Thursday, 28 March 2013

some of tim burtons drawing























Tim Burtons website which is interactive, using the arrows keys to move the little character around.
http://www.timburton.com/

Thursday, 14 March 2013

Why is Tim Burton my Media Hero.

The reason I chose Tim Burton as my Media hero is because of how he has his own unique style which he can adapt into any film in which he directs or produces. Tim has a dark and Gothic style, which is really shown in the film Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber on Fleet Street. Even though Tim Burton has this dark and gothic style, although this might not been shown through the story, but through visuals, just like he did with Alice in Wonderland and Charlie in the Chocolate Factory. Both of these films are not dark or gothic but that have that strange visual appearance in which I as a viewer find really well done and a style in which i reckon only Tim burton can create successfully.

Friday, 1 March 2013

Tim Burton

Timothy Walter, known better as Tim Burton, is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist born in Burbank, California in 1958.
The style in which Tim Burton creates his films are in a dark, Gothic and quirky-themed, which is well shown in films such as Alice in wonderland, Sweeney Todd, Beetlejuice and Batman Returns.
Tim Burton graduated from CalArts in Santa Carita, California in 1979. With the short film he created "Stalk of the Celery Monster", which was a success gained the attention of 'Walt Disney productions' animation studio. The animation studio offered Tim a animation  apprenticeship at the studio.

During the 1990s Tim Burton created 9

Edward scissorhands - 1990
Batman Returns - 1992
The Nightmare Before Christmas - 1993
Cabin Boy - 1994
Ed Wood 1994
Batman forever - 1995
James and the Giant Peach - 1996
Mars Attack - 1996
Sleepy Hollow - 1999

With all of these films he had close actors (friends) play some of the main characters, such as Johnny Depp who stars in Edward scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow. Johnny Depp also features in films created by Tim Burton in the 2000/2010s like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wounderland  and the Corps Bride

Tim Burton has been nominated and won a number of awards throughout his career in the film industry.

Films he has been nominated for.

Academy Award
(2006) Nominated — Best Animated Feature / Corpse Bride
(2013) Nominated — Best Animated Feature / Frankenweenie

BAFTA Awards
(2004) Nominated — Best Direction / Big Fish (Cannes Film Festival)
(1994) Nominated — Palme d'Or / Ed Wood  (Chicago Film Critics Association Awards)
(2004) Nominated — Best Director / Big Fish (Golden Globe Awards)(2008) Nominated — Best Director – Motion Picture / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (National Board of Review Awards)

Producers Guild of America Awards
(2006) Nominated — Animated Motion Picture / Corpse Bride


Films Tim Burton has won Awards for

Emmy Award
(1990) Won — Outstanding Animated Program / Beetlejuice

National Board of Review Awards
(2008) Won — Best Director / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Producers Guild of America Awards
(2009) Won — Best Producer / 9

Lacanian Psychoanalysis Prize
(2010) Won

The reason Tim Burton is My film hero is because of the unique style in which he creates all of his films with, putting his own signature onto a film so to say. He also finds the actors who fit the part of the characters they play e.g. jonny Depp as Sweeney Todd in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" and as the Mad Hatter in "Alice in wonderland".

This list is the films that Tim Burton has written, produce or directed.

Films he was the producer for
Big Eyes  (????)
Captin sparkey vs. The Flying Saucers (2013)
Frankenweenie (2012)
Abraham lincoln: Vampire hunter (2012)
9 (2009/I)
Corpse Birde (2005)
The world of stainboy (short) (2000)
Lost in Oz (TV movie) (2000)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
James and the Giant peach (1996)
BatmanForever (1995)
Ed Wood (1994)
Cabin boy (1994)
 The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
 
Films He Directed
Franken weenie (2012)
Dark Shadows (2012)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon barber on Fleet Street (2007)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Big Fish (2003)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
The world of stainboy (short) (2000)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Ed Wood (1994)
Batman Returns (1992)
Edward scissorhands (1990)
Batman (1989)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985
Frankenweenie (short) (1984)
Vincent (short) (1982)
Luau (short) (1982)
Hansel and gretel (TV Moive) (1982)
Doctor of Doom (short) (1979)
Stalk of the Celery (short) (1979)
The Island of Doctor Agor (short) (1972)
 
Films the Tim Wrote
Frankenweenie (orginal Idea)
Corpse Bride (characters)
The world of Stainboy (short)
Lost in Oz (TV movie) (story/pilot)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (story and characters)
Edward Scissorhands (story)
Frankenweenie (Idea)
Vincent (written by Tim)
Hansel and gretel (idea)
Luau (short)
Doctor Of Doom (wirter)
Stalk of the Celery (writer)
The Island of Doctor Agor (adaptation/Screenplay)
 

Tim Burton Film Trailers