Hannah Crissell, Candidate No. 8082

Sam Mealey, Candidate No. 8227

The Cat and the Moon

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After viewing many of Tim Burton's work, I have noticed a certain fascination with cats and the moon. These two things are often featured in his work, for example the nightmare before Christmas is  famous for the spiral hill with the giant moon behind it. It would be difficult to research the film without coming across pictures sampling an exaggerated overuse of the moon. Similarly the corpse bride displays a similar obsession with moonlight, with the corpse bride herself (Emily) saying "I've spent so long in the darkness, I'd almost forgotten how beautiful the moonlight is". It is as if Tim Burton is trying to show just how overlooked the moon can be when it can emphasise the slightest features simply by casting its ghostly shadow over that object.
Similarly yet less provocatively, a cat is featured in many of Tim Burton's work. In corpse bride a cat can be seen strolling and creeping around the town during the introduction, in the nightmare before Christmas there is an alarm which is shaped as a screaming cat and the more obvious example is in Vincent where a cat is featured as one of Vincent's companions. 
So to show our own little obsession of Tim Burton's work, we have decided to use his effects of the moon and include a new character known simply as the orphanage cat who will be shown as Lucy's only friend.







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