Conventions of Tim Burton films

I composed a chart after watching several Tim Burton films;


Director/Writer/ Producer: 

• Sleepy Hollow - Dir. Tim Burton, Produced by Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder and Francis Ford Coppola, Screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker.

• Sweeeny Tood: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Dir. Tim Burton, Produced by Richard D. Zanuck, John Logan, Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. Written by John Logan.

• The Nightmare Before Christmas - Dir. Henery Selik. Produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi. Screenplay by Caroline Johnson. 

• The Corpse Bride - Dir. Tim Burton and Mike Johnson. Produced by Tim Burton, Allison Abbate, Joe Ranft and Derek Frey. Screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler.

• Alice In Wonderland  - Dir. Tim Burton. Produced by Richard D. Zanuck, Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd
  and Jennifer Todd.

Connventions of Narrative (Mostly themes/symbols)

• Sleepy Hollow - Witches/Death/Revenge/Misunderstanding/Love/Hate/Other world
• Sweeny Todd -  Death/Revenge/Love/Marrige/Entrapment/Beauty/Poverty V. Privellege
• The Nightmare Before Christmas - Other worlds/ Haloween/Christmas/ Monsters/ Death/ Love/ Kidnap
• Corpse Bride - Death/Murder/Love/Marrage/Misunderstanding
• Alice In Wonderland - Society/conformity/other worlds/ monsters/ marrage...

Charaters

• Sleepy Hollow - Witches, Iccabod Crane, The Hessian (Headless Horseman)
• Sweeny Todd - Benjamin Barker/ Sweeny Todd, Mrs Lovett, The Judge
• The Nightmare Before Christmas - Jack Skellington, Boogey Man, Santy Claus
• Corpse Bride - The Bride, Victor and Victoria, the man who tries to marry Victoria
• Alice In Wonderland - Alice, The Mad Hatter, Chessie, The Red Queen

All stories have a protagonist, and one (or several) antagonists. They each have companions that either help them completley, or hinder them slightly in one way, and helping them in another. Additionally, there are several reoccuring actors in each film - Johnny Depp is in all of them and Helena Bonham Carter is is at least two of them. Tim Burton often gets the same proffesionals in for each film. Most characters have a dark past.

Mise - En - Scene

• Sleepy Hollow - Dark, rural, small community. Old fashioned clothing.
• Sweeny Todd - Dirty city, bustling with people. Victorian gothic styles of decor and clothing.
• The Nightmare Before Christmas - Animated world of haloween dark. Christmas world is extravagant.
• Corpse Bride - Again, very dark and based in victorian times.
• Alice in Wonderland - Bright summertime in the real world. During the Red Queen's reign, Underland is fairly dark and run down, whereas during the White Queen's reign (as seen in Tarrant's (the hatter's) flashback, everything is brighter and more extravagant. These reflect the different styles of reign and the personalities of the queens.