I'm Late, I'm Late For A Very Important Date!

Some films come and go without anyone noticing, some come and create a buzz and you might even recommend them to friends to go see and some even win an academy award and then there are films that come along and blow all of these out of the water. These are masterful pieces of work for the film screen. The films where the acting is intense, where the work on the scenery, cinematography and the CGI pushes more boundaries then we ever thought possible. The next in this line is from the talented Tim Burton and his Alice in Wonderland. From the clips and trailers which I have already seen this looks to be such an awe inspiring film that will captivate you regardless of where your regular film interest lies. The 3D nature is also compelling on the eye and the mixture of subdued colouring and cartoon effect is mesmerising. Sometimes the colour is punchy and then in other scenes it is almost washed out with subtle tones, but this helps in depicting the emotion that is needed for that scene.

From these working drawings you can see how Tim Burton had the complete concept in his head already and his amazing skill is that he was able to put what he saw in his imagination onto the screen for all of us to enjoy. This is about having those who work with you all reading off the same page at the same time. A film is a collaboration of great skills and creative people but you do need a leader and Tim Burton is perfection in this. Burton has always created films that were full of strong imagery from Beetlejuice, toEdward Scissorhands and more recently Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He has his critics and a common complaint being that he uses the same lead actors but I think if you have the quality in acting of Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter to hand and then to not use them and maybe degrade the quality of your work just to appease those who criticise because of this, well that would be a travesty. So Tim Burton just keeps creating in his own style and the films become more impressive and maybe slightly more weird but even more compelling to watch. So on the 5th of March you know where you can find me.