Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: An Invitation to the Wedding (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook)

About this book

A stunning visual companion to the newest film from Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas Edward Scissorhands Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) featuring storyboards movie stills and Burtons own drawings. Corpse Bride carries on in the dark romantic tradition of Tim Burtons classic films Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Set in a 19th century European village this stopmotion 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 him away from his one true love. Its a tale of optimism romance and a very lively afterlife told in a classic Tim Burton style. Like Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas this official visual companion showcases spectacular movie stills sketches paintings and Tim Burtons own drawings. Covering preproduction production and post-production sections detail character realization set development and construction puppet fabrication costuming and stop-motion filming. The books final part retells the films story in images with synopsis storyboards and lyrics. 140 color illustrations.