BIO 01 – Tim Burton’s Biography

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Timothy William Burton was born on August 25th, 1958 in Burkbank, California. He was married to a German artist for four years and then he married Helena Bonham Carter. They have a son, called Billy Ray Burton, born on October 4th, 2003, and a daughter, Nell Burton, born on December 15th, 2007.Tim Burton is an American film director, producer, writer and artist. He’s famous for his dark and quirky films like Sweeny Todd and Nightmare Before Christmas, and also for blockbusters such as Batman, Batman Returns, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Tim Burton

There is a group of people who regularly work in Burton’s productions. Johnny Depp, has become a close friend of Burton since their first film together; musician Danny Elfman, who has composed scores for all but five of the films Burton has directed and/or produced; and domestic partner Helena Bonham Carter. He also wrote and illustrated the poetry book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, published in 1997, and a compilation of his drawings, sketches and other artwork, entitled The Art of Tim Burton, was released in 2009.

After high school, Burton attended the California Institute of Arts and in 1979, he joined the Dysney animation ranks. He was a winner of many awards, among others we can find the Oscar award for Best Foreign Film with Edward Scissor-hands in 1992. In 2006 he got an award for Best Featured film with Corpse Bride and in 2007 he got an Award for best Director with Sweeney Tood: The Daemon Barber of Fleet Street.

Tim Burton has directed 16 films so far, and has produced 12. One of his most recent films, Alice in Wonderland, a fantasy and adventure film has been one of the most successful movies in the history of film making. His latest films are an adaption of the soap opera Dark Shadows, released on May 10, 2012, and a remake of his 1984 short, Frankenweenie, released on October 5, 2012.

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CODE	FILMS
TB01	Nightmare before Christmas (1993).
TB02	Alice in Wonderland (2010).
TB03	Dark Shadows (2012).
TB04	Mars Attacks! (1986).
TB05	Edward ScissorHand (1990).
TB06	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
TB07	Sweeney Todd (2007).
TB08	Batman (1989).
TB09	Frankeweenie (2012).

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TB02 – Alice in Wonderland

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Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 British-American computer-animated and live action fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Linda Woolverton, and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars Johnny Depp.

The film is inspired by Lewis Carroll‘s 1865 fantasy novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass. Mia Wasikowska plays the now nineteen-year-old Alice who, 13 years after her previous visit, returns for the first time as a young girl. She is told that she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwocky, a dragon-like creature controlled by the Red Queen who terrorizes Underland’s inhabitants.

Troubled by a strange recurring dream and mourning the loss of her beloved father, nineteen-year-old Alice Kingsleigh attends a garden party at Lord Ascot’s estate, where she is confronted by an unwanted marriage proposal and the stifling expectations of the society in which she lives. Unsure of how to reply, and increasingly confused, she runs away to chase after a rabbit in a blue waistcoat, and accidentally falls into a large rabbit hole. She is transported to a world called wonderland, where she is greeted by the White Rabbit, the Dormouse, the Dodo, and Tweedledum and Tweedledee. They argue over her identity as “the right Alice”, who  is foretold to slay the Red Queen’s Jabberwocky on the Frabjous Day and restore the White Queen to power. The group is then ambushed by the Bandersnatch and a group of playing-card soldiers led by the Knave of Hearts.

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TB01 – Nightmare before Christmas

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The Nightmare before Christmas is a stop motion musical fantasy horror film directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton. It tells us the story of Jack Skellington in “Halloween Town” a dream world filled with citizens such as deformed monsters, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches… Jack leads them into a frightful celebration every Halloween, but this time it will be different. Accidentally, he opens a door that takes him to “Christmas town”. When Jack returned to Halloween Town he told his friends about how he felt and what happened in Christmas town.

Jack’s obsession with Christmas makes him think that he’s Santa Claus so he starts delivering Christmas presents. People in Halloween town try to kill him, but they’re not succesful. Because he’s frightened about this thrilling experience, he quickly regains his old spirit, coming up with new ideas for Halloween. Sally, who is in love with Jack, is captured by one of Santa’s assistants, but Jack confronts him, and Oogie disappears. With Oogie out of Santa’s world, Jack is in charge  of giving the right presents to all the children.  Then Sally goes to the graveyard, and Jack follows her. They tell each other that they are in love and finally they kiss under the full moon in the cemetery.

Bellow you can watch the official trailer of the movie:

And some nice frames extracted from the movie:

ACT 11 – Skateboarding

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Skateboarding  was born in the late 50s as a toy that children used to build  in the streets and began to create the first companies which  started to build this new  very popular toy.

Skateboarding

ACT 11 – Lo skateboard.

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Lo skateboard nacque verso la fine degli anni 50 come giocattolo che i bambini costruivano per le strade e iniziarono a crearsi le prime aziende che costruivano questo nuovo giocattolo molto popolare.

Lo Skateboard

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ACT 10 – Light painting

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Light Painting is a technique used to light an image with a hand-held light during a long exposure.

In a dark environment, you need a long time to capture the surrounding scenery, but lights are instantly recorded. The light painting technique consists of using different light sources and moving them around, in order to paint shapes, lines and patterns during the shot. The camera sensor will record all the movements made by the light source during the many seconds or minutes of the exposure time.  The result will seem as if you were actually painting with light.

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ACT 10 – Disegnare con la luce.

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Il “disegnare con la luce” è una tecnica usata per illuminare un’immagine con una luce portatile durante una lunga esposizione.

In un ambiente buio, hai bisogno di molto tempo per catturare il paesaggio circostante, ma le luci sono catturate istantaneamente. La tecnica del “disegnare con la luce” consiste nell’usare differenti sorgenti di luce e nel muoverle intorno per disegnare forme,linee e modelli durante lo scatto. Il sensore della fotocamera catturerà tutti i movimenti fatti dalla sorgente di luce durante i diversi secondi o minuti del tempo d’esposizione. I risultati appariranno come se stessi disegnando con la luce.

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ACT 10 – Pintar amb la Llum.

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Light Painting és una tècnica que  il·lumina una imatge fent śu d’un llum, làmpada o làser durant una llarga exposició.

En un entorn d’obscuritat, necessitam un llarg temps per a capturar l’escenari que ens envolta, però en canvi les llums s’enregistren immediatament. La tècnica de pintar amb llum consisteix en usar diferents fonts de llum i moure-les, per tal de dibuixar formes, línies o patrons durant la fotografia. El sensor de la càmera enregistrarà tots els moviments fets per la font de llum durant els varis segons o minuts del temps d’exposició. El resultat pareixerà com si realment s’hagués pintat la imatge amb llum.

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ACT 14 – Filmmaking Words 1/6.

ACT 14. FILMMAKING VOCABULARY 1/6.

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Filmmaking (film production) is the process of making a film, from an initial story, idea, or commission, through scriptwriting, casting, shooting, editing, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a theatrical release or television program.

Filmmaking takes place in many places around the world in a range of economic, social, and political contexts, and using a variety of technologies and cinematic techniques. Typically, it involves a large number of people, and takes from a few months to several years to complete.

Bellow you can read a list of words related to the filmmaking.

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ACT 14. VOCABULARI SOBRE FILMACIÓ 1/6.

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La Filmació (producció audiovisual) és el procés de realitzar una pel·lícula, partint d’una història inicial, una idea o un encàrrec, i seguint les passes d’escriptura del guió, el casting de personatges, l’enregistrament d’imatges, l’edició i la projecció del producte final davant d’un públic ja sigui en un cinema o en un programa de televisió.

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ENGLISH	CATALAN	SPANISH	DEFINITION
180º rule	norma dels 180º	regla de 180º	a screen direction rule that camera operators must follow an imaginary line on one side of the axis of action is made and the camera must not cross over that line.
balance	balanç	balance	within a film’s visual frame, refers to the composition, aesthetic quality, or working together of the figures, light, sound, and movement.
blooper	pressa falsa	toma falsa	an actual error or mistake, usually embarrassing or humorous, made by a performer during filming.
arcshot	pla d’arc	plano de arco	a shot in which the subject(s) is photographed by an encircling or moving camera.
angle	angle	ángulo	the point of view (POV) or perspective (including relative height or direction) chosen from which to photograph a subject.
24 fps	24 fps	24 fps	refers to the standard frame rate or film speed – the number of frames or images that are projected or displayed per second.
bridging shot	pla pont	plano puente	a transitional type of shot used to cover or ‘bridge’ a jump in time or place or other discontinuity.
camera movement	moviment de càmera	movimiento de cámara	the use of the camera to obtain various camera angles and perspectives.
aperture	apertura	abertura	refers to the measurement of the opening in a camera lens that regulates the amount of light passing through and contacting the film.
blocking a shot	bloquetjar un pla	bloquear un plano	the process of figuring out where the camera goes, how the lights will be arranged, and what the actors’ positions and movements – moment by moment – are for each shot or take.
camera angle	angle de càmera	ángulo de cámara	refers to the perspective from which a camera depicts its subject.
contrast	contrast	contraste	refers to the difference between light and shadow, or between maximum and minimum amounts of light, in a particular film image.
aerial shot	plà aeri	plano aéreo	a camera shot filmed in an exterior location from far overhead (from a bird’s eye view), as from a helicopter (most common), blimp, balloon, plane, or kite.
close-up (CU)	primer plà	primer plano	a shot taken from a close distance in which the scale of the object is magnified, appears relatively large and fills the entire frame to focus attention and emphasize its importance.

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ACT 14 – Filmmaking Words (2/6).

ACT 14. FILMMAKING VOCABULARY 2/6.

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Bellow you can read a list of words related to the filmmaking.

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ACT 14. VOCABULARI SOBRE FILMACIÓ 2/6.

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ENGLISH	CATALAN	SPANISH	DEFINITION
Cutaway shot	Tallar	Cortar	an abrupt or sudden change or jump in camera angle, location, placement, or time, from one shot to another.
Deep-focus shot	Toma d’enfocament profund	Toma de enfoque profundo	a style or technique of cinematography and staging with great depth of field, preferred by realists, that uses lighting, relatively wide angle lenses and small lens apertures .
Coverage	Cobertura	Cobertura	refers to all the shots, including closeups and reverse angles, that a director takes in addition to the master shot, to make up the final product.
Depth of field	Profunditat de camp	Profundidad de campo	the depth of composition of a shot, specifically refers to the area, range of distance, or field in which the elements captured in a camera image appear in sharp or acceptable focus.
Cross-cutting	Toma transversal	Toma transversal	a brief shot that momentarily interrupts a continuously-filmed action, by briefly inserting another related action, object, or person, followed by a cutback to the original shot.
Directing the eye	Direccionant l’ull	Direccionando el ojo	in cinematographic terms, using light and dark lighting and frame composition to emphasize what is important.
Crane shot	Pla de guia	Plano de guia	a camera shot taken from a large camera dolly or electronic device (an apparatus, such as a crane) that can raise the camera up in the air above the ground 20 feet or more.
Cut	Tallar	Cortar	a rough cut (the first completely-edited version) of a film without studio interference as the director would like it to be viewed.
Day-for-night shot	Dia per gravació nocturna	Día para grabación nocturna	a cinematographic technique for using shots filmed during the day to appear as moonlit night shots on the screen, by using different lenses, filters, special lighting and underexposure.
Discovery shot	Toma de descobriment	Toma de descubrimiento	in a film scene, when the moving or panning camera unexpectedly ‘discovers’ an object or person previously undisclosed to the viewer.
Director’s cut	Tall del director	Corte del director	the editing technique of alternating, interweaving, or interspersing one narrative action (scene, sequence, or event) with another – usually in different locations or places.
Crowd shot	Pla de multitut	Plano de multitud	a shot of a large group of people (often extras) in a film.
Dissolve	Dissoldre	Disolver	a transitional editing technique between two shots, in which the visible image of one shot is gradually replaced, superimposed or blended (by an overlapping fade out or fade in and dissolve) with the image from another shot.

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ACT 14 – Filmmaking Words 3/6.

ACT 14. FILMMAKING VOCABULARY 3/6.

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ENGLISH	CATALAN	SPANISH	DEFINITION
Dunning	Mescla	Mezcla	the process or technique of combining shots filmed in a studio with background footage shot elsewhere.
Final cut	Versió final	Versión final	the last edited version of a film as it will be released.
Editing	Edició	Edición	the process of selecting, assembling, arranging, collating, trimming, structuring, and splicing-joining together many separate camera takes of exposed footage into a complete, determined sequence of shots.
Flash shot	Pla de flaix	Plano de flash	a single clear frame inserted between two shots, giving the appearance of a flash of white when viewed, and for the intention of producing a shock or sudden dramatic effect.
Establishing shot	Pla d’establiment	Plano de establecimiento	usually a long (wide-angle or full) shot at the beginning of a scene that is intended to show things from a distance and to inform the audience about the locale or time for the action that follows.
Dolby shot	Travelling	Travelling	refers to a moving shot in which the perspective of the subject and background is changed; the shot is taken from a camera that is mounted on a hydraulically-powered wheeled camera platform, pushed on rails and moved smoothly and noiselessly.
Fade	Difuminar	Difuminar	a gradual change in the intensity of an image or sound, such as from a normally-lit scene to darkness (fade out, fade-to-black) or vice versa, from complete black to full exposure (fade in), or from silence to sound or vice versa.
Focus	Enfoc	Enfoque	refers to the degree of sharpness or distinctness of an image.
Dutch tilt	Pla alemany	Plano alemán	a shot made with the camera leaned to one side and filming at a diagonal angle.
Following shot	Pla següent	Plano siguiente	a cut between two shots that creates the illusion of the character (in the 1st shot) looking at an object (in the 2nd shot).
Frame	Fotograma	Fotograma	the smallest compositional unit of a film’s structure.
Eyeline match	Joc visual	Juego visual	a shot with framing that shifts to follow and keep a moving figure or subject on screen.
Framing	Enquadrament	Encuadramiento	refers to the way a shot is composed, and the manner in which subjects are framed by the boundaries of the film image.

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ACT 14 – Filmmaking Words 4/6

ACT 14. FILMMAKING VOCABULARY 4/6.

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Bellow you can read a list of words related to the filmmaking.

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ENGLISH	CATALAN	SPANISH	DEFINITION
Head-on shot	Escena frontal	Toma de frente	a shot in which the action moves or comes directly toward or at the camera, to enhance the audience’s feelings of participation.
High-angle shot	Escena d’angle alt	Toma de alto angulo	a shot in which the subject or scene is filmed from above and the camera points down on the action.
Long shot(LS)	Escena llarga	Toma llarga	a shot of lengthy duration.
Freeze	Congelar	Congelar	an optical printing effect in which a single frame image is identically repeated over several frames; when projected, it gives the illusion of a still photograph in which the action has ceased.
Helicopter shot	Escena des d’un helicopter	Toma des de un helicoptero	an establishing shot from a bird’s eye view or from overhead, usually taken from a helicopter.
JUmp cut	Bot tallat	Salto cortado	an abrupt, disorienting transitional device in the middle of a continuous shot in which the action is noticeably advanced in time and/or cut between two similar scenes.
Handled shot	Escena de ma	Toma de mano	a shot taken with a hand-held camera or deliberately made to appear unstable, shaky or wobbly.
Insert shot	Escena insertada	Toma insertada	a shot that occurs in the middle of a larger scene or shot, that draws audience attention, provides specific information, or simply breaks up the film sequence.
Intercut shot	Escena entrellaçades	Toma entrelazada	refers to a series of shots, consisting of two simultaneous events, that are alternated together to create suspense.
High-angle shot	xxxxx	xxxxx	a camera view of an object or character from a considerable distance so that it appears relatively small in the frame.
Master shot	Escena original	Toma original	refers to filming in the exact order required for the final product.
Long take	Escena llarga	Toma larga	a continuous shot or long take that shows the main action or setting of an entire scene.
In- camera editing	Edicio en la camara	Edicion en la camara	refers to a camera shot in which the camera remains immobile, while something happens off-screen.
Medium shot	Ecena mitjana	Toma media	refers to a conventional camera shot filmed from a medium distance.
Low-angle shot	Escena de baix angle	Toma de baix angle	a shot in which the subject is filmed directly from below and the camera tilts up at the action or character.

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ACT 14 – Filmmaking Words 5/6

ACT 14. FILMMAKING VOCABULARY 5/6.

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Bellow you can read a list of words related to the filmmaking.

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ACT 14. VOCABULARI SOBRE FILMACIÓ 5/6.

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ENGLISH	CATALAN	SPANISH	DEFINITION
Point-of-view shot	Pla de Punt de vista	Plano de vista	a subjective shot made from the perspective of one of the characters to show the audience the scene as it would look through the character’s eyes.
Set-up	Configuració	Configuración	the position where the director and the director of photography put the camera (and lighting) when shooting a scene.
Over-the-shoulder shot	Pla sobre l’espatla	Plano sobre la espalda	a very commonly-used medium camera angle or view in a dialogue scene, mostly with alternating shot/reverse-shot editing, in which the camera records the action from behind the shoulder and/or head of one of the characters, thus framing the image.
Sequence	Sequència	Secuencia	a scene, or connected series of related scenes that are edited together and comprise a single, unified event, setting, or story within a film’s narrative.
Series	Sèries	Series	a sequence of films with shared situations, characters or themes and related titles, but with little other inter-dependence, especially with respect to plot or significant character development.
Onstage	A l’escenari	En el escenario	on the visible stage, or within the boundaries of the camera’s field of vision.
Reaction shot	Pla de reacció	Plano de reacción	a quick shot that records a character’s response to another character or some on-screen action or event.
panning shot	panoràmica	panorámica	refers to the horizontal scan, movement, rotation or turning of the camera in one direction (to the right or left) around a fixed axis while filming.
scene	Escena	Escena	usually a series of shots that together comprise a single, complete and unified dramatic event, action, or element of film narration, or block of storytelling within a film.
out-takes	plans  descartats	Planos descartados	refers to camera shots that are not included in the final cut or print of a film.
shoot	enregistrar	grabar	the process of filming or photographing any aspect of a motion picture with a camera.
reverse angle shot	pla d’angle invers	plano de ángulo inverso	a basic camera angle composed of a shot photographed from the opposite side of a subject to provide a different perspective.
shot	pla	plano	the basic building block or unit of film narrative.

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