with an overview. They are all very bright and colorful to make the audience believe they are the good guys compared to Edward. When paired, these two lighting techniques contrast the scenes with fearfulness and joy. Not only does Burton use lighting in Edward Scissorhands to manipulate the audience into feeling fear and suspense, he also uses this same technique in the film Alice in Wonderland. When the queen of hearts is shown sitting in her thrown, the aroma is dark, ridiculing as she forcefully uses her vicious language to get her point across which manipulates the audience to hold a grudge against the queen or to make the audience not like the queen. Contrasting with the tea party, Burton uses high key lighting to reveal a joyful vibe that no one is in danger. As well as in the film Beetlejuice, the graveyard scene was shown with low key lighting to influence the reader that Beetlejuice is a frightening character. By using the lighting to create this effect, Burton attains a good stable balance between low key lighting, and high key lighting. The audience can understand both sides of these events, that they grow a great distance from liking certain characters while also growing a relationship to the positive …show more content…
For example, Burton uses non-diegetic music in Edward Scissorhands, when Peg releases herself in Edward’s house, going into the attic seeing Edward creep out of the corner. There is suspense built while he is walking steadily out of the corner.This also allows the audience to experience the attic through Peg’s perspective, which creates a deeper connection between the character and the audience. Burton also uses non-diegetic music in Charlie in the Chocolate Factory to allow the audience into the character’s head. When the children are set loose in the factory to explore all the extraordinary creations, changing the music and twisting the mood, Burton allows the audience to know the character’s feelings individually. In addition to allowing the audience to gain a better understanding of the characters, Burton uses non-diegetic sound to foreshadow the events that are about to take place. A good example of this is in Edward Scissorhands. Towards the end of the movie, Kevin is walking home from a friend’s house down the street, a no-brainer simple
Although he worked with Disney, did you know that Tim Burton wasn’t allowed to release some of his films with Disney because they were ‘too scary’? Tim Burton has been spooking audiences of all ages for 30 years with his films created from childhood drawings. One can infer that Burton is able to create a twisted outlook on characters in his films by using low key lighting contrasting high key lighting, non diegetic sound, and high/low angles.
To begin, Tim Burton tinkers with lighting to create feelings of fear and suspense within the audience and a cheerful, happy scene. One way that Burton does this is when he uses low key lighting, In the film Edward Scissorhands Burton used low key lighting when it was panning Edward’s house to give a ominus vibe making the audience believe that Edward is menacing and threatening to the normal people in the town. He contrasts the lighting as well in the town full of people when the array of houses are shown with an overview. They are all very bright and colorful to make the audience believe they are the good guys compared to Edward. When paired, these two lighting techniques contrast the scenes with fearfulness and joy. Not only does Burton use lighting in Edward Scissorhands to manipulate the audience into feeling fear and suspense, he also uses this same technique in the film Alice in Wonderland. When the queen of hearts is shown sitting in her thrown, the aroma is dark, ridiculing as she forcefully uses her vicious language to get her point across which manipulates the audience to hold a grudge against the queen or to make the audience not like the queen. Contrasting with the tea party, Burton uses high key lighting to reveal a joyful vibe that no one is in danger. As well as in the film Beetlejuice, the graveyard scene was shown with low key lighting to influence the reader that Beetlejuice is a frightening character. By using the lighting to create this effect, Burton attains a good stable balance between low key lighting, and high key lighting. The audience can understand both sides of these events, that they grow a great distance from liking certain characters while also growing a relationship to the positive …show more content…
For example, Burton uses non-diegetic music in Edward Scissorhands, when Peg releases herself in Edward’s house, going into the attic seeing Edward creep out of the corner. There is suspense built while he is walking steadily out of the corner.This also allows the audience to experience the attic through Peg’s perspective, which creates a deeper connection between the character and the audience. Burton also uses non-diegetic music in Charlie in the Chocolate Factory to allow the audience into the character’s head. When the children are set loose in the factory to explore all the extraordinary creations, changing the music and twisting the mood, Burton allows the audience to know the character’s feelings individually. In addition to allowing the audience to gain a better understanding of the characters, Burton uses non-diegetic sound to foreshadow the events that are about to take place. A good example of this is in Edward Scissorhands. Towards the end of the movie, Kevin is walking home from a friend’s house down the street, a no-brainer simple