There are many things that make Tim Burton the great man he is today. A big part of this is his movies and use of stylistic techniques. Tim Burton uses the stylistic techniques of lighting, music and camera angles to create mood. In the movie, “Edward Scissorhands” he uses lighting to create a dark mysterious mood, in the movie “Charlie and the Chocolate factory”, he uses lighting and music to create a creepy and childish mood at the same time, and finally in the movie “Big fish” he uses camera angles to show a bigger and better view of the town Spectre. In this essay I will go in more depth of how Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques to create mood in his movies.
In the movie Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses music to add a mysterious effect. In the beginning of the movie when they were showing the credits, the background music was slow and creepy. This foreshadowed that the movie was going to be dark and creepy. Tim Burton also uses lighting to make some scenes look more interesting based on what's happening. For example, when Peg goes to Edward's house for the first time, everything is dark. You can barely see Edward when he comes out from hiding, because of how dim the light was. In addition to music and lighting Tim Burton also uses camera angles to show how tiny Peg was compared to Edward’s huge mansion.
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The oompa loompas would sing a song every time a character was about to leave. These songs would appear as childish and almost taunting. This would set the scene and create a childish mood. Tim Burton also used lighting to create the mood. In the scenes where he was showing his factory, the lighting was bright and colorful. This would also create a childish mood, since bright colors are usually associated with children. Therefore, the movie Charlie and the chocolate factory was probably meant to have a creepy childish