Tim Burton Essay

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Tim Burton Comparative Essay! Tim Burton has been one of the most eccentric, but yet successful film directors of the past quarter century. He has such a big range of films from the Blockbuster “Alice in Wonderland” to his short films such as “Vincent”. In most of his films you could find plenty of similarities and quite a few differences in his style and in other elements of the films too. The feature films “Alice in Wonderland” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory “and the short film “Vincent” all display elements of Burton’s style, but because of their different mediums and storyline, they have noticeable variations. Burton’s characters are traditionally dark and mysterious, these elements are shown throughout “Corpse Bride”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory “and “Vincent”, but these movies also show excellent contrasts including brighter and happier characters as well. Throughout the duration of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” there is an amazing range of characters from Charlie to the Oompa Loompas, and during The Corpse Bride the mix of characters is also quite astounding. But in Vincent the majority of the characters are quite dark and unhappy, which is also very effective in setting the scene. Tim Burton’s characters are generally either very happy or quite dark, he doesn’t usually have the in between kind of character that can be nice, and also be unhappy. Jonny Depp is a feature in both “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Corpse Bride” and he also features in a lot of other Tim Burton Films. Tim also reuses a lot of other actors and actresses in different movies which illustrates a preference for certain acting styles. A lot of Tim Burton’s characters from different films wear similar clothing, especially hats, and all of his top hats are generally the same basic shape; a top hat, which is and kind of pointy around the top edges and dipped
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