Activité sur Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - An Invitation to the Wedding

Mark Salisbury · 2005

Résumé · With an exclusive foreword by Tim Burton and fascinating text by Mark Salisbury, this is a rich homage to the filmmakers' artistry in the incomparable Corpse Bride. Here is a true collector's dream book, featuring more than 250 dazzling illustrations, a stunning visual companion to the acclaimed film from directors Tim Burton and Mike Johnson that carries on the dark, romantic tradition of the classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham-Carter), while his real bride, Victoria (Emily Watson), waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep away from his one true love. It's a tale of optimism, romance, and a very lively aflterlife, told in a classic Tim Burton style.This inspired volume showcases spectacular movie stills, sketches, paintings, and Tim Burton's own drawings. Covering pre-production, production, and post-production, sections detail character realization, set development and construction, puppet fabrication, costuming, and stop-motion filming – all the wonderful intricacies of the elaborate process. The book's final part retells the film's story in images with synopsis, storyboards, and lyrics.