Gothic narratives involve a desire to grapple with the terrifying unknown and, for Tim Burton, this dark abyss lies beneath the neat lawns, the painted houses of the ‘normal’ suburban life and the underprivileged town. When watching a Tim Burton film the audience immediately notices how the scenes are flooded with mystery; whether its being brought about by a character, mood or just simply creating a sense of secure darkness. Burton uses the low key lighting, camera angles, and flashbacks to enforce his message of the dark and ominous films. “Burton reworks and echoes themes, images, and techniques from the texts that fed his imagination during the arid years of his suburban childhood and adolescence” (Gothic imagination 3). His tastes were …show more content…
Cinematic techniques help a movie become more entertaining Burton uses those different elements to create different moods within the audience. Directors all have unique styles of making movies, Tim Burton uses lighting, camera angles, and flashbacks to contrast, fantasy with reality and show the strength of different characters.
In Edward Scissorhands an inventor's created a humanlike young boy who had everything except for hands, but the inventor suffered a heart attack and died while in the act of giving a pair of real hands to Edward, leaving him "unfinished" forever. Many years after a local saleswoman Peg visits a broken-down mansion on top of a large hill. When Edward and Peg meet for the first time Edward is in a low key lighting and is wearing black clothing. At first Edward is perceived as a evil character that is out to harm Peg. Later, it is revealed that it signifies his loneliness and Peg dressed in a bright colored suit brings hope that there will alway be someone for him. This technique is similarly used in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is about a boy named Charlie Bucket