Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
Epic, sweeping, tragic and strange, Sweeney Todd is not doubt among the films of the year, which has great examples of design scenic, lighting, and costume, the tone and mood. Tim Burton blesses it with peculiarly perfect combination of brilliant music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim and gloomy visuals. This file is a great digital painting, which is the creation of electronic images, carried out not by the rendering of computer models, but due to human use of the traditional tools of computer simulations of the artist. It has latest technology of studio lighting and the use of this technology of studio lighting and studio flash) a powerful light fixture mounted on a special stand (stands for light), which was moved around the set, regardless of the shooting equipment. The costume (attire) worn in the film was at a fancy dress ball. The quality of a voice or tone in this film is based on use of high-class technology. Mood of this film has the prevailing psychological state that attracts the viewers. Tape is removed in the cold dark colors macabre gothic style reminiscent of earlier film Burton's “Sleepy Hollow.”
The silent colors feels never tired, specifically when those certain colors begin to be balanced by the bloody red color. All the interiors are filthy and cramped and the even worse are the street where the viewers are sucked into the eddy with Sweeney and this is a world with no hope and no color (Wheeler). Combination of lighting, scenic and costume, used in the film are unique and very creative. Lighting is adjusted with colors in such a manner that it enhances the theme of every scene and communicates it effectively with viewer. When some tragic scenes are in place, though, the director holds not anything back, and finishes the film on a reminder of such dreadful darkness we almost ask for an epilogue. Generally, the film is referred as masterpiece of Stephen Sondheim, it may be too early to state, but by time, it may be the Burton’s as well.
Work cited
Mack, Robert L. The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2007.
Wheeler, Hugh. Sweeney Todd: the demon barber of Fleet Street. Hal Leonard Corporation, 1991.
