Tim Burton's Style
Batman/Bruce Wayne, Edward Scissorhands, Vincent Malloy, Victor Frankenstein, Beetlejuice
What are outcast characters used in Tim Burton movies?
Dark, mysterious, evil
What is the tone of gothic stories?
In Beetlejuice, when the house is shown in the daylight it is bright white and seems inviting. Inside though, it is dark and dingy. In Edward Scissorhands the interior of Edward’s mansion is also devoid of light, unlike the outside world where the town is bright, colorful, and full of cheer.
What are examples of Burton's use of dark and light contrast?
Tim Burton grew up here. (city and state needed)
What is Burbank, California?
He composed the music for all of Burton's feature films with the exception of Ed Wood (1994), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).
He also composed the music for The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), a stop-motion animated film Burton co-wrote and produced.[1]
Who is Danny Elfman?
Dark castles, palaces, chambers, haunted mansions
Burton likes to use this in order to tell a story within a larger story. He uses them to help add additional depth to his characters and, in the case of his main characters, help the audience understand why they are so strange.
What are flashbacks?
Burton was an animators apprentice with this entertainment company.
What is Walt Disney Animation Studios?
Johnny Depp (8 movies) Helena Bonham Carter (7 movies) Michael Gough (5 movies) Christopher Lee (5 movies) Danny DeVito (4 movies) Deep Roy (4 movies) Michael Keaton (4 movies)
Who are actors who have featured in many of Tim Burton's movies?
Gothic tales evoke this versus horror in the reader because of situations bordering reality/unreality
What is terror?
Burton was influenced by this actor and this writer.
Who are Vincent Price and Edgar Allan Poe?
This movie made Tim Burton a profitable director (he could produce good films for a low-budget).
What is Batman?
This is probably Burton's most obvious common repeating theme or idea used in his movies.
What is the use of dark and light as contrast?
Vicky Vale is an example of this in gothic literature.
What is a damsel in distress?
Tim Burton’s style is clearly influenced by his fascination with fairy tales and these.
What are children’s stories?
Burton's hero Vincent Price appeared in these two movies that Burton directed.
What are Vincent and Edward Scissorhands?
Burton's use of darkness fits in well with his ____ imagery, but he uses ____ to emphasize certain aspects.
What is gothic and light?
Ghosts, witches, giants walking, or inanimate objects (such as a suit of armor or painting) coming to life
What are supernatural elements often seen in gothic literature?
His children's books that incorporated playful, innocent use of rhythm and rhyme sparked the imagination of a younger Tim Burton.
Hint: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
Who is Dr. Seuss?
Despite a phobia of chimpanzees, Burton directed Planet of the Apes. It earned mixed reviews, but here he met his long-term partner.
Who is Helena Bonham-Carter?