Tim Burton – an AUTEUR
Auteur – a French word for “author”
An auteur is a director’s film reflects the director's personal creative vision. In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the production of the film as part of an industrial process, the auteur's creative voice is distinct enough to shine
through all kinds of studio interference and through the collective process.
Introducing TIM BURTON
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mANsedYvsBs
Directors bring production and story elements together to create atmosphere and mood within the world on screen.
But what influences their sense of style?
• Personal experiences / tastes• Popular Art Works / Artists (All Art Forms)• Human Experience/ The Human Condition (Universal Themes)• Politics / Religion• Upbringing / School (childhood)• Identity (defining oneself in relation to others)
Tim Burton: Painter, Photographer, Film Maker, Drawer, Doodler
What has inspired his work?
* German Expressionism (particularly 1920s Horror films)
• Vincent Price• Edgar Allen Poe
• Dr Seuss Life in Suburban Burbank• The Human Condition
Adult Versus Childhood perspective
What is German Expressionism?
German Expressionism
Expressionism encompasses an artistic movement (including film, theatre,
painting, and other art forms) that aimed to give shape to psychological states throughhighly stylised visuals in the early decades of the 20th century.
German Expressionism
German Expressionist Style
Characterized by:Directness, frankness, and a desire to startle the viewer in its various branches and arrangements.
Formal Elements of German Expressionist Film
Chiaroscuro lighting: lighting that employs extreme contrasts of light and dark, thus creating dramatic shadows
Chiaroscuro lighting: lighting that employs extreme contrasts of light and dark, thus creating dramatic shadows
Chiaroscuro lighting: lighting that employs extreme contrasts of light and dark, thus creating dramatic shadows
A preoccupation with mirrors, glass, and other reflective surfaces
Formal Elements of German Expressionist Film
A preoccupation with mirrors, glass, and other reflective surfaces
The use of anthropomorphism, which is the attribution of a human form, human characteristics, or human behaviour to nonhuman things
Formal Elements of German Expressionist Film
An interest in abstractionism, which is a style of art that privileges internal form over pictorial representation.
Abstraction is different to a lot of more traditional styles of art because it is more focused on the use of imagination or ideas expressed through emotion.
Formal Elements of German Expressionist Film
Vincent (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQcBKUPm8o
