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Apr 17, 2019 · Tim Burton has built his career around an iconic visual aesthetic. Here’s how it evolved. Every Tim Burton movie is channeling specific visual influences — plus his own alienated childhood.
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Aug 15, 2021 · The American suburbia Tim Burton aesthetic is defined by bright and bold colors, as well as 1960s architecture and cars. It stands in stark contrast to Burton’s theatrical side, which is defined by Gothic overtones and mechanical machinations and heavily inspired by German Expressionism.
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- Costumes
- German Expressionism
- Gothic Meets Suburbia
- Johnny Depp
- Signature Camera Style
Anybody that has seen a Tim Burton film will recognise that the director has a fondness for costumes with a 19th century Victorian flavour, even if the story is set in more modern times. But he is equally inspired by the famed stories and cartoon drawings of Dr. Seuss. This can be seen time and time again with characters wearing an array of clothin...
The director described the famous German art movement in the book “Burton on Burton” (Mark Salisbury, 1995) as like “the inside of somebody’s head, like an internalized state externalized.” It’s not just chiaroscurolighting effects, but also in the production design and the wildly exaggerated sets and décor. Just think of the Inventor’s castle in “...
The director’s visual imagination often sees Gothic architecture and atmosphere brought together with his own upbringing in sunny Los Angeles. It shouldn’t work at all—a world of darkness, wild moors and haunted castles crossed with pastel-coloured bungalows, picket fences and verdant green lawns as American as apple pie. And yet in merging these u...
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have made eight very successful films together. The actor and the director formed a richly rewarding working relationship. There is no doubt that when Depp is on screen playing an array of weird and wonderful characters—the young man with scissors for hands; the world’s worst director in “Ed Wood”; bumbling cop Ichabod Cr...
There is a lot of camera movement in the films of Tim Burton. It is used expressively and the effect is pure mastery of cinematic craft. The camera is often attached to a dolly, a crane, sometimes even a helicopter, or the traditional Steadicam device. Sometimes, it feels like one is on a rollercoaster or ghost train. One of the signature Burton ca...
Sep 27, 2016 · In Edward Scissorhands, it's between artificial leather-clad man with scissors for hands Edward and a (seemingly) artificial bubblegum pop suburban town. As time went on, though, Burton's style changed—it became less edgy, less dark, less gothic.
Aug 28, 2014 · The Art of Tim Burton: The Artist Before The Filmmaker. Offering a Valentine, Tim Burton (1980-1986) From the very moving Edward Scissorhands to the delirious Dark Shadows, Tim Burton has always been able to carry the audience away into the depths of his imagination. A world full of contradictions, both dark and light, frightening and welcoming ...
Jun 8, 2020 · Watching a Tim Burton film is like stepping into a macabre fairy tale with a mix of delightfully, deranged characters. His hellish city-scapes, abandoned amusement parks, haunted villages and houses, and creepy circuses are perfect settings for his mix of zany humor and horror.
