Tim+Burton

media type="custom" key="5578455"By: Michelle and McKenzie (Make sure your sound is turned up!)

media type="custom" key="5624105"

. || Critics thought that Pee-Wee Herman’s Big Adventure was not appropriate for children and many parents complained. Ultimately the movie was made into a children’s television show. (Gale) ||
 * ** Social ** || ** Economic ** || ** Political ** ||
 * Burton affected the social aspect of movie making companies by created a darker genre of animation. (Hanke 29) || Being middle class and growing up in the suburbs of California, Burton was well off and had the chance to broaden his education in animation. (Gale) || Burton didn’t exactly stay inside the lines when making his movies; many could view this as damaging to their state. He decided to go against the grain and made his animation as racy as he wanted. (Gale) ||
 * Being an unsocial child Burton often spent time in graveyards and read Edgar Allen Poe. He found a lot of inspiration in the graveyards and how everything in life did not end in a happily-ever-after scheme. (Hanke 73) || Burton has produced countless movies that had done excellent in the box office. His first million dollar movie was “Pee-Wee Herman’s Big Adventure,” it brought in 33 million dollars. (Gale) || In some of Burton's films there are characters that are not so much political as someone who goes against the government. Such as the movie "Sweeney Todd," were the main character was arrested and broke out of jail. (Burton 40) ||
 * Burton didn’t grow up around many friends so he found company in the movies he watched, where he could find something new that spoke to him. (Gale) || “The Nightmare Before Christmas” took 20 million to make and was only a 74 minute movie. This movie brought in much success especially with the tag of Disney. (Gale)
 * Burton had a relationship with Disney that has come full circle. Disney allowed Burton to get into animation with the move “The Fox and the Hound.” He came full circle by also producing “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” with Disney. (Burton 35) || Batman brought in 450 million dollars worldwide. With the merchandise and videos that were released the total profit for the Batman movie was over one billion dollars. (Gale) || Many movie theaters around the world are banning the upcoming film Alice In Wonderland. They feel like the film will have a negative influence on children because it contains a smoking caterpillar and the length of the theatrical release compared to the DVD release in Britain, Italy, and Ireland. (Gale) ||
 * In society he gave filmmakers the initiative to toy with a unique style of their own without the fear of being reprimanded. (Gale) || Overall Burton showed other filmmakers that it is possible to put millions into a movie and get even more back. It’s worth the risk of producing an extremely expensive movie. (Gale) || Almost all of Burton’s films are controversial. They bring about topics such as, “Should Burton be banned from making movies?” He doesn’t care about how other perceive him, he just continues making movies the way he wants to, gaining riches. (Gale) ||

Tim Burton's Life Accomplishments
Tim Burton, the director of countless movies, grew up in Burbank Hollywood which ironically became the home of Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures later on. He grew up watching horror movies and drawing odd pictures which stem out into his movies. He often went to the cemetery near his house called Valhalla that served as a kind of playground for his friends and him; they called their group, “the Graveyard Club.”
 * Background**:

(Gale)  Starting in 1979, Burton was able to broaden his skills in animation by having the opportunity to work with Walt Disney; this was after he enrolled in the California Institute of the Arts. Moving into the field of animation, Burton thought it would be a great opportunity to broaden his horizons in the art field. The first movie he contributed to was “The Fox and the Hound", where he discovered that the cutesy animation Disney was so famous for was torturing him inside. “I couldn’t draw those four-legged Disney foxes. I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t even fake the Disney style. Mine looked like road kills.”(Burton, 9) Burton gained respect throughout the Disney business, allowing more creative freedom for his personal style to contribute to projects such as "The Black Cauldron". (Gale)
 * Beginnings With Disney:**

Two of the Disney executives appreciated his style and appointed him to produce the movie Vincent, a stop motion animated short based on a poem written by Burton. A stop motion film allowed Burton to use three-dimensional figures that were more true to the story. Burton was able to expand the traditional view of animation. Disney was conflicted over what to do with this short film because they were pleased with it; however they felt they should put more effort into promoting a $30 million dollar movie instead of the short. (Hanke 34, 70)

One of Burton’s greatest accomplishments was achieved in 1989 when he directed the movie “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure” which was later made into a children’s TV show. The movie “Beetlejuice” was also directed by Burton. The movie won six out of eight awards that it was nominated. Lines from this movie are still being referred to today even as it was released in 1988. The chain of huge block buster movies, “Batman” was produced in 1989. Burton took a huge risk in reproducing a comic book – which had not been received well in the past. The movie that really got Burton noticed for not only the movie but the animation as well was the critically acclaimed “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas,” ( 1993). Many believe that Burton directed the film but he did not, in fact he wrote the film. "Edward Scissorhands," was directed by Burton in 1990 and features his classic dark mind and the main character portrays himself a bit. More recently Burton directed "Alice in Wonderland," which premiered February 25th in London. (Burton 26 57)
 * Major Movies:**

Continuing with Disney, Burton directed “Hansel and Gretel”, a made for TV special in 1982 and it was one of the first programs aired on the newly created Disney Channel. He was able to take a traditional children’s fairytale and turn it into something completely new and innovative for his time by adding his dark art style. Along the path of television, Burton also directed an episode of the series Faerie Tale Theatre, entitled Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. This was Burton’s first experience working with video tape and it also featured his figures that have found their way into his later works, including bats, skeletons, and skulls. (Gale)
 * Television Experience:**

http://apimages.ap.org/Search.aspx?sh=14&st=k&remem=x&kw=tim+burton&intv=None http://apimages.ap.org/Search.aspx?sh=14&st=k&remem=x&kw=tim+burton&intv=None http://apimages.ap.org/Selected.aspx?st=sel&xslt=sel http://www.flickr.com/photos/40184298@N04/3703511515 http://apimages.ap.org/Search.aspx?sh=14&st=k&remem=x&kw=tim+burton&intv=None

media type="custom" key="5596527"

Sources :
Agostini, Evan. Moma Tim Burton Tribute. November 17th, 2009. Assoc. Press. AP Images. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. . Alice in Wonderland You're Invited. 1 Aug. 2009. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. . //Big Fish//. 19 Apr. 2007. //Wikimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. . //Big Fish Twins//. 18 July 2009. //Wikimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. . BLT & Associates. //Sleepy Hollow//. 11 Jan. 2008. //IMP Awards//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. . Burton, Tim. //Burton on Burton//. Ed. Mark Salisbury. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. //Charlie and the Chocolate Factory//. 28 May 2007. //Wikimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. . Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 8 May 2008. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. . Ciappa, Olivier. //Disney Comic Con 2009 presentation HD Alice in Wonderland, Tron, The Princess and the Frog//. 22 July 2009. //Flickr//. N.p., 25 July 2009. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. . - - -. //Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland//. 7 July 2009. //FlickrCC//. Flickr, 6 July 2009. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. . - - -. //Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland//. 6 July 2009. //Flickr//. N.p., 7 July 2009. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌40184298@N04/‌3704320632 >. - - -. //TIm Burton’s Alice in Wonderland//. 6 July 2009. //Flickr//. N.p., 7 July 2009. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/‌photos/‌40184298@N04/‌3704320904/‌in/‌set-72157620921780167/>. Corpse Bride. 2006. Openphoto. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. <http://openphoto.net/ gallery/image.html?image_id=10794>. Corpse Bride. 2006. Openphoto. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. <http://openphoto.net/gallery/image.html?image_id=10808>. Dowling, Kristian. Film Alice In Wonderland Portraits. February 20th, 2010. February 22nd, 2010. AP Images. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. <http://apimages.ap.org/ Search.aspx?sh=14&st=k&remem=x&kw=Tim+Burton&intv=None>. //Fox parker mars attacks nyc//. 1 Dec. 2009. //Wikimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/‌wiki/‌File:Foxparkermarsattacksnyc.jpg>. Greb, J. //Batman//. 29 July 2007. //WIkimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/‌wikipedia/‌en/‌3/‌3c/‌Batman_ver2.jpg>. - - -. //Batman keaton//. 22 July 2007. //Wikimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/‌wikipedia/‌en/‌8/‌8e/‌Batman_keaton.jpg>. - - -. //MIke and Jack//. 4 May 2008. //Wikimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/‌wikipedia/‌en/‌3/‌38/‌MikeandJack.jpg>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">
 * Online:**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. “Burton, Tim .” //Grolier Online//. N.p., 30 Nov. 2009. Web. 4 Mar. 2010. < http://gme.grolier.com/‌article?assetid=10000669>. Hanke, Ken. Tim Burton Unauthorized Biography of the Filmmaker. Los Angeles: St. Martin's, 1999. Print. Jack. 9 Oct. 2007. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/37958416@N00/1524077443>. Mad Hatter. 6 July 2009. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/40184298@N04/3703512009>. Mars Attacks! 14 Apr. 2000. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/40184298@N04/3704320632>. //Martian US//. 15 Apr. 2009. //Wikimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/‌wikipedia/‌en/‌6/‌62/‌MartianUS.jpg>. //Martian VFX//. 15 Apr. 2009. //Wikimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/‌wikipedia/‌en/‌a/‌a8/‌MartianVFX.jpg>.<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Melesse. //Ed Wood//. 22 July 2008. //Wikimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/‌wikipedia/‌en/‌a/‌a8/‌Ed_Wood.jpg>. Mori, Francois. Tim Burton. May 25th, 2006. march 22nd, 2007. AP Images. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. <http://apimages.ap.org/ Search.aspx?sh=14&st=k&remem=x&kw=Tim+Burton&intv=None>. Sayles, Matt. Alice In Wonderland Fan Event. February 19th, 2010. Assoc. Press, Associated Press. AP Images. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. <http://apimages.ap.org/ Search.aspx?sh=14&st=k&remem=x&kw=tim+burton&intv=None>. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Sayles, Matt. //Alice in Wonderland Fan Event//. 2010. AP Images. //AP Images//. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. <http://apimages.ap.org/‌Selected.aspx?st=sel&xslt=sel>. Short, Keith. //Tree of the Dead//. N.d. //Keith Short Sculptor//. N.p., 11 Jan. 2008. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://www.keithshortsculptor.com/‌sleepyhollow3.htm>. Sondheim, Stephen, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Johnny Depp. "No Place Like London." Sweeney Todd - the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (the Motion Picture Soundtrack). 2007. CD. Sweeney Todd. 17 Feb. 2008. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/9855488@N07/2271994535>. Victor Corpse Bride. 2006. Openphoto. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. <http://openphoto.net/ gallery/image.html?image_id=10796>. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Walt Disney. //Alice in Wonderland//. 13 Dec. 2009. //Wikimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/‌wikipedia/‌en/‌f/‌ff/‌Alice-In-Wonderland-Theatrical-Poster.jpg>. X, Quentin. //Mars Attacks!//. 9 Jan. 2009. //Wikimedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/‌wikipedia/‌en/‌b/‌bd/‌Mars_attacks_ver1.jpg>.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Verdana,sans-serif;">