Tim Burton's Cinematic Techniques In The Nightmare Before Christmas

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. The Nightmare Before Christmas is an ideal example of Tim Burton’s cinematic technique like low key lighting, non-diegetic sound/music, and low angle framing/close up. Tim Burton uses low key lighting in The Nightmare Before Christmas in many scenes. For example, the Halloween Land (aka where Jack lived) was always dark,creepy, and mysterious. The land was all about Halloween and how to scare people on the one day each year they can. Tim Burton also inserted a lot of non-diegetic sounds and music in his movies to convey
Tim Burton uses many different cinematic techniques to make his movies have a certain approach. In this movie he uses low key lighting to make the characters look mysterious. For example, when Edward is crouching in the corner when peg first meets him, Tim Burton uses a dark and gloomy lighting to make Edward look creepy. Another cinematic technique Burton likes to use is non-diegetic music to show how the scene should make you feel. For instance, when Peg is driving Edward through the neighborhood, there is a cheerful and delightful music playing to show the difference between the mansion and the neighborhood. Finally Tim Burton uses low angle to show something look bigger. For example, When Edward is cutting the bushes they use a low angle to show how large and amazing his hands are. This movie was definitely a great example of Tim Burton's