Tim burton Background research Tim Burton was born
Tim burton
Background research • Tim Burton was born on August 25, 1958, in Burbank, California. After majoring in animation at the California Institute of Arts, he worked as a Disney animator for less than a year before striking out on his own. He became known for creating visually striking films that blend themes of fantasy and horror, including Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman and The Nightmare Before Christmas. • Famed director, producer and screenwriter Tim Burton was born Timothy Walter Burton on August 25, 1958, in Burbank, California. As a child, Burton was engrossed with the classic horror films of Roger Corman—many of which featured quintessential screen villain Vincent Price. • Burton also developed a penchant for drawing and enrolled at the California Institute of Arts, where he majored in animation. In 1980, upon his graduation, he began working as an apprentice animator for Walt Disney Studios. Within a year, Burton grew tired with his work at Disney and decided to strike out on his own. In 1982, he released the award-winning short Vincent, which paid homage to the enduring work of his childhood idol.
Vincent by Tim burton • The film is narrated by actor Vincent Price, a lifelong idol and inspiration for Burton. From this relationship, Price would go on to appear in Burton’s Edward Scissorhands. Vincent Price later said that the film was “the most gratifying that ever happened. It was immortality—better than a star on Hollywood Boulevard. ” • Vincent is the story of a young boy, Vincent Malloy, who pretends to be like the actor Vincent Price (who narrates the film). He is obsessed with the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and it is his detachment from reality when reading them that leads to his delusions that he is in fact a tortured artist, deprived of the woman he loves, mirroring certain parts of Poe’s “The Raven”. The film ends with Vincent feeling terrified of being tortured by the going-ons of his make-believe world, quoting “The Raven” as he falls to the floor in frailty, believing himself to be dead.
Art work Tim burton had a very specific way of showing his characters, all of them have a very gothic feel to them but they are all very different in a way that you can see each have their own personality. The way he shows his characters has a dark feel to them just like the animation 'Vincent' he did years ago.
Actors Tim Burton mostly uses • One of the actors Tim Burton mostly uses is Johnny Depp, they have worked together on at least eight different films including Edward scissor hands, Ed Wood and Dark Shadows. They have one of the most notable partnerships in Hollywood. Other famous actors who have repeatedly worked with Burton include Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Keaton, and Danny De. Vito.
'Gothic' • If you watch films like Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, or Corpse Bride, it's quite clear that they were all directed by the same comically macabre individual, Tim Burton. • Experiencing his brand of cinema is a lot like walking into an abandoned amusement park, or a haunted carnival, or a nightmarish circus—it's entertaining—and even endearing at times, but it's also extremely dark and deeply disturbing. • His style is so unique that he has joined the ranks of filmmakers whose names have made the transition from moniker to adjective, like Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, and Alfred Hitchcock. In this video essay, Fandor's Philip Brubaker defines exactly what "Burtonesque" is, from the concept of the "heroic loner" to his surrealistic humor • https: //nofilmschool. com/2016/09/burtonesque-breaking-down-gothic-cinematicstyle-tim-burton
film auteurs • An auteur is an artist, usually a film director, who applies a highly centralized and subjective. . . Even before the auteur theory was clearly defined, the director was considered to be the most important among the people working on a film. • The auteur definition is author. The word is French for "author". Which gives you an idea about where auteur theory comes from. • The auteur meaning when it comes to film and cinema is a specific kind of director who has such a strong signature sensibility that you know immediately who's film it is. • The director's fingerprints are on everything. • https: //nofilmschool. com/auteur-theory-complete-guide
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