Tim Burton and his work (aprentic3)
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- 2. LIFE AND BACKGROUND ♠Timothy William "Tim" Burton ♠ Dark films and cinema blockbusters ♠ Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Danny Elfman ♠ Burbank, California, August 25, 1958 ♠ He was a shy child who loved horror and moster films and whose hero was Vincent Price ♠ California Institute of the Arts Character Animation
- 3. FIRST WORKS ♠ WaltDisney Productions' animation studio ♠ Concept artist on The Fox and the Hound (1981) and The Black Cauldron (1985) not a good experience ♠ First short Vincent (1982), stop motion ♠ Frankenweenie (1984), live-action short (he wants to make a feature film for 2011)
- 4. Pee-wee's Big Adventure(1985) ♠ Burton left Disney ♠ Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee) offered him the job ♠ Small budget ($8 million) grossed more than $40 million ♠ Danny Elfman provided the music
- 5. Beetlejuice (1988) ♠ Burtonwas sent several scripts lack of imagination and originality ♠ Winona Ryder, Jeffrey Jones and Michael Keaton ♠ He wanted a style similar to B-movies ♠ Financial and critical success ♠ An animated television series based on the film
- 6. Batman (1989 ) ♠First big budget film ♠ Michael Keaton as Batman ♠ Biggest marketing and merchandising campaign in film history at the time ♠ Won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction ♠ One of the most influential Hollywood movies of the last few decades
- 7. Edward Scissorhands (1990) ♠Considered Burton’s best movie ♠ Seen as Burton's autobiography of his own childhood ("Tim is Edward“) ♠ Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder and Vincent Price ♠ Themes self-discovery and isolation ♠ Gothic fiction ♠ Box office success and positive feedback from critics
- 8. Batman Returns (1992) ♠Sequel of Batman ♠ He was granted total control ♠ Michael Keaton repeats as Batman ♠ Darker and more personal ♠ Too scary, overt sexuality ♠ Financial success ♠ Last Batman film directed by Burton
- 9. The Nightmare BeforeChristmas (1993) ♠ Written and produced by Burton, but not directed (Henry Selick) ♠ Development deal with Disney ♠ Musical, stop-motion movie ♠ “Too dark and too scary” for kids ♠ Accused of rascism by some groups ♠ 3-D version in 2006 ♠ Good reception (merchandising)
- 10. Ed Wood (1994) ♠Film of smaller scale ♠ Based on director Ed Wood’s life “the worst director of all time” ♠ Starring Johnny Depp ♠ Homage to low-budget sci-fi and horror films ♠ “Plan 9: From outer space” ♠ Bad box office but critical acclaim
- 11. Mars Attacks! (1996) ♠Indirect homage to Wood's films ♠ Based on a popular science fiction trading card series ♠ Hybrid of 1950s science fiction and 1970s all-star disaster films ♠ All-star cast (Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Natalie Portman…) ♠ Spoof of the blockbuster, Independence Day ♠ Mostly ignored by American audiences
- 12. Sleepy Hollow (1999) ♠Basedon Washington Irvin’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” ♠ The story is completely different ♠ Homage to the horror movies of the English company Hammer Films ♠ Academy Award for Best Art Direction ♠ Criticized for its amount of violence and bloodshed
- 13. Planet of theApes (2001) ♠ Radical change of style ♠ It isn’t a remake of the earlier film ♠ Considered inferior than the first one ♠ Financial success ♠ Helena Bonham Carter ( Burton’s current partner)
- 14. Big Fish (2003) ♠Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace ♠ Reconciliation of the father-son relationship ♠ Burton’s parents had died recently ♠ Combination of an emotional drama with exaggerated tall tales ♠ Starring Ewan McGregor
- 15. Charlie and theChocolate Factory (2005) ♠ Adaptation of the book by Roald Dahl ♠ It stays closer to the book than 1971’s adaptation ♠ Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny Elfman ♠ Good reception and different critiques
- 16. Corpse Bride (2005) ♠Burton's first full-length stop-motion film as a director ♠ Set in the Victorian Era ♠ Marriage as a vehicle to wealth and a higher social status ♠ Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter ♠ Land of the Living vs. Land of the Dead
- 17. Sweeney Todd: TheDemon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) ♠ Musical thriller horror film ♠ Re-tells the Victorian melodramatic tale of Sweeney Todd ♠ Macabre tone, gore, blood ♠ Favorable public reaction
- 18. Alice in Wonderland(2010) ♠ Based on Lewis Carroll’s tale ♠ Alice thirteen years later ♠ Victorian Era ♠ Live action and animation ♠ More like a story than a series of events
- 19. The Melancholy Deathof Oyster Boy ♠ 1997, children's poetry book written and illustrated by Burton ♠ Black humour ♠ Stories about strange kids SUE “To avoid a law suit, we'll just call her Sue (or "that girl who likes to sniff lots of glue"). The reason I know that this is the case is when she blow her nose, kleenex sticks to her face.”
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