Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Essays

In Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber on Fleet Street, a barber named Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp) comes back to London in 1846 after being falsely convicted to carry out his revenge among those who exiled him. After, Sweeney Todd kills yet another batch of people, he hears Ms. Lovett (Helena Carter) scream. The scene begins with a medium close up of Ms. Lovett as she recognizes one of the victims lying dead on the floor, and whispers "you" under her breath. When the diegetic sound of footsteps

Imagine walking down the street on an early morning heading towards your favorite coffee shop. As you walk down the street greeting the same people you see every day on your route, the mailman, the salesman, and your all-time favorite James, the florist who is always kind to you. Finally, you reach your destination, order a frappe, and take a seat to watch the morning news. The usual is on Trump, Isis, and all things wrong in the world, so you start to zone out until the newscast says something about

America. He seems to lock his viewers in a sort of trance while they are watching his films. This is due to his skills in imagery, point of view, and his use of symbolism to modern society–this can especially be seen in his 2007 film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Tim Burton defined a whole other genre of films. He creates gothic, dark films with sinister atmospheres. Many artists and other factors have influenced his style. Paying close attention to his film techniques and themes, you

ON CONTEMPORARY DIRECTORS AND THEIR INFLUENCE Modern directors take a leaf out of the books of early directors all the time; be it in a form of a shot, character traits, or just generic similarities, it has all been done. These contemporary directors tread the thin line between plagiarism and influence with great competence, and produce work which is bound to go down in the vaults, like the ones they took inspiration from. Owing to his unconventional shooting methods, Hitchcock has a whole

snow. In Sweeney Todd, the lighting is generally dark and the colors are almost always bleak and dark. This helps with the theme of how mankind is evil and dark and allows Tim Burton to easily highlight important things in the plot by making them a different and more vibrant color. This can be seen in the beach sequence, which one of the only (if not the only) scene where elaborate and vibrant colors are used. This tells us, the audience, that there could be a bright future for Sweeney todd if he would

Hybridity: Hybridity usually defined as “the creation of new trans-cultural forms within the contact zone produced by colonisation” (Ashcroft, Griffiths and Tiffin, 2003). It takes many forms comprising cultural, political and linguistic. Ben Okri records a modification and addresses hybrid cultural models in The Famished Road. He connects the hybridity with structure that shapes the narrative. He states that “One of the strongest impulses which made me write The Famished Road is that I got tired

the movie will be like before actually watching it, (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014). The film, Sweeney Todd: The Demon

music, topics, and approaches; however, four musicals made a particular impact toward Sondheim’s life, and affected his songwriting career. These four musicals are West Side Story, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Sunday in the Park with George. Stephen Joshua Sondheim was born on March 22, 1930 in New York City, New York, United States. When he was younger, he studied music and enjoyed school. When he was ten years old, Sondheim

into temptation is a way of confronting the demon. This demon takes the form of a person that seems to be guiding the individual towards a better future, like the character of Lord Henry in Wilde’s story, and Mrs. Lovett in the film. This demon can take the form of an egoistic emotion that drives the individual to perform tasks to satisfy their inner pleasures like those of lust in Dorian, and the pleasure of revenge haunting Sweeney Todd. If this demon were to be put into

flaw, some tragedies also have other important elements such as hubris, or parity. In this catastrophic musical movie, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street there are many reasons for why Sweeney Todd could be considered a tragedy. In the film, there are examples of a tragic hero, a catharsis, an epiphany, a tragic flaw, an exodus, a parity, and a hubris.

Another movie Tim Burton directed is Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, written

author. Tim Burton has made many films in his lifetime most of them being grotesque horror films.. He has some well known films such as, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Alice in Wonderland, and Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Each one of these films are dark and grotesque in some way shape or form. Burton uses lighting, camera angles, and sound to give off a feeling of suspense, and eeriness in his films.. These film techniques are used in these films

The Rocky Horror Show is a 1973 horror-comedy rock musical by Richard O’Brien. It is a parody and humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror movies from the 1930s up to the 1970s, and was a forerunner to the trend for musical horror, combining the genre of horror with comedy. Comedy horror hybrid productions deliberately provoke an emotional shift from fear and horror, to fun and comedy, with the classification of this subgenre as “Horror Musical”. Richard O’Brien wrote The Rocky Horror

Alan Rickman: Harry Potter star Severus Snape died from a battle with cancer Alan Rickman, best known most for his role in the Harry Potter films portraying the character of Severus Snape has passed away today in London with family and friends by his side after fighting a battle with cancer. Rickman was sixty-nine years old, a British actor and director for the past thirty years. He entertained the public with a variety of roles from classical and modern theater as well as stage and screen films

Tim Burton claims to be one of the greatest directors of all time. Tim Burton has won six awards in total, four of them being for his films Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Beetlejuice. His other two awards were for the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007, and the Empire Legend Award in 2012. Tim Burton’s movies often have a dark and twisted setting, but he also finds a way to implement a bright, happy, and kid-friendly side. Tim Burton

Nosferatu) again in Batman Returns. (Mills 2015) It is clear that Burton has an affection for German Expressionism, which can also be seen in the films Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet