Tim Burton Use Of Cinematic Techniques In Edward Scissorhands

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Tim Burton

Tim Burton; director, of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Big fish, Edward Scissorhands, and many more loved films. Uses many different cinematic techniques to portray mood and setting. Some of these techniques are, lighting, camera angles, and music. Tim Burton first uses camera angles to portray distances and sometimes height comparison. For example; Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. He uses two shot to array how Miniscule the Oompa Leader is to Willy Wonka, As well as using a long/wide shot to show how large the candy room is. Another example would be in Edward scissorhands, Tim Burton uses a bird’s eye to show edward in his garden walking inside, it also shows how huge his house is, in Big fish he uses a two shot