In Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands, there are many underlying meanings, which is to be expected with any of Burton’s works. This film starts off with an elderly woman telling her granddaughter a story about a man with scissors for hands, and it is at this moment where we, the audience, are introduced to the concept of our title character, Edward Scissorhands. That concept is enough to let the audience know that Edward is out of the ordinary, but it isn’t until we see Edward on screen surrounded
movie is called Edward Scissorhands and was directed by Tim Burton who also directed Beetlejuice, and Charlie in the Chocolate Factory. Tim Burton’s Gothic style is best conveyed through his use of low key lighting, dull colors, and establishing shots. Examples of this are in Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice. For example at the beginning of both movies there is an establishing shot that shows the setting and pans around the town. Like in the beginning of Edward Scissorhands there is a establishing
viewers sympathize with strange characters in many ways, but one of them is through camera framing. In the film, “Edward Scissorhands”, there is a scene where Edward is recalling the inventor’s death. This scene showed a close up shot of Edward with a grim look on his face while he is recalling his horrible memory. By showing a close up shot of Edward’s face, it results in showing that Edward was sad about
In today’s society people are constantly being judge for differences in their personality and appearance. With the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton portrays the significance of unique characteristics. In this case, characters are introduced to societies where their personalities and appearances clash with the others. There are certain effects created by the author that leave everyone surrounded to be affected by these introduced characters. Throughout the
mansion she heads to the second and third floor. She sees that there is a man in the corner hiding in the dark. Peg sees that Edward from director Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, has scissor hands and wants to take him home. Mysterious situations like this appear quite frequently. Tim Burton's mysterious and morbid style is best conveyed through
Tim Burton has more opportunities as a director than an author to convey mood and tone. In one of his most popular movies, Edward Scissorhands, he creates a sinister mood by creating a character with scissor hands. This gives us a feeling that this character is dangerous and may be harmful. Tim Burton uses exaggerated features and contrasting color to create unique characters that don’t fall in society’s norms. Lighting is key in a movie, if a film as high-key lighting it establishes an illusion
are reclusive and a little odd. As a child, Tim Burton possessed such characteristics as mentioned above, and still maintains a certain erratic persona. These aforementioned personality traits are displayed in his films Sleepy Hollow and Edward Scissorhands; Burton uses several editing techniques as well as diegetic sound to suggest the idea that misconceptions are often made about those who are different. Editing techniques are used in order to show other's reactions to the protagonist and their
key lighting, diegetic sound, and close-ups Tim Burton’s dark style is conveyed through his use of his hints at danger and low key lighting, this is used in Edward Scissorhands, when Edward is hiding from the cops the neighborhood is cast with shadows, the low key lighting as Edward is hiding it hints at danger for the audience because Edward could be caught by the police. This effect is also used in Vincent, Vincent is sent to his room and there are a lot of shadows and his
family. Edward and Peg from director Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands. The characteristics awkward, weird, and sweet appears often in Tim Burton’s work a lot. His work usually in this film has a high key and low key lighting. Burton’s creative style is best conveyed through his use of low key and high key lighting in Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice. One of the characteristics of Burton’s style is his use establishing shot to create the whole setting. For example, this happens in Edward Scissorhands
hoping to find the person who lived there. After walking up the steps she saw someone hiding and motioned for it to come toward her. At once she saw a dark shadow coming toward her which revealed a man with scissors for hands, Edward, from director Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands. Burton’s films are often mysterious with low key lighting and shots/framing to identify characters. Burton’s dark and creepy style is best conveyed through his use of low key lighting, horror/suspenseful