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- 2. Ideas Tim Burton Films, inspiration, howthey’re made How he started/beginning of his career awards Who he commonly works with (Johnny Depp)
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- 4. Conventions of documentaries ◦Real people ◦ Jiggly camera ◦ Voice-over narration ◦ Re-enactments ◦ Archival footage/photographs ◦ Talking heads ◦ Interviews A documentary is a film television or radio program that is a non- fictional report on a particular subject.
- 5. Frequent collaborators ◦ Peoplehe often works with: Caroline Thompson – screenplay, 3 movies Danny Elfman – composer, 18 movies John August – screenplay, 5 movies Richard Zanuck – producer, 6 movies Denise Di Novi – producer, 6 movies Colleen Atwood – costume designer, 12
- 6. The movies thatmade us S2: E1 “Back to the Future” ◦ Production context: The episode first aired on July 23rd, 2021 and is 49 minuets long. The series ‘The movies that made us’ was directed by Brian Volk-Weiss he has also been involved in other Netflix documentaries such as ‘Down to Earth With Zach Efron’, ‘Kevin Hearts Guide to Black History’ and ‘The Toys That Made us’. This episode of the documentary was aimed at fans of the franchise back to the future and people with an interest of how movies came to be. ◦ Analysis of elements: they used an appropriate soundtrack that fit the theme and age of the movie they were talking about. A title sequence that is fitting with the theme/topic of the documentary. They used clips from Back to the Future to finish the sentences of the narrator. They would use some of the big and most memorable effects from the movie as transitions to the interviews as they were talking about those specific scenes. Name tags with peoples job/role and name would come up on screen when it would change to a different person being interviewed, they made the tags look like they were written on crumpled up paper as this was fitting for the film having been set in a school. The words the narrator uses at the end of the documentary mixed with the soft music makes the film sound magical. ◦ I really liked how they used the movies effects as transitions to the interviews and used movie clips to finish sentences. These are definitely two things I want to incorporate into my documentary because I thought they were quite unique a good way to keep the audience engaged and add a bit of movie magic into the documentary.
- 7. A Grand NightIn: The Story of Aardman ◦ A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman is a one off episode documentary that aired on the 26th December 2015 directed by Richard Mears and Merlin Crossingham. Mears has also had roles working on the tv shows first dates and EastEnders, Crossingham works for Aardman studios as a director and in the animation department he has worked on projects like Morph, Wallace and Gromit and Chicken run. This documentary was made to be watched by the whole family to give an insight to how some of the most iconic animated movies and tv shows were made and how Aardman changed the film industry with their animations. ◦ Analysis of elements: The documentary starts with a scene of Wallace and Gromit sitting down to watch a show and it keeps cutting to scenes of them watching throughout the documentary so it’s like they are watching along with you. They had name tags on screen with the name and job/role of the person being interviewed. The voice and tone of the narrator is very fitting with the mood and topic of the documentary. The documentary would switch between using clips/scenes and behind the scenes images of all Aardman productions. The wording the narrator uses at the end of the documentary makes the Whole Aardman world sound magical. ◦ I really liked how they made the documentary look like Wallace and Gromit were sat down to watch it with you I thought that was unique but a very fitting thing for those two characters to do.
- 8. Tim Burton's Directedmovies Year Title 1985 Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1988 Beetlejuice 1989 Batman 1990 Edward Scissorhands 1992 Batman Returns 1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1994 Ed Wood 1996 Mars Attacks! 1999 Sleepy Hollow 2001 Planet of the Apes 2003 Big Fish 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Corpse Bride 2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2010 Alice in Wonderland 2012 Dark Shadows Frankenweenie 2014 Big Eyes 2016 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2019 Dumbo I want to put a timeline graphic at the beginning of the documentary of all Burtons movies, so I found a list of all his movies and the year they were released
- 9. Tim Burtons Producedmovies/other credits Year Title Director 1994 Cabin Boy Adam Resnick 1995 Batman Forever Joel Schumacher 1996 James and the Giant Peach Henry Selick 2009 9 Shane Acker 2012 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Timur Bekmambetov 2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass James Bobin Year Title Role 1978 The Lord of the Rings Artist 1981 The Fox and the Hound Animator 1982 Tron 1985 The Black Cauldron Artist 1992 Stay Tuned Design consultant 1996 Mary Reilly Participant 2004 Catwoman 2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty
- 10. Awards ◦ Emmy Awards(daytime): 1990, Beetlejuice, outstanding children's animated program. ◦ Golden Globe Awards: 2008, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Best motion Picture-musical or comedy. ◦ Saturn Awards: 1990, Edward Scissorhands, Best Fantasy film. 1994, A Nightmare Before Christmas, Best fantasy film. 2006, Corpse Bride, Best Animated Film. 2013, frankenweenie, Best Animated Film. ◦ National Board of Review Awards: 2008, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Best Dire ◦ Scream Awards: 2008, Scream Immortal Award for his unique interpretation of horror and fantasy. ◦ Producers Guild of America Awards: 2009, 9, Best Producer. ◦ Golden lion: 2007, lifetime Achievement. ◦ Lacanian Psychoanalysis Prize: 2010, Alice in Wonderland.
- 11. Burtonesque ◦ The mostcommon trope in Burton films is the "Heroic Loner" which is very different from most films loner protagonist who craves for acceptance. Burtons main characters tend to be nerdy and gothic who are quite happy to be lonely and secluded from others. ◦ His cinematic stye especially in his earlier work like Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands is very dark, demented and nightmare Ish with a strange innocence to it. Burton is known for creating a dichotomy between gothic and idyllic, the dark and the light like the contrast between the Deetz family and recently deceased Adam and Barbara. His style has become less edge and dark over the years with him making more commercial films, but he still includes some details that make a movie a Burton film. ◦ Burtons character design is one of the most notable aspects of any Tim Burton film, they often have similar features like; grey/blue Ish skin tones, large and baggy eyes, long frizzled hair they are defined by their over-the-top exaggerated features which hides their innate human side.
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- 13. His inspiration ◦ Asa kid burton would often spend his time in cemeteries and wax museums, he also had a love for horror and sci-fi films he would channel his love for the peculiar into his art. He grew up very isolated and viewed as an outcast by other kids this inspired him to start drawing his own characters to give him different worlds to get lost in. As a child Burton would empathises with characters like Frankenstein's monster and connect with them as he felt like he was misunderstood and attacked for being different much like these characters from the films. ◦ Burton is heavily inspired by German expressionism; German expressionism is a movement created during world war 1 and draws on psychoanalysis. German expressionist films explore themes of insanity, chaos, death and fear which is what the German people suffered from as a reaction to the war. Expressionism explores these themes through dreamlike realities with unrealistic exaggerated set design, lighting and characters this shows the inner psychology of the character and triggers psychological tension in the viewer.
- 14. Interview practice I enjoyedbeing able to learn more about someone else's interest/hobby and the reasons they like their chosen subject. Something that went well was he was able to elaborate on his answers to the questions. Something that didn’t go as well was that i struggled to think of good questions to ask related to his topic of premiere pro. Another thing that went well was I was able to think of a couple other questions as I was talking to him during the interview. Another thing that didn't go well is I didn't talk loud enough during the interview, so I am very quiet throughout. I think for my interview in my documentary I will get the person I'm interviewing to answer in a way that they repeat the question, so my voice won't be heard in the documentary. I will also plan my questions better to have more questions that are easier to elaborate, making the interview better and longer.
- 15. After Effects graphicexperiment ◦ https://youtu.be/QaEfruWMj44
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- 18. Observation: 93% ofpeople know who Tim Burton is What this says about my audience: most people will know what my documentary is about
- 19. Observation: the majorityof the people who took the servey like Tim Burton's movies. What this says about my audience: Tim Burton's style is appealing to most people who watch his films How will my product appeal to my audience: I will use similar conventions that Buton uses in his films in my documentary.
- 20. Observation: most peopleare drawn to the creepynes, characters and the art style. What this says about my audience: most Tim Burton fans like the creepy artistic aspects of his movies. How will my product appeal to my audience: I will try and reflect his art style into the documentary.
- 21. Observation: Burton's animated moviesare better and more loved than live action What this says about my audience: 69% of people prefer Tim Burtons's animated films over the live action ones. How will my product appeal to my audience: I will incorporate more clips of the animated movies than the live action ones.
- 22. Observation: the fanfavorite movie is The nightmare Before Christmas and the second favorite is Corpse Bride. What this says about my audience: this again proves Burtons animated movies are the most loved amongst fans How will my product appeal to my audience: I will make sure to incorporat scenes from The nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride and Edward Scissorhands the most.
- 23. Observation: most people'sfavorite thing is the characters/graphics. What this says about my audience: this shows it is Burtons unique film and art style that make people want to watch his movies. How will my product appeal to my audience: I will try and make the documentary match the aesthetic of burton movie's so it is mor appealing to his fans