Task 3

The Brothers Quay

The Brothers Quay are two brothers who work in animation; Stephen and
Timothy Quay who were born in 1947. They have produced many titles, including
I Hear My Name, 2013 Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H., 2011 Through the
Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting, 2009 Inwentorium
sladw, 2007 Eurydice... She, So Beloved, 2005 The Piano Tuner of EarthQuakes,
2003 The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry
Wellcome's Medical Collection, 2003 Songs for Dead Children, 2001 Stille Nacht
V: Dog Door, 2000 Duet, 2000 The Sandman, 2000 In Absentia, 1995 The
Summit, 1995 Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life,
1994 Stille Nacht IV, 1993 Are We Still Married, 1993 De Artificiali Perspectiva,
1992 Tales from the Vienna Woods, 1991 The Calligrapher, 1991 The Comb, 1988
Stille Nacht I, 1987 Tales of the Brothers Quay, 1987 This Unnameable Little
Broom, 1987 Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies, 1986 Street of Crocodiles, 1984
The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, 1983 Janacek: Intimate Excursions, 1982 Igor
Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929, 1981 Ein Brudermord, 1981
The Eternal Day of Michel De Ghelderode, 1980 Punch & Judy: Tragical Comedy or
Comical Tragedy and 1979 Nocturna Artificialia.
Stephen started out studying film in university and Timothy studied illustration at
university, then they went to England where they started producing short films in
1969 whilst studying at university. They stayed to work there where they started
producing their animations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNOfsJz4TjA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWeRnpMgbj8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0z4XfzMxs8
They won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design and were
nominated for a Tony Award for set design.
I personally like how dramatic and intense their work it, it engrosses you because
it is quite obscure. I wouldnt particularly describe it as enjoyable to watch
because it is quite dark and I find it slightly distressing because some of it is gory
and the puppets disturb me, but I can appreciate it as a good production of stop
motion because the puppets run very smoothly and it looks professional. I think
their videos that play to music work really well because the intense and dramatic
music works with the dark, intense music.

Tim Burton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJYvofI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuEOA9GbK6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQcBKUPm8o
Tim Burton has produced; Alice Through the Looking Glass, Beetlejuice 2, Big
Eyes, Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers , Frankenweenie, Abraham Lincoln:
Vampire Hunter, Corpse Bride, Lost in Oz, The World of Stainboy, Mars Attacks!,
James and the Giant Peach, Batman Forever, A Visit with Vincent, Ed Wood, Cabin
Boy, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Family Dog, Batman Returns, Beetlejuice,
Edward Scissorhands, Luau and Stalk of the Celery Monster.
Tim Burton started out studying character animation at California Institute of The
Arts where he made short films which attracted the interest of Walt Disneys
animation department. They offered him an apprentice where he would help with
films, then in1982 he created his first ever film with them; Vincent. From then on
he started creating more of his own content and eventually creating the films he
is famous for today.
Awards
Emmy Award

(1990) Won Outstanding Children's Animated Program / Beetlejuice

Academy Awards

(2006) Nominated Best Animated Feature / Corpse Bride

(2013) Nominated Best Animated Feature / Frankenweenie

BAFTA Awards

(2004) Nominated Best Direction / Big Fish

(2005) Nominated Best Feature Film / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

(2013) Nominated Best Animated Film / Frankenweenie

Golden Globe Awards

(2008) Nominated Best Director Motion Picture / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber
of Fleet Street

(2008) Won Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy / Sweeney Todd: The Demon
Barber of Fleet Street

(2010) Nominated Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy / Alice in Wonderland

Cannes Film Festival

(1994) Nominated Palme d'Or / Ed Wood

Saturn Awards

(1990) Nominated Best Director / Beetlejuice

(1993) Nominated Best Director / Batman Returns

(1997) Nominated Best Director / Mars Attacks!

(2000) Nominated Best Director / Sleepy Hollow

(2008) Nominated Best Director / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

National Board of Review Awards

(2008) Won Best Director / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

(2004) Nominated Best Director / Big Fish

Producers Guild of America Awards

(2006) Nominated Animated Motion Picture / Corpse Bride

(2008) Honored Scream Awards: Scream Immortal Award, for his unique interpretation
of horror and fantasy

(2009) Won Best Producer / 9

64th Venice International Film Festival

(2007) Honored Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Lacanian Psychoanalysis Prize

(2010) Won Alice in Wonderland[58]

The Order of the Arts and Letters

(2010) Knighted by Culture Minister of France

Moscow International Film Festival

(2012) "Golden George" for his contribution to world cinema

Articles

I enjoy watching Tim Burtons animated productions because they are engaging
and the animations are original and their faces and expressions are well
animated so you feel more connected to the characters. I find some of them
quite frightening like in the Corpses Bride or The nightmare before Christmas,
but I think theyre meant to be scary. For an alternative horror animation they
work really well because I find them quite disturbing but if the genre wasnt
meant to be horror I wouldnt like it as much because I wouldnt like the
characters. Tim Burtons set designs work really well with the characters and
storylines and I think his success as a creator show how good his animations are.