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Vincent
Techniques
Shot in striking black and white, the film is a pastiche of 1920s-era German Expressionist films. Celebrating the macabre and the dark aesthetic that Burton would eventually go on to be known for, he creates a complete character study in six minutes.
- He welcomes his Aunt into his house while envisioning dipping her in hot wax for his museum; a callback to Price’s House of Wax. He also imagines doing experiments on his dog, Abercrombie, including turning him into a zombie. This would later serve as the inspiration for Frankenweenie, first as a short film, and then as a full-length animated feature film
- [References to “the Raven” and “Edgar Allen Poe” are Vincent's inspiration. He wants to be a mad scientist who needs something to be depressed about. So he’s made up a character inside his head to try and relate to.
- Gothic tradition- exploration of dark and light, allusion to frankensteins monster as Vincents mother chases him, telling him to snap out of it
4. For instance in the scene where Vincent's mother locks him in his room and tell him to stop letting his imagination get the best of him the lighting goes dark, which conveys Vincent's mood as sad, dark, and tormented.
Black and white colour pallet creates contrast and allows for the use of obscure lighting
Brighter lighting when Vincent is feigning his identity 
Burton also utilises a film style called match cutting, where one scene is used to transition into the next scene. This Vincent-himself-as-Vincent Price creates the visual representation of Vincent’s descent into “madness,” a la Edgar Allan Poe. He is constantly reminded by his mother, "You're not Vincent Price, you're Vincent Malloy. You're not tormented, you're just a young boy."
1. His deep booming voice reverberates through the art and brings the viewer into Vincent Malloy’s real and macabre alternate reality.
On the auditory level, however, the use of somber sounds such as organs, thunders, evocative soundtracks, and the narrator’s deep voice contribute to an increasingly terrifying and sinister atmosphere.
- Use of shadows to impersonate Vincent’s dark imagination and blurs the line between reality and fiction.
- Camera cutting off at the heads of adults suggests a range of symbolic ideas, such as their ‘lack of imagination’ or a twisted form of social hierarchy and power dynamics
1. Non-diegetic Sounds
The use of narration, rather than internal dialogue suggests the influences on the boy
So he took out some paper and scrawled with a pen: “I am possessed by this house, and can never leave it again” His mother said: “You’re not possessed, and you’re not almost dead These games that you play are all in your head
3. German expressionism- Chiaroscuro lighting (the extreme contrast of dark and light- dramatic shadows), Reflective surfaces, Staircases, Cats, Anthropomorphism
Themes
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- Death & Violence: Obsession with Macabre
- The struggle between the world of imagination and reason- central theme in Gothic literature
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- Monotony (boredom) of Everyday
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Vincent's
He lives in his own little fantastical agoraphobic world and wants to sit in the dark even though his mum wants him to go out to play.
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The outward Vincent conforms to society, but he lives in a much more exciting and dramatic world in his head.
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delve into the protagonist’s subconscious. The main characters in Burton’s works are more antiheroes than heroes.
Manages to stay true to themselves and accept their diversity by making it their strength and not a flaw.
Quotes
"exposé on the secret thoughts that lurk in the back of most little children’s brains"
*Chris Campbell. "Vincent, Animation, Fantasy" Shorts Bay, 20.5.23*
- “One person's craziness is another person's reality” Tim Burton
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"Diverting, amusing and gruesomely imaginative"
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Tim Burtons 'Vincent' is the perfect depiction of stylistic differences and the different portrayals of the hero in true Burtonesque tradition