Tim Burton
Tim Burton was born in Burbank California (home to film studios such as Disney), growing up he felt different and isolated and while watching monster movies by Ray Harryhausen Burton's interest in stop montion animation developed. During his time at school Burton's style of drawing did not suit the way he was being taught to draw and resolve to do art how he wanted to, this later developed his distinctive style.
From high school Burton moved onto Cal Arts where he stayed for 2 years doing a animation course for Disney, this later led to him working at Disney by the time he was 20. It was at Disney where he again found he couldn't get his art to fit the "Disney style" (although he did work on 'Fox and the Hound' as an animator at age 23), because of this he was able to be given his own projects and draw for projects such as 'Vincent' and 'Frankenweenie'.
Main Directing credits
'Beetle Juice' 1988
'Batman' 1989
'Edward Scissor Hands' 1990
'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' 2005
'Corpse Bride' 2005
'Sweeny Todd' 2007
'Alice in Wonderland' 2010
'Frankenweenie' 2012
Tim Burton main directing style
Although Tim Burton takes on a range of movie genres such as; fantasy, adventure, horror, comedy and romance among a few his movies are all identifiable as 'Burtonesque' (a word used to describe characters, actions or a general atmosphere in a film which bare resemblances to the style in which Tim Burton films).
One of his most distinct and common features in his live action films is the deliberate casting choices of Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, Burton prefers to work with people he has before hand and this way actors are likely to know what is expected of them when portraying a Tim Burton character. The 2 have been in at least 7 of Burton's films and the pairing works well within his films.
As well as this using repeated actors means that you can be guaranteed to know their work ethic and how they will work with each other.
Burton likes to understand his characters in a way that allows him to impart emotional clarity to them, if he doesn't then it's harder for someone else to understand. Having actors that have worked with him before will help make this process easier and could speed up the actor's ability to pick up a roll.
Another thing that is key in Burton's directing style and something that could be considered 'Burtonesque' is the way he exaggerates the anatomy of his characters.
Due to his artistic style Burton's original drawings of characters from 'Underland' had big eyes and heads which they later edited in post. These changes to the actor's performances allowed their characters to blend better with the CGI world they were being filmed in.
Scenes I want to direct and why
Alice falls down the rabbit hole
Alice and the Mad Hatter are reunited
I decided to direct these scenes as I felt that they're the three key points in Alice's journey through Underland.
The scenes follow the development of Alice's character, when she falls through the rabbit hole she is close minded and by the time she leaves the Hatter and Underland she has regained her "muchness" and become a more confident person. Even though they could be considered to have a lot of dialogue they also offer a lot visually to prevent it from being a boring conversation between the two leading characters.
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