Tim Burton and his creation

 

 

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Ed Wood

His next film, Ed Wood (1994), was of a much smaller scale, depicting the life of Ed Wood, a filmmaker sometimes called "the worst director of all time". Starring Johnny Depp in the title role, the film is an homage to the low-budget science fiction and horror films of Burton's childhood, and handles its comical protagonist and his motley band of collaborators with surprising fondness and sensitivity. Owing to creative squabbles during the making of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Elfman declined to score Ed Wood, and the assignment went to Howard Shore. While a commercial failure at the time of its release, Ed Wood was well received by critics. Martin Landau received an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his portrayal of Béla Lugosi. Gene Siskel once said that two films, Ed Wood and Citizen Kane, should be mandatory films to see in film classes.

 

Batman Forever

Despite his intention to still lead the Batman franchise, Warner Bros. considered Batman Returns too dark and unsafe for children. To attract the young audience, it was decided that Joel Schumacher, who had directed films like The Client, lead the third film, while Burton would only produce it in conjunction with Peter McGregor-Scott. Following this change and the changes made by the new director, Michael Keaton resigned from the lead role and was replaced by Val Kilmer. Filming began in late 1994 and recognized with new actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell and Jim Carrey; the only two actors who returned were Pat Hingle and Michael Gough. The film, a mixture of darkness that characterized the saga with colors and neon signs proposed by Schumacher, was a huge box office success of $336 million, despite controversy over the characters and plot. Despite their friendship, Burton often disagreed with Schumacher's decisions, especially in the filming of several scenes which were removed from the final cut (later added as deleted scenes on the 2005 DVD release). Warner Bros. demanded Schumacher delete those scenes so the film did not have the same tone as its predecessor Batman Returns. According to an interview with Janet Scott Batchler, Burton's only involvement as producer with Batman Forever was approving Schumacher as director and Lee and Janet Scott Batchler as the writers. Burton did not contribute story ideas and the Riddler was not considered for the villain until Schumacher and the Batchlers were at the development stage. Schumacher was rehired to lead another sequel, the infamous Batman & Robin, in which Burton, for unknown reasons, did not participate.

 

 

James and the Giant Peach

In 1996, Burton and Selick reunited for the musical fantasy James and the Giant Peach, based on the book by Roald Dahl. The film starred Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, Simon Callow and Jane Leeves among others, with Burton producing and Selick directing. The film was mostly praised by critics, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score (by Randy Newman).

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

 

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Mars Attacks!

Elfman and Burton reunited for Mars Attacks! (1996). Based on a popular science fiction trading card series, the film was a hybrid of 1950s science fiction and 1970s all-star disaster films. Coincidence made it an inadvertent spoof of the blockbuster,Independence Day, made around the same time and released five months earlier. The film boasted an all-star cast, including Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Michael J. Fox, Sarah Jessica Parker, Natalie Portman, Lukas Haas, Glenn Close, Martin Short,Rod Steiger, Christina Applegate, and Jack Black.                                                                                                                                          

 

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow, released in late 1999, had a supernatural setting and another offbeat performance by Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane, now a detective with an interest in forensic science rather than the schoolteacher of Washington Irving's original tale. WithHollow, Burton paid homage to the horror films of the English company Hammer Films. Christopher Lee, one of Hammer's stars, was given a cameo role. A host of Burton regulars appeared in supporting roles (Michael Gough, Jeffrey Jones and Christopher Walken, among others) and Christina Ricci was cast as Katrina van Tassel. Mostly well-received by critics, and with a special mention to Elfman's Gothic score, the film won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction, as well as two BAFTAs for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. A box office success, Sleepy Hollow was also a turning point for Burton. Along with change in his personal life (separation from actress Lisa Marie), Burton changed radically in style for his next project, leaving the haunted forests and colorful outcasts behind to go on to directing Planet of the Apes which, as Burton had repeatedly noted, was "not a remake" of the earlier film.

 

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes was a commercial success, grossing $68 million in its opening weekend. The film has received mixed reviews and is widely considered inferior to the first adaptation of the novel. One criticism was that the movie went for a more watered down "popcorn" feel than the dark, cerebral and nihilistic tone of the 1968 film. The film was a significant departure from Burton's usual style, and there was much subsequent debate about whether the film was really Burton's, or if he was just a "hired gun" who did what he was asked. Burton reportedly clashed with the studio during the whole making of the film, once going as far as abruptly leaving the set for the day. There were also many reports about last minute changes in the film. The film enjoyed commercial success and had an ending that clearly suggested the possibility of a sequel, but neither the studio nor Burton gave indications of making another Apes movie (which later became Rise of the Planet of the Apes). The ending was also closer to that of the novel. During the making of the film, Burton met actress Helena Bonham Carter, who would later become his long-term domestic partner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Big Fish

In 2003, Burton directed Big Fish, based on the novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace. The film is about a father telling the story of his life to his son using exaggeration and color. Starring Ewan McGregor as young Edward Bloom and Albert Finney as an older Edward Bloom, the film also stars Jessica Lange, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito, Alison Lohman and Marion Cotillard. Big Fish received four Golden Globe nominations as well as an Academy Award nomination for the musical score by Danny Elfman. Big Fish was also the second collaboration with Burton and Helena Bonham Carter, who played the characters of Jenny and the Witch.

 

 

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. Starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Bucket, the film generally took a more faithful approach to the source material than the 1971 adaptation, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, although some liberties were taken, such as adding Wonka's issue with his father (played by Christopher Lee). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The film made over $207 million domestically. Filming proved difficult as he and Elfman had to work on this and Burton's Corpse Bride at the same time.

 

                                                                                                                        

Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride (2005) was Burton's first full-length stop-motion film as a director, featuring the voices of Johnny Depp as Victor and Helena Bonham Carter (for whom the project was specifically created) as Emily in the lead roles. In this film, Burton was able again to use his familiar styles and trademarks, such as the complex interaction between light and darkness, and of being caught between two irreconcilable worlds.

Bones

"Bones" (2006) is the only music video Burton has directed to date. The song "Bones" is the third single from The Killers, off of their second studio album, Sam's Town. Starring in this video were actors Michael Steger and Devon Aoki. There are various scenes from films like Creature from the Black Lagoon, Jason and the Argonauts and Lolita.

The band, as well as Steger and Aoki, change into partial skeletons through out the video, and everyone is a skeleton by the end of the video. At the 2007 Shockwaves NME Awards it won the award for Best Video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The DreamWorks/Warner Bros. production was released on December 21, 2007. Burton's work on Sweeney Todd won the National Board of Review Award for best director and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director and won an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction. Helena Bonham Carter won an Evening Standard British Film Award for her portrayal of Mrs. Lovett, as well as a Golden Globe nomination. The film is a devastating blend of explicit gore and Broadway tunes. Johnny Depp was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for the role of Sweeney Todd. Depp won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy, as well as the award for Best Villain as Todd in the 2008 MTV Awards.

 

 

9

In 2005, filmmaker Shane Acker released his short film 9, a story about a sentient rag doll living in a post-apocalyptic world who tries to stop machines from destroying the rest of his eight fellow rag dolls called Stitchpunk. The film won numerous awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. After seeing the short film, Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, director of Wanted, showed interest in producing a feature-length adaptation of the film. Directed by Acker, the full-length film was produced by Burton, written by Acker (story) and Pamela Pettler (screenplay, co-writer of Corpse Bride) and featured the voice work of Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly,Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Crispin Glover, and Fred Tatasciore, among others. This was Burton's first animated movie aside from his stop-motion films.

 

Alice in Wonderland

In Burton's version, the story is set 13 years after the original Lewis Carroll tales. Mia Wasikowska, who featured in the HBO series In Treatment and Defiance, was cast as Alice. The original start date was May 2008. Torpoint and Plymouth were the locations used for filming from September 1 – October 14, and the film remains set in the Victorian era. During this time, filming took place in Antony House in Torpoint.250 local extras were chosen in early August. Other production work took place in London.^[17] The film was originally to be released in 2009, but was pushed to March 5, 2010. Johnny Depp plays the Mad Hatter, Matt Lucas, star of Little Britain, is both Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Helena Bonham Carter portrays Red Queen, Stephen Fry is the Cheshire Cat, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, Alan Rickman as Absolem the Caterpillar, Michael Sheen as McTwisp the White Rabbit and Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts.

Tim Burton appeared at the 2009 Comic-Con in San Diego, California, to promote both 9 and Alice in Wonderland. When asked about the filmmaking process by an attendee, he  mentioned his "imaginary friend" who helps him out, prompting Johnny Depp to walk on stage to the applause of the audience. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design

 

 

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Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows is the next Tim Burton film to once again star Johnny Depp in the leading role. This movie is based on the original Dark Shadows soap opera. A few more members of the cast have been announced such as Helena Bonham Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote, Thomas McDonell, Gulliver McGrath and Chloë Moretz. The filming began in April 2011 and will be released on May 11, 2012. Danny Elfman will compose and conduct the score and soundtrack for the film, and Colleen Atwood will be the costume designer.

 

 

3.1 Future projects

Burton is remaking his 1984 short film Frankenweenie as a feature length stop motion film, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.The film is set to be released on October 5, 2012.

On January 19, 2010, it was announced that after Dark Shadows, Burton's next project would be a Wicked-like film that showed the origin and the past of Sleeping Beauty's antagonist Maleficent. In an interview with Fandango published February 23, 2010, however, he denied he was directing any upcoming Sleeping Beauty film. However, on November 23, 2010, in an interview with MTV, Burton confirmed that he was indeed putting together a script for Maleficent.  It was announced in The Hollywood Reporter on May 16, 2011 that Burton is no longer attached to Maleficent.

Burton will also co-produce Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter with Timur Bekmambetov, who will also serve as director. The film is based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, also author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, who also wrote the film's screenplay. It has also been reported that Burton will be directing a 3-D stop-motion animation adaptation of The Addams Family, which was confirmed by Christopher Meledandri. On July 19, 2010, he was announced as the director of the upcoming film adaptation of Monsterpocalypse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3.2 Music for films

Danny Elfman - a composer who writes music for films by Tim Burton. In 1985, Tim Burton and Paul Reubens invited Elfman to write the score for their first feature film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Elfman was apprehensive at first because of his lack of formal training, but with orchestration assistance from Oingo Boingo guitarist and arranger Steve Bartek, he achieved his goal of emulating the mood of such composers as Nino Rota and Bernard Herrmann. In the booklet for the first volume of Music for a Darkened Theatre, Elfman described the first time he heard his music played by a full orchestra as one of the most thrilling experiences of his life. Elfman immediately developed a rapport with Burton and has gone on to score all but two of Burton's major studio releases: Ed Wood which was under production while Elfman and Burton were having a fight, and Sweeney Todd.

Burton has said of his relationship with Elfman: "We don't even have to talk about the music. We don't even have to intellectualize – which is good for both of us, we're both similar that way. We're very lucky to connect" (Breskin, 1997).

 

 

 

3.3 Famous Actors in films of Burton

Jonny Deep:

Edward Scissorhands

This is the first role of Depp in Tim Burton. She brought Depp first nomination for "Golden Globe" and the first fainton the set (the hero of the film is a tight leather suit, and during the filming of the chase scenes Depp naturallyfainted from the heat - not the first nor the last victim of his art). In addition, 27-year-old Johnny for the role had tolose 10 pounds of weight to look younger, because his character - in fact, a child. 
In this film, the actor played the role of Edward, artificially created humans. Its creator died before he could finish the job. Edward is left with scissors for hands.

 

Ed Wood

The main role, of course, was invited to Johnny Depp. By the time he and Burton are pretty good friends. 
A young man with little talent wants to create their own movie. And so, lied to the three boxes, Wood convinces aproducer who specializes in films of the lowest quality, give him the opportunity to shoot a picture. In one of the roles he calls the Executive roles in horror films Dracula 20 years ago. Oddly, he does manage to start a film production 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sleepy Hollow

The film "Sleepy Hollow" - a gothic tale, a genre that went out of fashion long before Tim Burton was the director.The director is actually breathed in the Gothic trend in the cinema a new life. Johnny Depp this time had a chance to play the role of eccentric Ikaboda Constable Crane. Constable is responsible attitude towards his work,meticulously studying criminology, constantly striving to improve the methodology of the investigation. 

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" - Burton's special creation. By creating a screen version of the eponymous book by Roald Dahl, the director has applied to the full talent of the artist, with amazing skill ofrecreating everything that is described in the book, in its own way. This colorful and fun film. 
Depp played the role of the chocolate factory owner Willy Wonka - an eccentric misanthrope, a genius pastry arts.

 

 

Corpse Bride

"Corpse Bride" - is an animated film, Tim Burton conceived many years ago. Depp is the voice of the protagonist,a shy boy Victor. So, alas, the voice acting you can enjoy it, just watching a film in the original. The plot is as follows: Victor Van Dort marriage and a girl named Victoria organize parents. Still, Victor and Victoria fall in lovefor real.

 

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" probably the darkest band of Tim Burton. This adaptation ofthe classic Broadway musical of the same name tells the story of the fate of the expelled, and then returned to his hometown of talented barber Sweeney Todd, played by Johnny Deep.

 

Alice in Wonderland

Three years later, Johnny Depp once again appears in the film by Tim Burton. This time he plays Mad Hatter in avariation on the theme of "Alice in Wonderland" Carroll. Here we see Johnny's 46-year-old, but it seems that timedoes not concern him.

 

Dark Shadows

in this film Jonny Deep got the main role, Barnabas Collins, which is extracted into the daylight after two centuries ofimprisonment in the tomb. In the courtyard of the 1970th, in the family home and live the many descendants of the hero is very difficult to adapt to the modern world.

 

 

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4. Application

4.1 Filmography

 

Director:

• 1971 — The Island of Doctor Agor 

• 1976 — Houdini: The Untold Story 

• 1978 — Welcome To My Nightmare (короткометражный)

• 1979 — Stalk of the Celery 

• 1979 — Doctor of Doom 

• 1982 — Vincent 

• 1982 —  Luau 

• 1982 — Hansel and Gretel 

• 1984 — Frankenweenie 

• 1985 — Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp 

• 1985 — Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

• 1986 — Alfred Hitchcock Presents — The Jar 

• 1988 — Beetlejuice

• 1989 —  Batman

• 1990 — Edward Scissorhands

• 1990 — Conversations with Vincent 

• 1992 — Batman Returns

• 1994 — Ed Wood

 

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• 1996 — Mars Attacks!

• 1999 — Sleepy Hollow

• 2000 — The World of Stainboy 

• 2001 — Planet Of The Apes

• 2003 — Big Fish

• 2005 — Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

• 2005 — Corpse Bride 

• 2006 —video of the song Bones music group The Killers

• 2007 — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

• 2010 — Alice in Wonderland

• 2012 — Frankenweenie 

• 2012 — Dark Shadows

• 2012 — 1984 / Nineteen Eighty-Four (planned)