Tim Burton Use Of Flashbacks

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Tim Burton and his use of Flashbacks and Color
Tim Burton, a film director, portrays a ghoulish cinematic style, through the use of flashbacks, relationships of characters, and the use of bright colors in a bleak setting. This gives him and his work the desired effect of showing the unexpected twist of what is seen and what actual meaning is. This could be found in the characters and the setting. His style also shows the depth that can also be found in both “Edward Scissorhands” and “Charley and the Chocolate Factory”. Flashback is used to look back at what has happened in the past. In the two films, flashbacks are found to be heavily used to create depth, in both the plot of the story and the characters. For example, in “Edward Scissorhands”,