Tim burton auteur theory

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AUTEUR THEORY: TIM BURTON Charlie Grover

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AUTEUR THEORY:TIM BURTON

Charlie Grover

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Tim Burton

Timothy Walter ,"Tim" Burton

(born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, film producer, writer, artist and animator. He is famous for his dark, gothic, macabre and quirky take on horror and fantasy style movies such as;• Beetlejuice • Edward Scissorhands• The Nightmare Before

Christmas• Sleepy Hollow• Corpse Bride• Sweeney Todd: The Demon

Barber of Fleet Street • Dark Shadow

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Tim Burton Films

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How to spot a Tim Burton film

When watching films that Tim Burton has directed, you can automatically spot the techniques used and the unique style he portrays.

Most of his films are full of tension and suspense, for example, there is a lot of jump cutting to different angles of the characters which helps build up tension. Through-out a lot of his movies you are able to notice that the lighting that Tim Burton chose is very dark which makes you get more interested in the film and makes you feel like there is something bad going to happen.

The themes that are repeated in quiet a lot of Tim burton’s Movies is that they are mainly creepy and have a dark feel to them.

Often does the beginning credits sequence with the camera going through something or following something.