Tim Burton's Eccentric Set Design and Art Direction Explained 

The set design and art direction that make Tim Burton movies so breathtaking and iconic.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro - Tim Burton Movies
01:08 - Settings and Sets
01:48 - Edward Scissorhands Exercise
02:59 - Mise en scene - Naturalistic vs. Theatrical
03:36 - Tim Burton Early Works
04:15 - Tim Burton’s Influences
04:57 - Style vs Substance
05:34 - Hyperreal Suburbia
06:36 - Macabre Otherworld
08:18 - Tim Burton’s Singular Vision
09:29 - Use the StudioBinder App
09:43 - Tip for your own film
Tim Burton is a visionary director in every sense of the word. Watching Tim Burton movies, like Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd, and Alice in Wonderland, the first thing you notice is that every square inch of the frame is bursting with his personality and his sensibilities. In this video essay, as part of our mise en scene series, we’re going to take a guided tour through the work of Tim Burton. Specifically, his production design, set design, and art direction, which have remained consistently “Burtonesque” for the last 4 decades.
The term “world-building” gets thrown around a lot but in Tim Burton’s case, it’s quite literal. In fact, Burton often builds two worlds in each film - what we’ll call hyperreal suburbia and the macabre otherworld. In movies like Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, and Big Fish, the real world collides with the fantasy world in juxtapositions that enhance the power of each. In Edward Scissorhands, consider the design of Edward’s ramshackle and neglected attic space against Kim’s bright and wholesome bedroom. Two characters from two vastly different worlds, making their eventual connection that much stronger.
Every director has their influences but few filmmakers pay homage to them quite like Tim Burton, The most recognizable influence is German Expressionism, which manifests in angles lines and exaggerated architecture - think of the graveyard in Frankenweenie. We can see Burton’s love of monster movies and the animation style of Ray Harryhausen. There’s also the throwback ‘60s science-fiction aesthetic all over Mars Attacks! And we can’t forget the cookie-cutter wholesomeness of his suburbs, directly referencing his own childhood in the domestic utopia of Burbank, California.
From a production design, set design, and art direction perspective, the mise en scene in Tim Burton movies is second to none. The whimsical and the macabre, the extra plain and the exaggerated, the ghoulish and the fantastic - Tim Burton is a true world-builder.
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Music
What’s This? - Danny Elfman
Endurance, Pt. 1, 2 & 3 - Alien Levi
The Basement - Makeup and Vanity Set
Best In Show (Album Version Instrumental) - Andrew Judah
Keep Moving - Makeup and Vanity Set
Vincent Score - Ken Hilton
To Die For Original Score - Danny Elfman
The Family Man Original Score - Danny Elfman
Stroller - Luke Atencio
Travel Music (Beetlejuice Score) - Danny Elfman
Obituaries (Beetlejuice Score) - Danny Elfman
Sold (Beetlejuice Score) - Danny Elfman
The Cookie Factory (Edward Scissorhands Score) - Danny Elfman
Tangle - Blake Ewing
Bring Your Own - Dexter Britain
Main Titles (Beetlejuice Score) - Danny Elfman
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