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Tim Burton Cinematic Analysis

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The Cinematic Techniques of Tim Burton Tim Burton uses many cinematic techniques in all his work. Burton mostly uses cinematic techniques such as lighting, sound, and camera movements/angles. In the essay I will be using Burton’s work Alice Through The Looking Glass, Edward Scissorhands, and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. In Burton’s movie Edward Scissorhands Burton uses high-key lighting when showing the neighborhood to show how bright, happy, and normal the neighborhood was before Edward was taken into the neighborhood. Burton also uses pan when a character in the movie is walking or driving. In this movie it has a close-up when Peg is giving Edward a “makeover” and it was hard to find his skin tone because he was so pale. Low-key lighting was used in the castle to show how dark and empty. There was a lot of non-diegetic sound used in this film such as when Peg was driving up to the castle where Edward lived also was used while Peg was going through the garden and castle. High angle was used when Peg reached the top of the castle and was shown through the hole in the roof this was to make Peg look small and innocent. …show more content…

Flashbacks were used many times to show Willie Wonkas past during his childhood and his issues with his father also when Charlie’s grandfather was telling a story about how he used to work for Willie Wonka. Pan was used very much in this film because they characters were walking a lot when they were on their tour around the chocolate factory. Eye level was used when Charlie was opening his chocolate bar to check for a golden ticket. Low angle was used in this film when the Augustus got sucked up the tube after falling into the chocolate

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