Tim Burton Animated Features Delia Crawford Tim Burton
Tim Burton Animated Features Delia Crawford
Tim Burton a Brief Bio born : Timothy Walter Burton, Aug 25, 1958 Education: California Institute of the Arts Occupation/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 FILM YEAR ROLE 1993 Wrote, Produced, and worked as Production Designer James and the Giant Peach 1996 Produced Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride 2005 Directed and Produced 9 2009 Produced Frankenweenie 2012 Wrote, Directed and Produced Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas • The films may say "Tim Burton's. . . " but that doesn't mean he plays the Main Role every time.
The Special Case of "9" • A film about a postapocalyptic 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. • Images 1, 2, 3: http: //en. wikipe dia. org/wiki/Tim Burton urbandictionary. com/define. php? term=Burtonesque • Youtube Videos/Links: https: //www. youtube. com/watc • Image h? v=d. Bj. Bch. Y 5 ij 0 4: http: //www. timburtoncolle https: //www. youtube. com/watc ctive. com h? v=k. Lw-Fo 8 uhis • Vincent (1982): http: //www. imdb. com/title/tt 0084868/ Image 5: http: //www. ign. com/ Image 6: http: //www. imdb. com
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