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Why Did Tim Burton Use Camera Angles In Edward Scissorhands

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Tim Burton has been making films that we love like Corpse Bride and Edward Scissorhands for as long as we can remember. He has developed his style for over the 30 years of directing and writing films, wowing the audience and critics alike, always making them want to watch more movies of his. Tim Burton has a rare gift at directing he uses cinematic techniques like lighting, sound, and camera angles to manipulate the audience’s feeling and the scene itself. Lighting, sound, and camera angles, he mostly uses these elements to make us like or dislike a character or make us feel threatened or relieve.
Burton uses lighting to make his audience feel different emotions but there is one emotion that he particularly good at manipulating than the rest, that is fear. In Edward Scissorhands when Edward was about to be arrested by the police by his …show more content…

Burton used camera angles in Big Fish when Edward Bloom first met Karl the giant. Burton made Karl look bigger because he was using a high angle on the back of Karl making him seem more intimidating and big, while we worry for Edward because he seemed small and helpless. He repeats this technique in 9 when the 9, the main character was being introduce, Burton used a high angle on him to show just how small and helpless he is in his world where there is danger in every corner. Alice in Wonderland also has a lot of camera angles one scene in particular shows how Burton uses camera angles to make us feel threatened and feel sorry for the character, that is when Alice and the Jabawockee were about to fight, Burton is using a low-angle when the camera is facing towards the Jabawockee making him seem powerful and big, while he uses a high-angle on Alice which is the opposite to make her look more vulnerable and

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