The main similarity of Frankenstein and Sleepy Hollow is that they were written at the time of the industrial revolution so this meant that the authors would think and imagine of writing about new tools and scientific studies such as the “scientific tools” used by Inchabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow and the “scientific study” of scientist Victor Frankenstein about bringing dead organisms back to life.
In this essay I will be analysing the camerawork, the sound, the editing and the Mis-En-Scene used in Frankenstein and Sleepy Hollow.
In this section I will be explaining the camerawork used Frankenstein and Sleepy Hollow. The camerawork includes the camera shots and the camera movements. First of all I will start off to explain the camera shots used in Frankenstein and Sleepy Hollow.
In Sleepy Hollow the director Tim Burton uses an extreme close up shot at the beginning of the film when the will and testament of Van Garrett is shown. This shows the importance of this will because the camera is mainly focused on this will and testament. This also creates questions such as “Whose will and testament is this of?” and “What has this got to do with the story?” Also when the will and testament is stamped with wax an extreme close up shot is used and when the name of the owner of this will and testament is shown and when the windmill is shown this shows that the windmill is a key place and something might happen there and that when the name of the owner of the will and testament is shown this shows to the audience that this person is important and maybe rich and powerful.
In Frankenstein the director Kenneth Branagh uses an extreme close up shot when the iceberg hits the ship. This shows to the audience that danger is coming and something terrifying will happen. This scares the audience because they think something dangerous and terrific is going to happen. This also creates questions in the audience’s mind such as “What will happen to the ship?” or “What will happen to the crew?” and the main question “What will happen next?” Both of these shots are very important because without no extreme close up shot of the will and testament of Van Garrett then the audience would not know anything about what this writing would have said and if there was no extreme close up shot of the iceberg hitting the ship then the audience would not have been as scared as seeing the shot close up. An example is that when watching an operation and when seeing it close up it would “more gross” than watching it from further away.
In Sleepy Hollow the director Tim Burton uses a medium long close up shot when the man from the coach is staring at the scarecrow from the coach. This scarecrow looks something from out of the ordinary. This shows to the audience that something dangerous and scary is going to happen and that it might happen to the man travelling in the coach. This is like a notice to the audience that something dangerous and scary is going to happen but what? This also creates questions in the audience’s minds such as “Why is the man staring at the scarecrow?” and “What is going to happen next?” or “Who is this man and what is going to happen to him?”
Now I will go on to explain the camera movements used in Frankenstein and Sleepy Hollow.
In Sleepy Hollow director Tim Burton uses a zoom movement at the beginning of the film where it shows the will and testament of Van Garrett. This shows the importance of the will because of the focus on the will. This again shows that the will and testament of Van Garrett is very important and the windmill is also very important. This also shows to the audience that there is something important is going on and makes the audience also ask questions in their minds.
In Frankenstein director Kenneth Branagh also uses a zoom movement when Victor Frankenstein says his name. This shows that this persons name must be very important and that his name might be famous, popular, disliked or he might have some shame on his name. This already shows to the audience that this persons name must be very important in this story.
In Sleepy Hollow director Tim Burton uses a track-zoom movement when the horse is pulling the coach and showing the logo of the coach. This shows to the audience that there is a “rush” or “hurry” to get somewhere when showing track movement on horse and when showing the logo on the coach, this again shows the importance of the owner of this coach. This shows to me that the will and testament of Van Garrett must be urgent.
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