Tim burton and psychology

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Christmas Film Event, Cardiff MRC Centre, December 2013 Presenta=on by Rhys Bevan Jones, Child & Adolescent Sec=on

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Christmas  Film  Event,  Cardiff  MRC  Centre,    December  2013  

 Presenta=on  by    Rhys  Bevan  Jones,  

Child  &  Adolescent  Sec=on  

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Tim  Burton    Images  &  quotes  on  slides  from:  ‘Burton  on  Burton’  (2000)  &  Google  Images  

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Influences:  Illustra=on  

Edward  Gorey  (1925-­‐2000)  

Dr  Seuss  (1904-­‐1991)  

Ronald  Searle  (1920-­‐2011)  

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Influences:  Anima=on  

The  Lost  World  (1925)   King  Kong  (1933)  

Jason  and  the  Argonauts  (1963)  Godzilla  (1954)  

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The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)

Nosferatu (1922)  

Influences:  German  Expressionism    

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Vincent  (1982)  

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Batman  (1989)  

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Edward  Scissorhands  (1990)  

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The  Nightmare    Before  Christmas  (1993)  “A  lot  of  people  think  that  my  movies  are  very  much  about  the  way  they  look.  People  don’t  realize  that  everything  I’ve  ever  done  has  to  mean  something…  That’s  why  we’re  all  fascinated  by  the  movies...movies  are  truly  a  form  of  therapy  and  work  on  your  subconscious  in  the  way  fairy  tales  were  meant  to.”  

Tim  Burton  (2000)    

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Jack  Skellington  

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Sally    “I  was  into  s=tching  from  the  Catwoman  thing…          I  was  into  that  whole  psychological  thing  of  being  pieced  together…So  those  kinds  of  visual  symbols  have  less  to  do  with  being  based  on  Frankenstein,  than  with  the  feeling  of  pulling  yourself  together”  

Tim  Burton  (2000)  

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Oogie  Boogie  

Befy  Boop  (1930s-­‐)  

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Somatotypes  (Kretschmer, Sheldon)

 

Mayor  of  Halloween  Town  

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Frankenweenie  (2012)  

Recent  work  

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Illustra=ng  the  mind  &  mental  states:  research,  educa=on  &  engagement  projects  !

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Thanks  -­‐  Diolch