German
Expressionism refers to internal emotions being expressed in the form of film
and arts. This film technique initiated in Germany from 1919 onwards. The
expressionist movement of modern art is about self-analysis, madness, primitive
and sexual savagery. Expressionism in films is mostly done in terms of the
technicalities like camera angles, lightings and the presentation of characters
and their movements in the film. Besides that, the set design and chiaroscuro
lighting is emphasized in this form of art. Filmmakers in Germany back in early
19th century brought the form of art and filmmaking values when they
migrated to USA. In terms of Corpse Bride, the melodrama approach of songs
being added simply explains that self-reflection or self-analysis is applied in
the film values. For example, during the Piano duet song, it is the purest form
of creativity because no lyrics or dialogues were used to engage the emotions
between the characters and audiences. At
the same time, dimmed lighting used when Emily has her realization sitting
alone simply allows audiences to understand her lonely feeling and indulge more
to her realization. Since this film is a form of dark art, the visuals and
setting had to be mostly with dark techniques like, dimmed lighting, black
attire and setting of background following the theme and the directors has
executed the technique well throughout the film. For example, the dimmed
lighting scenes, and the scenes mostly taking place at night. For example,
Emily gets married to Victor, Victoria trying to escape from her room balcony
and many more. In conjunction to that, the setting is mostly dark, for example,
when Victor and Victoria first meet and the place, Victoria’s home being dark
most of the time. The setting allows audiences to feel more of the character,
which is applied in the film, for example, Emily’s characteristics could be
felt more with the ambiance of her place of living. Finally, the expression of
sexual savagery which is portrayed using Emily’s exposing attire. These
techniques does not only allow the presenter to express their feelings and
emotions but it allows the audiences to perceive their presentations precisely.
Corpse bride
basically is about a guy, Victor who is arranged to get married by his parents
who he doesn’t meet. Then, during the wedding, he fails to say his vows leading
the marriage to failure. Of the disappointment, he goes to into the woods to
practice his vows and accidently put the wedding ring into a corpse finger,
thinking that it is a branch of tree. That act allows, the corpse, Emily to
come alive and take Victor as her husband. Victor tries his best to get the
knot off as he is in love with Victoria, his fiancé. With all his attempt going
to failure, he is left with no choice but to accept Emily as his wife after
witnessing her soft side. Emily somehow makes a twist in the end which saves
all parties and allowing her to solve her vengeance against her former fiancé
Lord Barkis, a gold digger.
This film is
considered an unnatural horror for the elements of zombie. Furthermore, the
disturbing scene of body parts being dislocated and moving around surreally
like eye ball falling is considered unnatural. Moreover, the dialogue of worm
represents Emily’s thoughts in her mind. For example, the worm saying I was
inside your ears when Emily sits alone and thinks about her acts towards Victor
and realizes her faults truly defines good symbolization in the film.
Accordingly, a 3 act structure is used in terms of the plot. The film begins
with Victor’s journey of wanting to get married to Victoria. Then, the conflict
starts when vows are not said well and him getting married to a dead corpse,
Emily who revives into a new bride. Then the resolving act of the film, also
known as the ending in the 3 act structure, where Emily realizes her fault,
saves Victor from Lord Barkis and gets Victor married to Victoria while gets
her vengeance against Lord Baskis.
For the final
words of this review, the film is a good 3 way romantic film. The scriptwriter
and directors have done a great job in presenting the film using techniques of
German filmmakers like Robert Weine and Fritz Lang. some subtle symbolization
technique used to express their emotions to the audiences were well executed by
the modern filmmakers. For filmmakers to apply German expressionism in an
animation, being considered to be fresh in the cinema industry isn’t a simple
task and has been wisely done.
References ;
(Roger Ebert, 2005) TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE. Retrieved from; https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tim-burtons-corpse-bride-2005
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