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About Tim Burton: Director, producer and screenwriter, he is known for visualy striking films which blend themes of fantasy and horror. This famous film-maker was born in California in 1958. He has a son in 2003 and a daughter in 2007 with his wife Helena Bonham Carter. Concerning his career, he studied animation at  California Institute of Arts and, upon his graduation, worked as a disney animator for less than a year. After, he decides to create his personal one. His most famous work: After forming his own production company, Burton directed the lavish production  Batman  (1989). The following year, Burton directed the bizarre but touching film  Edward Scissorhands . In 1993  he produced the animated musical  Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas . In 1994, Burton cast Johnny Depp as the title character in  Ed Wood —a black-and-white portrait of a middling filmmaker and his all-consuming passion to succeed. After produ...

Tim Burton Fill in the gaps in this biography of Tim Burton Tim Burton was born in 1958, in the city of Burbank , California He remains without question one of the most original film Director working in Hollywood  today. Indeed, his talent and originality have kept him at the top of the profession where he occupies a very special place, somewhere in the mainstream and the avant-garde, in that region of cinema occupied by artists ______ worldview is _______ unconventional that it attains popular appeal. In 1989, Tim Burton directed the hugely famous Batman which, although his third personal film, was one of the most known movies of all time and gave him unprecedented success in Hollywood, considering the originality and adventurousness of his extraordinary films (for example Beetlejuice in 1988). Edward Scissorhands (1990), another hit, saw him at the peak of his growing powers and established a fruitful working relationship with the actor J...

POST 5: An Art exhibition review Pop Art Myths   Thyssem-Bornemisza museum Madrid  Paseo del Prado, 8, 28014 Madrid    June  10th -  September  14th  2014 http://www2.museothyssen.org/microsites/exposiciones/2014/mitos-del-pop/info_en.html#anclaPaseo del Prado, 828014 Madrid-10 June to 14 Septembre 2014-        Three years ago, some of the most famous pop art's artist were represented during the Pop Art Myths exhibition. We could appreciate the works of Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Peter Blake and other talented artists from June 10th until September 14th 2014. At least, 3 months of painting exhibition took place at the Thyssen Museum in Madrid. This exibhition was specific to this museum, it was created by Paloma Alarco who is the curator. There were no groups, all the painting belonged to individuals artists. The director of this exibhition choose a work of pop art from different artist which ...

QUANTITY: The document I have chosen:     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_mortality#/media/File:Infant_Mortality_Rate_by_Region_1950-2050.png Interpretation:  This document is a graph which represents the evolution of infant mortality rate by region from 1950 to 2015 and projections until 2050. Vertically we can notice the infant mortality rate, whereas horizontally we can see the years.                                                                                       At first sight, we can see that all the trends are decreasing, which is a positive worldwide evolution. Nowadays, more babies stay alive than 50 years ago. Then, from the 1960 we can notice that the majority of the curve is suddenly dropping and they keep this dynam...

THE IDEA OF PROGRESS 1. Read the definitions and fill in the gaps with suitable words. PROGRESS 1. Forward movement, as toward a goal . Advance .  Development . Increase =                                     =======>> Quantity 2. Gradual betterment . Steady / Progressive  improvement of society / civilization / humankind.                                     =======>> Quality 2. Brainstorming: Here is a list of questions you must ask yourself about the notion. Complete the blanks. What type of progress? technological / scientific / social / cultural / artistic / economic /educational ...