Tim Burton Themes

“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. For example, in the beginning of the movie, the credits, there is a tilt that shows the base of the tower and tilts toward the top to show an ominous looking tower surrounded by dark shades of grey. The tilt is used to show the size of the factory's tower, which is famous all across the world, as one can see from the extensive manufacturing of the chocolate afterwards. The factory’s sheer size along with its shades of dark colors induce intimidation, but people still continue to buy the chocolate that it produces. Next, when Peg enters the aesthetically magnificent gardens of Edwards Scissorhands, a tilt is used to show his castle. The dark and creepy looking castle is enormous and there are bare trees with

Tim Burton is one of the best directors to date. His ability to intertwine creepiness themes and tones into plots and the characters and still maintain the necessities to watch an enjoyable is unimaginable. Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are both adequately produced movie that show Tim Burton’s prodigal filmmaking abilities. The thematic elements are vivid and applicable to the scene to put actors and even the audience under suspense and eager to know their