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Framing And Film

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Framing is a set camera position in a scene. The frame could be zoomed in, be taken from a bird's eye view, or even upside down. It adds a frame to a moving scene, it's like a picture frame but in a video. Burton uses a lot close-up frames to get the character's emotions shown during a scene. In Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, the framing is zoomed in to Augustus' face to show his eagerness to eat all the candy he gets to make visual contact with. This also adds to the audience knowing that Augustus is a fat and gluttony. A few moments later, the framing changed to a bird's eye view and a tracking camera movement to show Augustus being shot up the chocolate pipe. Then the framing zooms in to his face to show how terrified Augustus was. Close-up …show more content…

This close-up showed how astonished Lydia was by everything happening in the attic. The lighting in Lydia's side of the door was very low-key so that the bizarre green light could hit her face. Her facial expression also showed her astonishment of finding ghosts in her attic. Different, yet many, camera framings were used in Edward Scissorhands. There were many facial close-ups to show facial expressions and feelings all throughout the film. The close-ups also showed Edward's scars from struggling having scissors as hands. Close-ups also caught other character's facial expressions so the audience could see what they're feeling inside.
Coloring is filter, but for a film, it tells the audience what the time period is, what the mood is, or what place the characters are in. Just like a filter, they enhance the mood of a picture, in this case, a film. Burton's movies all have different coloring so because they have different plots. In most of his introduction credits he focuses on a certain color and raises the saturation on it. The color pops out from the rest to get attention on it. This coloring was used in the introduction credits for Edward Scissorhands. The fierce shade of blue really popped out

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In Tim Burton’s movie Edward Scissors-hands, Shots and Framing is unique. It’s going to be about Edward Scissor-hands and the different Shots and Framing Tim Burton used. The Long-shots were mostly on like when Edward kept on leaving and when Peg found out where Edward lived. Also Long-shot on when it showed the factory in Edwards house. The movie had a lot of Close shots.

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furthermore, The Mise en scene is utilised in ‘Edward Scissorhands’ to exemplify Burton’s complex commentary on the world and the fragility of relationships. The colourful settings and dark lighting, reflects Edward’s isolation, but also a prejudiced society. when Peg meets Edward – is shot in a basic tone of black, much like Edward’s clothing. This symbolises the way in which Edward is perceived by the judgmental society, as the first impression of him is designed to be evil and menacing. It later becomes clear that his black clothing also signifies his loneliness and the monotony of his life,

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The setting of the movie in a classic suburban community around the 1950’s. The community aims for perfection in a way, that nothing odd is okay. That is why the mansion, where Edward Scissorhands has got residence, is a spot of dirt of the picture of perfection the community is trying to show. The color scheme makes the good versus evil theme very clear in the movie, in the way there is a clear contrast between good and evil. For example, the ‘good’ of the movie is shown, when we see the colors of the characters and the surrounding area.

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The background and everything in frame was focused in the screen shot. This technique is combined with lighting and camera lenses to produce this effect on scene. The scene starts out the movie by showing Charlie playing in the snow outside while Thatcher meets with Charles’s mom to sign guardianship to him inside the house. The mise -en- scene is able to utilize the whole focus of scene and explain the story. An innovation that cinematic technique was developed was the wipe which allows the one image to be moved off screen to another.

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In the movie, Edward Scissorhands, Tim burton uses low-key lighting when Peg meets Edward for the first time in a castle. Edward was sitting in a dark corner and there was just enough light to see his face but not his clothes. This shows the amount of loneliness of Edward and that he was sad and frightened but also willing to make a friend when he approaches Peg. Also, in the movie, Charlie in the

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There are many different techniques used in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, involving the use of the camera. For example, when the oompa loompas are singing about each naughty child, the scene is shot as a pan or a long shot. By using these techniques, it may show the size of the oompa loompas or their dances to express their emotions together, this attracts the viewers. The use of the camera movements, produces a more interesting effect. Tim Burton knows how to use camera movements to his advantage in all of his films created.

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Similarly, in Corpse Bride, Burton uses a low angle on the bride when she rises out of the ground. When the audience sees the bride from this angle, one can imagine how Victor sees her, and begins to feel frightened by her, because she appears so much larger than a normal sized person. It is not until later in the movie does one realize that she is actually an average-sized person. This effect is achieved because of the angle on the bride when the audience first sees her. Additionally, Burton uses a long shot in Edward Scissorhands when we see the mob of people enter the forest.

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English 9 Mr. Primorsky There are men all over the world saying that cheerleading isn't a sport! Well, there are girls all over the world working hard and even getting hurt from these extreme stunts and hard choreography. For example, cheerleaders have a 56.7% chance of getting hurt while football players have about 47.2% chance. But still, football is said to be more dangerous than cheerleading.

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These aspects include gloomy, dark atmosphere, or a sense of horror and dread. In this scene, Coraline’s Other Father shows off the garden to her, which is revealed to be in the shape of her face. This scene uses all the movie techniques in collaboration to allow for the scene to have a peaceful affect on the audience. The camera techniques that are used in the scene are called a long shot, overshot and the camera pans horizontally to the right.

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Inversely daytime lighting is used to convey a realistic environment, like the scene in the film where the police, Chuck and Marshall arrive at the institute. b. A variety of shots are used in remarkable ways in the movie, as illustrated in the film, the wide shots are used to introduce the location of the film, Shutter Island. Another example are the close up shots on Daniels, specifically when he is at the sink looking in the mirror, this is used to show his dual

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Like, we can see that the use of red and black color adds suspense and thriller elements in the movie. Mostly, the characters in the movie can be seen wearing red color dress and when Cole gets thrilling experiences of ghost it is mostly shown under the red light. Some of the scene of darkness and low-light are also shown to further thrill the viewers. Mostly the picture of fear and terror can be seen through Cole's eyes. In most of the part of the film he can be seen scared and nervous.

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“Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me”(Burton). Tim Burton, a very mysterious and dark director, had produced many unsettling but fantastic movies. Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are two very well produced movies from him, which feature common themes shown with appropriate cinematic elements. Tim Burton uses tilt, low key lighting, and non-diegetic sounds in Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to convey how creepiness can lead to curiosity. Tilts are generally used to show the vertical significance of something.

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To represent this low key lighting is used in Charlie’s home to show that the reality of his life is there living in poverty. This pattern continues in the cult classic Edward Scissorhands. The town that Edward is welcomed into is in high lighting to signify that it is the life that he never had. He wants to be accepted and loved and this is the place that his wish comes true. Unfortunately we know that his fantasy is unrealistic and there is no way he can live normally.

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For example, Gustave will be deep in thought having a mini monologue first then he will shout a name of another hotel worker. The camera will pan to show the next person on the other side of the room working. The zoom shot is used often in Wes Anderson films as well. The zoom is used in two ways throughout this film. The zoom in is used to show where different characters are in the universe.

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A low-level shot is used on Nick in the inside of the house to make him appear smaller and emphasise the size of the house. A medium shot is used on Gatsby’s coffin under the staircase to show that he only made up a small portion of the large house he lived in, and what made up the house was the constant and extravagant parties. An overhead shot from the top of the stairs, looking down on his coffin, zooms in on the coffin as the camera moves down to symbolise that Gatsby lived a high life that was grand, but it was all for nothing as he died a tragic death, alone and without

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