Tim Burton Techniques

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From movies like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas“ to movies such as “Big Fish“ and “Edward Scissorhands“, Tim Burton seems to grab the audience by the arm and pull them into the story. Tim Burton never fails to grab a hold on the audience’s emotions and attention from the first frame to the last, and never let go. Burton uses shots and framing, sound and music, and camera movements and angles to do so. To start with, Burton uses camera movements and angles to grab the audience’s attention. For example, in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory“, when the gates to the factory are opening, he uses a long shot of the crowd outside, this is to show just how many people were there to see the kids go into the factory. This opens the door to a whole new perspective to the influence of the chocolate factory on the characters in the movie to the audience. In “Big Fish when Will is telling his dad about how he is going to “go”, a pan …show more content…
In both “Big Fish“ and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory“, Burton uses a shot-reverse-shot many times throughout the movies. In “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory“, for example, when Augustus fell in the chocolate river, and was being sucked up the tube, Wonka and Augustus’s mother were talking, so there was a shot-reverse-shot between them. Another example would be when Willy Wonka brought Charlie and his grandpa back home and Charlie was telling his parents about the deal, Charlie’s family and him were in the shot-reverse-shot. This was to show the family’s reaction to the news as Charlie was saying it. In “Big Fish“, when Edward and Will were talking, the shot-reverse-shot showed both of their reactions. Director Tim Burton uses shots and framing to show emotions and reactions between characters in “Big Fish” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” to get emotions and reactions out of the