Use the film below and discuss its contribution to its category (documentary, experimental, or animated film). You will need to do some research for this discussion.

1. What other films or directors’ styles influenced this film

2. How are those influences present in the film?

3. What does the film do with the form that is new or in some way innovative?

4. How has this film influenced others that came after it?

Animation Film Choices:

Corpse Bride (1:17:00)

Most people know director Tim Burton for The Nightmare Before Christmas, but The Corpse Bride is just as quintessentially Burton: it has a great musical score, satirizes the rich, makes the dead funny and endearing, and pulls off a beautiful – and beautifully odd – love story. I dare you not to be enchanted.

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