Tim Burton Influence

In 1958 a boy named Tim Burton was born. Not the usual sort of boy, but one who took his inspiration from Dr.Seuss, entranced by his poetic rhyming and childish themes. Yet at the same time Burton was being influenced by the renowned author and poet Edgar Allen Poe, he known for his darker and malevolent ideas. By combining the two vastly different styles, Tim Burton created his own unique, award winning technique that was presented in many of his animated and live action films. Within three of his films, Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton used a combination of non-diegetic, diegetic, and a combination of both effects to influence the audience's view of the mood. In a story about a girl who falls down a rabbit hole, the well known tale of Alice in Wonderland was adapted by Tim Burton in 2010, and through his use of diegetic, non-diegetic and a combination of both, Burton was able to heavily influence the mood of the movie. The first example of this is Burton's use of a mixture of diegetic and non-diegetic music while Alice was falling down the rabbit hole. The music during this scene started off as a peaceful, slow tune accompanied by a piano, a violin and other calm instruments yet as Alice was falling the music shifted, and increased dramatically in tempo. All the while, sound effects could be heard of Alice reaching out to grab anything that could slow her descent into a seemingly never ending pit. The
Burton unique style, and unique taste in music allowed his movies to really speak to his audience. Burton shows that sound really allows people to get a deeper view on the world, to understand and reflect on the true sense of what music