The Study Of The Gothic Elements In Tim Burton’s Animated Movies

With the continuous development and progress of technology and culture, the theme and content of animation movie presents a trend of diversification. The types of animati on become more rich in a process that animation film constantly absorbing all kinds of ar t and culture. Throughout the great river of animation art, Tim Burton’s animated film wit h its own unique style in the animation.With the constant development of technology and culture, both the thesis and the content of the animation film has become more and more diversified. The genres of the animation film are enriched by absorbing various kinds of art culture and adopting the merits of films in other fields. Tim Burton’s animation films stands out among all the animation films in the animation film history.Tim Burton is recognized as a crazy director, who was graduated from California Institute of Arts which was funded by Disney. Later on, he became an animator at Disney. Compared with the mainstream animation films in the Disney, his film focuses on gloom, horror, absurd, and exaggeration. Gothic styles and fairy tales are commonly applied in his films. He also initiated the alternative diabolic style in the animation films. His films, such as The Nightmare before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie, were all nominated by Academy Award. The unique characteristic of Tim’s films made it became a genre of one. In recent years, the elements used while creating animation films have become more and more plentiful. Tim Burton’ animation films are also becoming popular among both directors and audiences.As a loyalty fans of Tim Burton, the writer starts by defining the Gothic style in Tim’s animation films. Then, they author uses the theories related to psychoanalysis, Gothic formalisms, the narrative arts of animation films, and scene modeling. Furthermore, the author relates Tim’s growing backgrounds with the art characteristic of Gothic style and analyzes the characteristic of Tim Burton’s animation films as well as the specific features appear in his films. In the fourth paragraph of this essay, the author examines the aesthetic connotation of Gothic style. Finally, at the end of this paper, the author summarizes that the Gothic style plays a vital role in the formation of Tim Burton’s animation films. The enactment of the absurd Gothic elements along with the unique expression in the animation films broad the horizon for other animation film directors.