Robbie Schwartz 3/12/13 English 1H Tim Burton uses many cinematic techniques in his movies such as lighting and camera angles throughout his movies in order to create effects and moods. Cinematic techniques He uses both lighting and camera angles in Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory numerous times. He uses them very effectively to portray different ideas such as showing strengths‚ weaknesses‚ or size in a character or setting‚ or revealing a depressing or cheerful surrounding
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Out Casts with Cinematic Techniques Tim Burton is well known for his unique style in each of his movies inspired by his unusual childhood. By using different cinematic techniques‚ Tim Burton is able to point out an outsider in each of his movies. Each of these unique outsiders goes through a suspenseful journey having the audience anticipating the next scene. To create this suspense‚ Tim Burton uses many different cinematic techniques‚ mostly including lighting and non-diegetic sounds. For example
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The photographers: Brian Duffy was an English photographer and film producer‚ best remembered for his fashion and photographic of the 1960s and 1970s. He worked within an film industry as well as‚ as the aesthetic of the photography. He worked for numerous publications‚ including Glamour Magazine‚ Town Magazine as well as for Swiss Art. In the 1970s he designed the concept of silk cut‚ shoot Pirelli calendar in South of France. He used emotional effect with black and white color combinations
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Orson Welles used light and shadow not as a necessity but to give scenes a certain meaning and atmosphere. He used lighting expressively to inject viewers with desired emotions. Prior to that moment movies and their messages were transmitted from the screen to the audience through the content of the film rather than the way it was shot. (Alton‚ 87) In other words‚ ‘Citizen Kane’ can be seen as the first time ever for a filmmaker to use the technicality of filmmaking in conjunction with the content
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Backlighting: The main source of light is behind the subject‚ silhouetting it‚ and directed toward the camera. Bridging shot: A shot used to cover a jump in time or place or other discontinuity. Examples are the falling calendar pages‚ railroad wheels‚ newspaper headlines‚ and seasonal changes. Cut: The splicing of two shots together. This cut is made by the film editor at the editing stage of a film. Between sequences the cut marks a rapid transition between one time and space and another‚ but depending
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Color in film went through a self-contained evolution much like sound. Many films of the silent era‚ for instance‚ used processes such as tinting and toning to give an overall color to the frame (Thomspon & Bordwell 34). Thompson and Bordwell comment on the process that “color could provide information about the narrative situation and hence make the story clearer to the spectator” (34)‚ much like the use of photogénie and mise-en-scene by the Impressionists and Expressionists. Other films‚ such
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Analysis of True Grit Trailer Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Analysis of True Grit Trailer Western as a genre is widely known for the use of a variety of camera angles and shots to enhance action. A 2010 western film directed by the Cohen Brothers and called True Grit is distinct for its interesting plot and cinematographic language. The directors masterfully use various camera angles and shots in order to enrich cinematographic language of their film. The Cohen brothers use different
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Tim Burton is a childlike yet wicked director who makes amazing and mysterious movies. His movies have a playful but grim affect in every single one. He enjoys using certain cinematic techniques to show his mysterious effect. Tim Burton shows his unique styles in the most in these movies‚ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ and The Nightmare Before Christmas by using low-key lighting‚ close ups/low angles‚ and non-diegetic sound to convey his mysterious yet whimsical style.
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The extraordinary film‚ Citizen Kane‚ was directed by Orson Welles in 1941. Orson Welles is not only the director of the film but the protagonist as well. This film was very different for the industry during the time it was released‚ it brought forth many new camera techniques. The film introduces the film with a dead screen‚ which was something completely new to the audience. Once the film starts‚ the camera tilts up the fence to “enter” the famous castle and it also adds some some suspense because
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