Similarities Between Charlie And The Chocolate Factory And Edward Scissorhands

Two films directed by Tim Burton that I have viewed and analyzed were Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Edward ScissorHands. The cinematic style of Tim Burton is to take a character and outcast them from all the others. Tim Burton uses dark topics, situations, and lighting to develop his movies as well as his own cinematic techniques and styles. He uses such techniques and styles to draw out sadness and emotion from the viewer and he does it quite well. In the films Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the director Tim Burton’s style is shown through the use of the cinematic technique of long shots, which are used to create the effects of understanding the environment in which the characters are in and the effects

Close ups give the audience an insight to what the character is either doing, looking like, or thinking about. For example, Burton uses a close up in Edward ScissorHands when Edward’s new friend is putting makeup on his cuts on his face. This gives the viewers the understanding of what Edward has done to himself because of his hands. Without this closeup we wouldn't have understood how much damage Edward has caused to himself. Tim Burton uses pain as a way of intriguing the audience. Now, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Burton uses a close up on Willy Wonka's face just before Wonka starts thinking about his past life, which moves the movie's next scene into a flashback. Without this closeup, the audience wouldn't know what the character is thinking about this topic (Wonka’s old life as a child). Through use of the cinematic techniques of long shots and close ups, director Tim Burton is able to pull the audience and viewers into the dark, sad, and action enhanced movie, keeping them on edge but interested enough to not stray