Conclusion

Both Tim Burton and Guy Richie's cinematic style is quite different from eachother but however has tiny similarities which bind both films together in terms of visual elements.

Guy Richie has a style in which he modernizes a film with very clean and slick characters and with a real flexible narrative in the way the story is being told. Furthermore, his style is very authentic and tends to reinvent films like Sherlock Holmes and add a bit more of an action-packed film along with extra features of Sherlock Holmes such as showing him as a really agile character that knows how to fight, like an action superhero. Guy Richie creates a new perspective in the story of Sherlock Holmes and shows it in the most dynamic way and in a way no one has ever seen it before.
Guy Richie tends to reanimate and reimagine most of his films whether they're fictional or factual and generally modernizes the film and gives it this dynamic energetic buzz.
Richie also uses more accurate setting to place the story in so that it is a bit more realistic than Sweeney Todd which shows animations of random Victorian buildings.
In the film, Richie makes Sherlock less mysterious and suspicious in the film which the past films had done but made him cocky, snobby and rather quick witted therefore making him more appealing to viewers of this time and that is what Richie had intended to do and in his other films aswell.
Another way in which Guy Richie modernizes this film is that he does not put in music that is with that time period the characters are in, but stuck to this huge, action-like orchestral music therefore making his films as well as Sherlock more authentic to his style.

Tim Burton's style is rather gloomy and strongly gothic in the way he presents his films. His films are very low-key like in Sweeney Todd and often tends to use blue tint extensively in his films to give it this cold, and creepy effect. In Burton's films, he also tends to make the reds really stand out by making it really saturated. It is often blood like in Sweeney Todd or pieces of clothing on a person, either way it creates almost this same effect of blood as it is majorly surrounded by predominantly dark shades of blues and greys. Burton's cinematic style is that he also tends to make the camera movements really slow and smooth, creating this effect of almost being in the eyes of a creature lurking through dark woods, sewer pipes, creepy tunnels and caves etc. Burton likes to create a ghostly atmosphere in some of his films and often uses animation for credits such as the beginning titles of Sweeney Todd, and again, he highlights the red colours which is blood dripping which is not often used by most film directors therefore making Burton's obsession with highly saturated reds really unique and gives his films a signature touch. Furthermore, Tim Burton also tends to use really exaggerated Foley sounds to emphasise the horror or divert the viewers' attention on something in a scene and often tends to add some sort of musical theme in his films aswell, therefore creating this real juxtaposition with the way the film looks and the music.
In Sweeney Todd, Burton also puts in majorly organ and quite dramatic violin and orchestral music, not as modern as Sherlock Holmes but orchestral music that suits that time period the film is in and a traditional theatre musical composition.

Section 3 - Textual Analysis - Guy Richie's Style in Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes has a particular  visual style used by the director Guy Richie in which creates a certain effect on the setting, characters and in fact the actual film. This is demonstrated in the scene where Sherlock Holmes meets Lord Blackwood in prison and first has a proper conversation with the villain.

Guy Richie creates clarity within the scene with the use of cinematography.

This is evident from where there is a close up shot of Sherlock Holmes as he talks to Lord Blackwood in the jail cell. His face is in the rule of thirds and is in shallow focus.

His use of the shallow focus in the background effectively capitalizes the viewer's view on Sherlock and what he says in the dialogue, it is used almost as a way of blocking out the surroundings and just show the two characters in individual close-up shots.

This links to Guy Richie's Style in the film as he had intentionally done this consistently in the film so that he can almost manipulate where the viewer focuses in a scene.

Furthermore, the use of the close-up shots add an emphasis to the reactions of what the other had said and adds clarity in showing how they feel.

In addition, the continuous use of the close up shots used during the dialogue is used to signal that the dialogue is significant in contributing to the main series of  events later on in the story in the form of foreshadowing.

This contributes to the framework, style as Guy Richie uses cinematography as a way of directing the viewer's focus to a certain part of the frame or scene.

The use of high angled shots of Lord Blackwood also contribute to style.

This is evident where Richie uses a series of high-angled mid and close-up shots of Blackwood as he talks to Sherlock. This shot makes him look rather inferior in comparison to Sherlock Holmes and is contrasted with the levelled close up mid-shots of Sherlock Holmes. This presents Blackwood as inferior, weak and vulnerable, and portrayed as a sort of animal in a cage, isolated, trapped and inferior to both the people who keep him there and Sherlock as he looks down at him in the close up shots.

This adds to the framework of Guy Richie's style as he uses angled shots and in the cinematography to show who is superior and who is inferior and how the protagonist and antagonist persistently tries to overpower each other. In addition, Richie, makes the villain's intentions clear in the film by allowing his villains to tell the hero what will happen as well as the viewer so that then Richie can show a series of events leading up to the main plot instead of disorientating the viewers with random acts and this also creates less of a restricted narrative in the way it's been told but a more flexible perspective and that's what Richie has done in the film.

Mise-en-scene is also used to show another way in which Guy Richie's cinematic style is presented in the film.

Just how shallow focus is used to block out the background and surroundings to direct the viewer's focus to the important dialogue, lighting is also used to serve the same purpose in this scene where there are shots of Lord Blackwood talking o Sherlock and the background is in deep darkness, so deep that nothing is visible, leaving a bright, lit circle of light coming from the little window from the top of his cell which implies to the viewer that he is the main focus of the shot.

This demonstrates the Style of Guy Richie in the sequence and shows how he uses lighting to create a main focus point in a shot.

The use of makeup is also used as a way of showing one of Guy Richie's stylistic touches to his film.

This is evident where on the close up shots of Sherlock, there is no pale white, 1890s make up and no traditional, rich powders on his face but the rough looks and the skin colour is natural, this makes Richie's characters' appearance more realistic and creates a natural look to Sherlock by not applying any makeup but sweat. Sherlock and the other characters look clean, sophisticated and modern.

This contributes to Guy Richie how stylizes the characters as well as the film and demonstrates how his cinematic style may apply for his other films.

Performance is also used to demonstrate Richie's stylistics to the film by revealing a particular feeling from a character.

This is shown through body language where in the close-up shots of Sherlock where he speaks during the dialogue, his head to tends to shake a lot while he speaks and as he just stares at Blackwood as he talks. This suggests that he is quite anxious and uneasy as Blackwood delivers statements about his victims. This creates a cold, ghostly atmosphere in the scene and reveals that Sherlock is almost attempting to hide the fact he is rather unnerved communicating with him.

This adds to the framework "style" as Guy Richie uses really energetic body language to reveal a character's feeling or a hidden nature about a character. It also increases clarity in expressing anger and emotion in most of his films.

SECTION 2 - Texual Analysis - Tim Burton's Style in Sweeney Todd

Tim Burton presents a unique style in Sweeney Todd through the use of different micro-elements.

First, Burton uses cinematography to portray shows position and status in the film.

This is evident where there is a high angled mid shot from behind of Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett looking out of the window a Pirelli as he walks towards their shop.

The use of this shot suggests status, show Pirelli as inferior and vulnerable, whereas Sweeney looks more superior to Pirelli as he pitifully looks down at him. The shot also creates this thought to the audience of a predator watching it's prey who is Pirelli, this then creates this foreshadowing a negative event which would be very likely to occur very soon.

This links to Burton's cinematic style as he creates this "Predator & Prey" theme to the story which he also does in his other films.

Cinematography is also used to create a certain mood and atmosphere.

This is evident where there is an Extreme Close-up shot of Sweeney's bloodshot eyes quickly staring at the pot as it boils up and steams more and more.

This creates tension as it indicates that the boiling kettle will be somehow associated with Sweeney's act of rage and predictably foreshadows that something violent is about to occur.
The use of this shot also creates escalating suspense as the shot also synchronizes with the kettle boiling and increasing in noise to project Sweeney's building rage.

Cinematography is used another part of the extract where there is the use of a low-angled shot of Sweeney repeatedly hitting Pirelli with the kettle violently.

The use of this shot is show the audience his utter rage and anger as he bludgeons Pirelli with the pot.
However, this shot does not actually show the pot actually hitting Pirelli's head as this particular part uses theatre of the mind on the audience and proves the audience to imagine gruesome and bloody thoughts of how Pirelli would look after that ruthless assault.

Sound is used to create a mood and control the amount of tension and atmosphere in a scene.

This is evident where Pirelli dramatically says "Benjamin Barker" then a non-diegetic deep, low-pitched orchestral sound motif plays.

This suggests that the audience must pay close attention to the dialogue and acts as an indication to the audience that something will happen, a foreshadowing of an unexpected act and a dark outcome.
It also suggests to the audience that this is a significant part of the dialogue between Sweeney Todd and Pirelli.
Furthermore, the use of this sudden build up in the music creates tension and suspense as it sets an uneasy mood for the audience and signifies a that something terrible is bound to happen any second.
The orchestral music then only goes down a bit but still maintains an uneasy tense volume level and this prolongs the suspense and suggests to the audience that there will be an unexpected reaction from Sweeney Todd as he slowly builds up in rage.

 Another part where sound is used is controlled is where the pot next to Sweeney starts to boil and produce steam when Pirelli finally forces him to explode in anger.

The use of the increasing diegetic high-pitched sound of the pot's boiling steam almost signifies Sweeney's rage increasing and establishes this tense atmosphere and creates suspense as it foreshadows that Sweeney Todd is going to do something drastic and knowing how dark of a character he is, it will probably lead him to brutally murder him using a weapon.

Non diegetic sound is also used to control the mood and atmosphere in the scene.

This was evident where as soon as Sweeny picked up the boiling pot to assault Pirelli, there was a sudden rise of volume to a high pitched horror-like, fast-paced orchestral sound which is then played through the part where Pirelli is bludgeoned to death.

This then provokes shock to the audience as soon as Sweeney first ruthlessly hit Pirelli with the pot, it makes his action totally unexpected as the music had started immediately from when he about to assault Pirelli. The use of this sudden fast orchestral music was to signal prolonged violence, it played as the violence had continued and then as Sweeney stopped, where the tempo of the music had slows down and the volume had decreased as Sweeney relaxes in his chair with relief.

This then establishes a suddenly calm, tranquil and controlled atmosphere and almost synchronises with how Sweeney feels. In addition, as soon as Pirelli had died, the atmosphere had became more quieter and tranquil and this shows this sense of accomplishment in Sweeney Todd.

This then shows how the non-diegetic soundtrack is used to almost reflect his emotions and shows the extent of Sweeney Todd's rage.

Mise en Scene is also used in Sweeney Todd to establish and reveal a hidden aspect about a character.

This is shown where there is a mid close up sot of Sweeney by the day lit and Pirelli stands next to him from behind in the dark area of the shot.
Light is on Sweeney to indicate that he is the audience's visual point of focus in the shot, this is in order to show Sweeney's countenance and gradual build up of rage as Pirelli winds him up. In addition, it is to show how Sweeney receives news given to him by Pirelli.

While on the other hand, Pirelli stands in the dark part of the shot behind him and this reveals this character as a dark, sinister and villainous figure, like an antagonist. This also creates a creepy and uneasy atmosphere as it's almost like Pirelli's appearance has changed into what seems to be this burden to Sweeney, a shadow that menacingly follows Sweeney Todd.

Editing is used in the sequence to set the pace of scene and provoke a feeling within the audience.

This is shown where there are short, fast-paced shots of every hit made on Pirelli and is at a fast pace in order to create this sense of excitement and adrenaline.
Furthermore, this also provokes shock in the viewer as it all happens so quickly that it was completely unexpected for this violent and ruthless act to happen.

Casualty - Disability

Large major music labels are largely helped by the advancement of digital media and especially where consumption is concerned.

This is evident as Sony's music can be very easily accessed and from almost all platforms of media such as YouTube, iTunes, Vevo, and other online streaming sites, not only online you can view and listen to Sony's music artists, but also on their very own hardware such as the Sony Xperia, The Sony Rolly, Walkman and more of their electronic mixed media hardware.

This makes a wide audience be able to access their music fast and easy, therefore using this as a way of cross promoting both their artists, their artists' music, and Sony Music itself.

In addition, Sony also synergizes with other music and media sharing companies such as YouTube and Vevo and is evident where for instance, if you go onto YouTube, it is noticed that music streaming companies such as Ministry of Sound, UKF and Vevo tend to have Sony's artists and music playing from their channels.

This was because Sony does not have it's own music streaming platform therefore teaming up with popular media companies of the web to share out Sony's music.
This is a way of Sony being able to not only make their music sparse across the worldwide web, but cross promoting their music and making their artists known to a huge global audience.

Another way in which the advancement of digital media benefits Sony is with their digital marketing.

This is shown as the  multi-functional conglomerate label Sony often uses their own Sony branded hardware such as the Xperia smartphone series, the Sony Walkman series & MP3s,Blu Ray, Music stereos and other of their multi-media hardware to cross promote their artists' music and new releases. For instance, Sony had used Adele's new release 'Skyfall' in the advertisement of their exclusive new smartphone Sony Xperia T.

This benefits Sony significantly as by doing this, they are able to advertise their hardware and electronic products as much as their music and artists in order to have that 2-in-one promotion and advertisement and both on TV and the all across the web, therefore becoming appealing an extraordinary amount of people on a global scale.

BSM Records

BSM Records does not however have the same privileges of advertising their music though a he number of media platforms and to a global audience either, due to the fact that their are only an independent music label. But however on the other hand is still able to cross promote their music effectivey.

A touch of frost

The extract from Touch of Frost portrays disabled people as anything but human.

This is evident as the extract shows the character with down syndrome Billy, walking in the woods before suddenly getting surrounded by a large number of police officers and then gets arrested after pleading repeatedly "I didn't do anything!" and questioned by an officer.

This is portrays disabled people like Billy as almost being inhuman and a threat to "normal people" as they ruthlessly hunt him down like some sort of runaway criminal or animal and this over exaggeratedly conforms the negative stereotype of people with down syndrome as well as mentally disabled people also.
This also shows a rather ridiculously exaggerated aspect on mentally disable people and the way that they are and possibly should be treated.
 It shows that people like Billy with down syndrome do not have the same amount of freedom or even rights living in London and through this extract, it implies not even a stroll in the forest is allowed.

The use of cinematography helps to depict an aspect on mentally disabled people.

This is shown through the constant use of close up shots of Billy where he caught by the police and in the scene where he is interviewed.

Each close -up shot shows his reaction and facial expressions to imply and remind the viewer that he is still human,still understands speech and has an average mentality. This challenges its own portrayal of disabled people, as well as showing Billy as an outcast to society due to that fact that he was with no one, he is at the same time portrayed as a normal, average but misunderstood person. The use of the close-up shots also suggests that mentally disable people do have normal human emotions although they have Down's syndrome.

Also, in the story, an 8 year old girl had disappeared near the local woods, foul play is suspected as circumstances point to a seemingly harmless 20 year old with Down's Syndrome.

Billy Conrad happens to have Downs syndrome but is however still fairly accepted by the local children as a mate and lives at home with his loving parents.

However, the equilibrium is disrupted as it all starts to go wrong as he all of a sudden becomes a suspect for the murder of a little girl in the local area.

As the story progresses in the extract we learn more about Billy and discover the person behind the label. He is vilified, labelled, taunted, tolerated or championed, depending on the attitudes of the people concerned. Seeing these different approaches to Billy causes us to reflect inwardly about our own standpoints and outlook on people with Down's syndrome.

The 'Touch of Frost' extract uses cinematography to establish a portrayal of disability.

This is evident from the very beginning of the extract as it shows a series of mid shots of police in a dark woods searching and scouting around and the last shot of it all is of a mid-shot of a police officer and then the camera swiftly tilts down to the ground. Then the next shot is of Billy, a boy with Down's Syndrome, walking in the woods with the police behind him.

The use of the series of shots of the police searching first gives off this idea that they may be tracking down some sort of animal as the use of the mid-shots show the officers looking down at the ground, then we cut to a mid shot of the officer with a hound then tilts to the view of the ground which reinforces the idea of them tracking down some sort of animal as they look at the foot prints.
Then the use of it cutting to Billy with the police behind him which immediately implies that they are in fact looking for him and this creates an exaggerated and rather offensive aspect on people with Down's Syndrome because it depicts them as animals and almost as a danger to the public. Furthermore, this heavily and unfairly d

The films I have chosen to study.

SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

 Director - Guy Ritchie

Other Films done by Guy Richie - Snatch, RocknRolla, Man from U.N.C.L.E, Suspect, Revolver, Swept Away

Cast - Rober Downley Jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Robert maillet, Kelly Reilly, William Houston, Geraldine James, Hans Matheson, James Fox, William Hope, Clive Russell, Oran Gurel, David Garrick.

STORYLINE:After finally catching serial killer and occult "sorcerer" Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner's new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic - and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler.

Awards:

VES Award - Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture.

Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure

IFTA Award - Best International Actor

Grammy Award - Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television and Other Visual Media

Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture: Comedy & Musical

Excellence in Production Design Award - Period Film

SWEENEY TODD (2007)
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, also known as the notorious Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Director - Tim Burton 

Other films by Tim Burton - Ed Wood, Batman Returns, Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, Big Eyes, Frankenweenie, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Mars Attacks!, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Cabin Boy 

Cast - Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jayne Wisener and Ed Sanders

Storyline:
 In the Victorian London, the barber Benjamin Barker is married to the gorgeous Lucy and they have a lovely child, Johanna. The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin, who falsely accuses the barber of a crime that he did not commit and abuses Lucy later after gaining custody of her. After fifteen years in exile, Benjamin returns to London under the new identity of Sweeney Todd, seeking revenge against Turpin. He meets the widow Mrs. Lovett who is the owner of a meat pie shop who tells him that Lucy swallowed arsenic many years ago, and Turpin assigned himself tutor of Johanna. He opens a barber shop above her store, initiating a crime rampage against those who made him suffer and lose his beloved family.

AWARDS:

WAFCA Award - Best Art Direction

Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie Villain

SDFCS Award - Best Production Design

PFCS Award - Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Achievement in Production Design & Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role

National Movie Award - Best  Performance

NBR Award - Best Director, One of the Top Ten Films

MTV Movie Award - Best Villain

LAFCA Award - Best Production Design

Sierra Award - Best Costume Design & Youth in Film 

Vincent Koehler Award - Outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film

Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture: Comedy & Musical
                     - Best Perfomance by an Actor in a Motion Picture: Comedy & Musical


Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Actress

Empire Award - Best Actress

DFWFCA Award - Best Director

CDG Award - Excellence in Costume Design for Film

Eddie Award - Best Edited Feature Film: Comedy & Musical

Saturn Award - Best Costume

Oscar - Best Achievement in Art Direction




Technical Info 

Camera used for the film

- Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL, Panavision Primo Lenses
- Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision Primo Lenses