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34An Analysis of Art & Design inThe Films of Tim BurtonTim Burton is one of Hollywood’s most successful filmmakers. He started out as an animatorat Disney and directed well-received short films such as “Vincent” (1982) and “Frankenweenie”(1984), before making the leap into feature-length movies.CAESAR 07/2020
35Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd: TheDemon Barber of Fleet Street.”Photo: respective film studiosHe made his big screen debut in 1985 with “Pee-Wee’sBig Adventure.” From that, Burton has built a remarkablecareer. His visual style is unique, bringing together19th and 20th century European art aesthetics andAmerican kitsch. Stories very often focused on freaks andloners that should, in theory, make studio executives run amile. But they don’t. Burton’s brand of quirkiness connectswith millions and his films have universal appeal.I have finally finished watching all of the films that Tim Burtondirected, and all of the ones he produced, except for CabinBoy which I cannot seem to find anywhere. Over the course ofwatching the films Burton directed, I have discovered severalmajor similarities or themes and some minor ones. I will discusshere a couple of the major ones that I found.Outcast/Rebel main character: Nearly all of Tim Burton’sfilms contained a main character that does not fit in with thesociety in which they exist. I believe the best example of thisis Edward from Edward Scissorhands. The character of Edwardis both an outcast in the sense that he is not even human,but is also a social outcast that has trouble fitting in withthe suburban society in which he is thrown into. Other goodexamples of this theme include Sweeney Todd, Ichabod Crane,and Batman. The movie Ed Wood is a biopic about the filmmakerwho refused to adhere to film conventions even in theface of extreme criticism of his work. All of these charactersin some for are not fully accepted by society or choose not toconform to the accepted norm. I also feel that these charactersrepresent Tim Burton’s experiences as a child and teenager, inthat he too did not fully fit in.Use of bright, vibrant colors in contrast with bleak settings:This is a fascinating trait of Burton’s film. While most of hissettings are rather bleak and contain few if any colors, whenthere is color, it is usually very bright and stands out. Thecolor red is especially prevalent. Burton uses this for varietyof purposes. In the films Sweeney Todd and Sleepy Hollow,he uses (unrealistically) vivid red blood in order to emphasizethe bleakness of the setting as well as to enhance the violenceof the attacks presented. In Mars Attacks! the use of florescentreds and greens provides an unnatural feel to the Martiansweapons as well the dead bodies that would not be presentif their bones were normally colored. In other movies thereseems to be no purpose to Burtons excessive use of vibrantcolors other than to add a surreal feel to the setting or to drawthe viewers attention to a particular item or section of the film.Death: Although death occurs in the films of almost anydirector, in Tim Burton’s films death is often highly significant.In Batman, the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents iswhat drives him to become Batman. The death of the scientistin Edward Scissorhands represents a loss of innocence forEdward and is what ultimately allows him to experience theoutside world. The thought of Lucy’s death drives SweeneyTodd to murder, and those murders further represent Todd’scleansing of the evils of society. In Beetlejuice, death is thebasis of the movie and represents a second chance at life. Lifethrough death is also present in the film Corpse Bride, wherethe afterlife is much more alive then the real world, and only byentering it is Vincent able to truly learn to live his own life. ➤
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