Tim Burton will be coming up more than once this year in 8th Grade. We just compared a clip from "Nightmare Before Christmas" with "Vincent", a short animated film created by Tim Burton in 1982. Students noticed so many consistent stylistic traits. Here's a few.
- large, vacant eyes
- limited palette, if any color at all
- three dimensional spaces have the appearance of a two dimensional line drawing
- exaggerated forms (extremely round, long, or thin)
- Tiny feet, hands, noses
One student jumped out of his seat to pause the clip of "Vincent".
"There's Jack!"
True enough, at 5:11 you can see what looks like an early version of Jack and Sally haunting little Vincent. A great example of an artist chewing on an idea over time.
Students are now designing an original character inspired by the style of Tim Burton. They will create the character as a sewn material soft-sculpture. I'll post images of the characters as the project progresses.
Later in the year, we will revisit Tim Burton as we will attempt stop motion animation.
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