Tim BurtonAnimated Features

Delia Crawford

Tim Burtona Brief Bio

born : Timothy Walter Burton, Aug 25,1958

Education: California Institute of the ArtsOccupation/Titles:-Director-Producer-Writer-Stop Motion Animator-Poet-Artist* For this power point, emphasis on,

Stop Motion Animator, Producer, Director and Writer

Overall Film Style

• "Butonesque"

According to Urban Dictionary, adj, "used to describe people, objects, actions or a kind of atmosphere/tone, which bare a resemblance in nature style to the films of acclaimed director Tim Burton."

Common Features of "Burtonesque" Style

• Surreal characters and settings

• "Gothic" or "dark"• Macabre • dark or bright rich color

schemes; blacks, grays, dark purples, bright oranges and reds, royal blues

Burton's "First" Animation

• Vincent (1982) was made by Burton, while

working as a Conceptual Artist (someone who helps designers in drafting and clarify ideas for props, scenery, costumes, visual effects) at Disney

• considered Burton's "first" film.

is about a young boy named, Vincent Malloy who daydreams he is Vincent Price, while exploring a "macabre" and "surreal" world.

• Complete Short

Animation Technique;Stop Motion

• In his best known Animations', "The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), "James and the Giant Peach (1996) , and "The Corpse Bride (2005) Burton utilized the art technique Stop Motion; an animation technique in which objects are physically manipulated in order to move on their own, i.e puppets, clay figurines etc.

The Making of the Nightmare Before Christmas

Burton's ROLE in "his" ANIMATIONS

• The films may say "Tim Burton's..." but that doesn't mean he plays the Main Role every time.

FILM YEAR ROLE

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993 Wrote, Produced, and worked as

Production Designer

James and the Giant Peach

1996 Produced

Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride

2005Directed and

Produced

9 2009 Produced

Frankenweenie 2012Wrote, Directed and

Produced

The Special Case of "9"

• A film about a post-apocalyptic world in which a rag doll, 9, and his friends are humanities last hope.

• while adhering to Burtonesque qualities: dark "look", macabre story, the film is shot as computer generated animation-not stop animation.

• Burton worked as a

Producer on film.

Sources

• "Burtonesque":http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Burtonesque

• Image 4:http://www.timburtoncollective.com

• Vincent (1982): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084868/

• Images1,2,3:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim Burton

• Youtube Videos/Links:https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=dBjBchY5ij0https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=kLw-Fo8uhis

Image 5: http://www.ign.com/

Image 6: http://www.imdb.com