Rotten Tomatoes!!!

Oh k so tried Beths plan of using that forum to help secure some more primary sources after i saw it helped her and the comment she left me!
All I can say is they must dislike me =[ People that commented only made silly remarks or led me to sites that said ' DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK'- if only they understood to get other peoples views WAS my homework!! GRRRRRRRrrrrr

It makes you feel well stupid and belittled =[ why couldnt they have been constructive!!??

Oh well it just makes me more determined to find out information =]

Focus Group!!!

THANK YOU 2 all you guys who did my focus group=] I really apreciated it and it helped alot! Have also typed up the transcript although its rele short:S i dont remeber it being that short!! But it has some great ideas and opinions in it =] The combination of picture drawings with words to express how each person interpreted Childhood in Tim Burtons films was rele interesting! i foundout those who had to draw, drew nice, 'sweet' things.
For example the drawings were of :

• A Chocolate Bar
• A Candy Cane
• A Dog

All of these have connotations of happiness and warth we gain from interacting with them eg: food- eat it and makes us happy ( sugar) and 'dog' is a best friend!

However the words written down were a complete contrast to this! They all connoted the downsides to childhood eg: Isolation, Neglect, Mysterious etc.

This shows the drastic contrast of how Burtons films are interpreted by each individual. How certain films can infulence them as for this i didnt show any clips of Burtons films.

It was very productive as different persepctives were shown and how they mirror or contradict the ones that I myself have.

THANKS again guys =] xXx

BREAK THROUGH!!!

YAY I finally have some feed back on my Tim Burton questions that I left on IMDB- fair enough they werent all productive as on two sites i got NO replies ¬ ¬ but on others i did and they were really helpful!! Exactly the sort of things i was looking for! =]=] so am now happy!
The link to the best one is:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000318/board/thread/122495944

Its also quite weird as i had no idea about Vincent Price untill Sophie told me about him and I seems alot of Tim Burton fans automatically relate him to Burtons films.
How Vincent Price was an iconic figure for Burton when he was young and how he encompases him into his adult world.
This opens up the question of whether its childhood in general that is portrayed through Burtons films or whether perhapse it is Burtons childhood that is being disected and displayed to us and how universal it actually is!

Drifiting in Cyber Space on my own!!!

So update on IMDB message board- basically not going to well! i have ONE answer so far which was helpful as they said imagen it as if Tim Burton was reading it to his children. I'd never quite thought about it that way. Apart from that though nothing....................... nothing what so ever! Just isnt going to well at the moment to be honest!

Another great site!!!

I found another great Tim Burton site on my travels thorugh Cyber Space! Desipte these being great I havent really found any sites that have directly helped within my search but I am still looking=]

http://burtonites.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html

BEETLE JUICE AS CARTOON!!!

WOW Beetle Juice as a cartoon! How weird is that?! Does that not take the dark and somewhat sinister connotations away from the film??





The cartoon was extracted and created from the actual film of Beetle Juice though. Doe sthis show that despite the childhood experiences and connotations that this film enveloped that infact the creators thought it was to adult for a child audience. Therefore having to create a more idealistic and simplistic format for it to be shown to children in??




Is it me or does this cartoon actually ruin the whole concept of the origional film? I actually Realy dont like it! It does however combine the childish aspect to the more sinister narratve of the film.

Hey! well i have posted a notice on IMDB asking about my relevant question for film stuides so fingers crossed that someone; ANYONE responds! haha I hoping it will get out there to all those Tim Burton fans=] on the other hand i could just be flying solo here in Tim Burton land you never know!
The URL for it is this:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000318/board/threads/

So last week i found a great website all about Tim Burton (in the post before) but have yet to look through it- I know BAD! but im going to head off there now!=] I hope it helps more as so far I have been sturggling on my subject.
Lets all hope I get comments back on my message board on IMBD though!
xXx

ALL TIM BURTON FANS!!!

I have found a site that will give us endless knowledge about his works and films ranging thorugh the months and years!!! hope it helps every one =]


http://www.timburtoncollective.com/news/2007_12_01_archive.html

RESEARCH.............

My research so far! =]

So by delving into the surreal world of Tim Burton ive been able to start piecing together the fragments he uses to compile his films and how childhood effects his take on the narrative of a film.
Tim Burton style of film is very gothic and can be decribed as an a childs nightmare relayed for adults to connect with and experience. It has dark humour within it and childhood experieces engraved in all his films whether it be the isolation, and alienation felt by 'Edward Scissorhands', the physical interpretaion of the myth created by 'Beetlejuice' of the boogeyman or the more obvious father son relationship between 'Willy Wonka' and his father in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.' Also the child love affire with sweets that we have all had once in our lives and the resistance made by our parents to make us stop eating them!!! (most dont succeed! hehe)

To understand this quite uncomfortable and uneasy way that Burton conveys childhood emotions and situations you have to first understand his personal life and his own childhood. Alot of his works feed from his own experiences and despite many believeing that he is quite 'unique' or 'querky' the notion of childhood relates to all those that watch his films in some way or another- whether it be the physical feelings we felt (isolation), the imagenary stories we were told to manipulate us into comforming to rule given by parents or just the plain friction caused within family life.

this website i found gives a small insight into how he was brought up and the sort of films that infulenced him:

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/burton.html

This link also shows how burton though carefully about the characters within 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and the child influence within the film:

http://www.timburtoncollective.com/articles/catcf1.html

More will be coming soon.....................................

TIM BURTON!!!

Okay guys the statement you see above is my Film Studies statement for the Critical Research Project that im doing. If you havent or cant see it for a strange unforseen reason its:

'An analysis of Tim Burtons signature of childhood within his films and how he conveys them to his spectators.'

The three films i am currently Studying to help me show this are:

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory




• Beetle juice




• Edward Scissorhands

With 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' being the main focus film.

I am asking to hear your views on how you believe Burton conveys this through the films listed above =]

Thank You xXx