Tim BurtonJosh Pyne

Who was “Tim Burton”

Timothy Walter ,Tim Burton was born

August 25th, 1958 is an American film

director, film producer, writer, artist and

animator. He is famous for his dark, gothic,

macabre and quirky take on horror and

fantasy style movies such as – Beetlejuice,

Edward Scissor hands, Sleepy Hollow, The

Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride,

Sweeney Todd, Dark Shadow and The

Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Auteur styleWhen watching film openings that Tim Burton has directed, you can automatically spot the techniques used and the unique style he portrays. Most of his film openings are full of tension and suspense, for example, there is a lot of jump cutting to different angles of the characters which helps build up tension. Usually the beginning credits sequence has the camera going through something or following something. Through-out his movies openings you are able to notice that the lighting that Tim Burton chose is very dark which makes you get more engrossed in the film and makes you feel like there is something terrible about to happen. The themes are repeated in quiet a lot of Tim burton’s movie openings.

Beetle Juice (1988)

The opening consists of an extreme

longshot with credits appearing in front of a

pan of a forest in extreme in longshot. The

shot is accompanied by non diegetic sound,

which relatively high pitched and has a fast

tempo. All this adds tension. Lighting isn’t

medium, meaning not very dark or very

bright.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCYL04Kd8g

Edward Scissorhands

The opening of Edward Scissorhands is quite complex. The camera weirdly pans and follows in medium close ups and swirls around and over the objects .The lighting is dark the only light there is, is used to illuminate the objects the camera is either following or panning upon. Of course it wouldn’t be a Tim Burton movie without credits, so there is opening credits that are in front of the camera and other objects most of the time. There is non diegetic sound, music that is slow and slightly creepy. High pitched and slow. It helps grow the tension that Tim Burton is trying to create

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvOmlRkKRgQ

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The intro to The Nightmare Before Christmas is quite complicated. It starts off with non diegetic sound of music and a narrator. Neither are particularly horrifying . The camera pas around and then enters a tree. After this it is dark and the mood changes drastically. Diegetic sounds and non diegetic sound. Music high pitched, call and response. Characters such as vampires, werewolves and skeletons singing, lighting is dark upon graves. The camera switches cuts quick. There are also a variety of different shots, such as extreme long shots, medium close ups, close ups and extreme close ups.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHLgob-

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