Tim Burton has a very defined style as a director. Analyse how he uses visual and/or verbal features across at least two of his texts to fulfill the damsel conventions of gothic fiction. The Film Sleepy Hollow, directed by Tim Burton, is another one of Burton’s dark stories. Constable Ichabod Crane is sent from his home, New […]
Opening scene The color red dripping, we would suspect it is blood but it is wax Sinister music, foreshadowing the film Close up shots Monochromatic shades of color Same building and gothic architecture Animation with the names as they drip Arriving in Sleepy Hollow Isolation of the village is established Invented settings, not reality Scary […]
Scenes from Sweeney Todd Opening Scene Opening Scene Everything is black and white except for the blood dripping through which is bright red close up shots, if we want to get away from the gritty bits we can’t because we are right close up It’s not as scary if the music is taken away, the […]
Visual and verbal language features we associate with horror and gothic films Colour – dull colors monochromatic Music – suspense, play emotions, uses organs Costume and makeup – dark formal clothing (time period dressing) dark eyes, pale, something physically uncomfortable Sounds – doors creaking, glass breaking, screams, sounds that occur off-screen. non-diegetic sounds Setting – Gothic architecture/ […]
The book Frankenstein’ written by ‘Mary Shelley’, tells the story of a young man, Victor Frankenstein who becomes obsessed with messing with nature and the human body. His ultimate goal is to bring the dead back to life. The book is set in Geneva, Switzerland which is also where the philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau is from. We […]
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva which is the main setting of Frankenstein and is a famous political philosopher and educationalist. The theory that i will be looking at is his theory about Nature and wholeness. Rousseau believed that all human beings were born good, but were corrupted by the thoughts of the society who […]
Miss Peregrine Home For Peculiar Children: “If I show you the rest, you have to promise not to run away.” Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children directed by Tim Burton follows the story of how Jack Portman discovered that he is no ordinary child. When Jake was younger, his grandad, Abe was his best friend. Every […]
There are lots of different settings in Frankenstein such as Geneva, Inglostad – Uni = loft, Swiss Alps, Ireland, various woods and villages, arctic/north pole, Russa, and France, but three of the main ones that I will analysis is Geneva, the Swiss Alps, and The lab/loft. Geneva The green: These three words indicate maybe a place that […]
Conflicts in literature can be broken into 5 major categories, man vs society, man vs self, man vs nature, man vs man, man vs technology Internal conflict: a conflict that occurs within the mind of a single character Man vs self “Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I […]
Intro: “My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination?” The book Frankenstein written by Mary Shelly was published 200 years ago, in 1818. The book follows a young man, Victor, who is set on going against nature […]