Low Key Lighting is also used to create atmosphere in Burton’s film Corpse Bride. In scene 6 Victor arrives in the land of the dead, When Victor is taken to the land of the dead the atmosphere of the film changes. Victor passes out after practicing his voles in the woods and meeting his corpse bride he then tries to flee from her but faints and wakes up in the “World of the Dead”. When Victor was in the land of the living with his Victorian upbringing his surroundings (people buildings plants etc) where dark with little colour and light, The sky is always grey, when there are scenes inside buildings there is never any artificial light used to try make the movie brighter, in scene 2 when we see Victors parents entering Victorias house there is no light in the house except the light from outside that shines through when the door is open (which isn’t much light at all because the skies are grey) The buildings light source is the daylight that shines through windows and that is repeated throughout the movie dull dark lighting. However in the land of the dead they have green lighting that brings a more cheerful atmosphere. They use a spotlight on the skeleton when he is telling the story of the corpse bride, which brings everything to life rather then having no lighting at all like they have in the land of the living. There is lively music playing and the lighting is more vibrant, there is artificial lighting used and it brightens the whole atmosphere of the movie making the land of the dead have a festive feeling compared to the land of the living which is ironic seeing as well in the land of the dead is full of dead people.










In Edward Scissorhands again we see Burton using dark low key lighting again. When the Avon lady drives to Edwards house to sell her beauty products she enters his house. We once again see dull greys used colour wise the house looks old and washed out. We see light streaming in through windows and the open door but that is all the light that Edwards house is given. There are no lamps or lights around the house to light it up and give it a brighter mood there is just the light from the windows. Since there is quite a bit of light coming in through the windows the light creates shadows of people giving it a spooky house effect. If you shoot with natural light in your living you will end up with a picture that is full of dull greys and grey whites which is what Burton has used here. Burton has allowed the roof of the Edwards house to have a massive hole in it which also allows light and Edwards house has quite a few big windows al around the place as showen in this scene. Burton has made Edwards house as dark and dull as possible. Whereas in the town of perfect little people a lot of light is shown in the houses we have artififcal house lights a lot more bright colours in the houses which adds light giving the difference of edwards house compared to everyone else houses very different atmospheres.