Tim Burton Film Techniques

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Tim burton is the director of Edward scissor hands and Charlie and the chocolate factory.He uses non-diegetic sound, sound that cannot be heard by the characters but is designed for the audience reaction only.He also uses shot-reverse-shot, a shot of one subject,then another,then back to the first.It is often used for conversation or reaction shots.Along with the shot-reverse-shot,he also uses close ups,which is when the image takes up at least 80 percent of the frame.Burton uses non-diegetic sound,shot-reverse-shot,and close up to set the tone and creat the mood. The use of non-digetic sounds allow burton to creat tone, or show his own feelings about the subject.One example of this is when Edward ran of after being blamed of scratching kim. The sound changed to loud and spooky music showing edwards anger.Another example is whenever theres a shot of the factory from charlie and the chocolate factory.Every time theres a shot of the factory the music becomes lound and mysterious.Buton wants to show that the factory is still a mystery to those who live around it by using this technique.…show more content…
The camera would go from the winners to the small door and then back to the winners by doing this Burton shows the confusion of the winners and the parents.Burton's use of shot-reverse-shot is to set the mood and to show the emotions of the
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