Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Tim Burton Analysis

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Why do Tim Burton and Johnny Depp work so well in their movies together? Is it the style, the characters, or could it even be the movie? Tim Burton is known for creating a twisted, unique style in his movies. He always seems to please the audiences with his different and eerie style. In the movies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton uses the two stylistic techniques, mysterious tone, and a twisted mood to help convey mysterious aspects of the characters. Tim Burton creates a twisted and daunting tone in both movies by using the technique non-diegetic sound. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Burton uses eerie and majestic music as the contestants are walking into the room of candy. The music grows…show more content…
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Burton uses dark and low lighting in the long hallway to show the creepiness of the factory. Once the contestants enter the room of candy in the factory, it is bright and colorful with high key lighting. This cinematic technique gives an effect of cheer yet mystery. You see how it is exciting, but throughout something just does not seem exactly normal. This technique also helps set the tone as delightful. You see the darkness and how this nothingness of a factory is still so cheerful and lovely. In Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses dark eerie lighting to achieve the same mysterious effect. For example, when Kevin and his friends were outside before they robbed his house, it was dark and eerie. When they shoved him into the room it was bright and empty with nothing but Edward. This effect of low lighting outside and bottom angle lighting from the flashlight makes the robbers seem dangerous and unsafe. Once Edward was inside the room, it was very bright. This high key lighting helps portray Edward as innocent. In this scene, you see Edward dressed in black with nothing to hide in such a well lit

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