Over the Summer I made sure to allow some time for some sort of reading in connection with my degree. I chose the autobiography of 'one of the great modern-day visionaries of cinema' Tim Burton. I have always been a fan of Tim Burton's directed films and sketches, and thought this would be a nice insight into his own history and background and how such things would effect his own work.Important points are explored throughout the film, such as the explorations of Tim Burton's failures and how he overcame bad feedback and critics slandering his work, such failures included the pressures that were put upon him to produce the Batman films as he wanted to establish a whole new perspective of the darker side of all the characters. Throughout the book I found Burton's personality interesting, how he spoke about the fact that he personally can connect more the the villains than the heroes, he finds they're more complex and misunderstood characters that inherit more interest than the mediocre hero protagonist.
This book also reminded me of the colour palette project we had in first year, as Burton speaks about his important use of dull tones and colours to enhance a particular mood. This includes his use of colour in 'The Corpse Bride' a film he directed and animated amongst others, with the land of the dead being represented as the most colourful whilst the living dull and lifeless looking, an ironic twist to the theme.
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