Auteur Study Tim Burton

Tim Burton Films

Director, producer and screenwriter Tim Burton is known for films such as Beetle juice and Edward Scissor hands. He has a quirky style that has made him an iconic director. In 1992, he directed 'Batman Returns', which was a lot darker

than the original proving how much creative input he had. It was one of the most successful films of all time, setting the opening weekend box office record

of $50 million and going on to make $400 million world wide.

What inspired his gothic/dark work?

Tim Burton defined a whole other genre of films. He creates Gothic, dark films with sinister atmosphere. His style has been influenced by many artists and other factors. His isolation as a child is reflected in his work. Tim Burton, as a child, enjoyed to watch horror and monster movies. His favorite actor was Vincent Price. He was the protagonist in many horror movies such as “The House of Wax”. Tim Burton was also influenced by impressionists’ and expressionists’ work, and especially German expressionists. Also, he is fond of Vincent Van Gogh’s work.

Vincent price

What aspects of his filmsare visually similar?

• Burton loves to use some of the same actors (Winona Ryder) have appeared in two or three Burton movies, these guys pop up over, and over again. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Christopher Lee, Jeffrey Jones.

• In Burtons films he usually uses techniques such as jump cuts and fading ins that are synchronized to the music to present suspense and tension. This is done to grab the attention of the audience .

• Flashbacks is common in burtons films for example Willy Wonka flashbacks to his sad candy-free childhood in the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory also Bruce Wayne dreams of his parents in the batman. Burton does this because he wants the audience to have a stronger connection with the character and to have sympathy for them, also it’s the best way to portray the characters pain.

• All most all of his film have the similar aspect in a sense that they have a character with an appearance that is not considered normal(weird and bug-eyed),there role is usually to scare the audience.

Themes• Fantasy• Horror• Sinister• Dark/grey• Death • Murder• Rejection of

the norms

Music lighting Daniel Robert Elfman

(born May 29, 1953) is an American composer, record producer, and actor. He is know for his music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme. He has scored the majority of his long-time friend Tim Burton's movies.

When we go and see a Tim Burton film we expect it to be dull with un-saturated colors and selective colors used. We expect it to Dark with dark lighting and shadowing used often, which tend to reoccur in his films and have become a motif of his unique directing style.