Edward Scissorhands Essay

A dark castle sat on the outside of town still visible from town but too eerie for anyone to dare to go up there. There was a kind lady who cares and loves everyone. Her name is Peg, Peg welcomes Edward to town and gives him a nice place to live. Everyone is impressed by what Edward can do until Kim, Pegs daughter and her boyfriend Jim return from their camping trip. Edward falls in love with Kim the moment he laid eyes on her. Kim is rude and embarrassed at first but once Jim showed Kim who he really was she instantly knew she loved Edward. In the movie Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses costume, color, and set/props to create a contrasting mood throughout the fim.

Tim Burton used costume, color, and set/props to create a light mood in
A scene that I felt was the darkest moment was when Jim and Edward were fighting. Jim was repeatedly hitting Edward in the back with some heavy metal object. When he was going to kill Edward, Kim stepped in and defended him. Once that occurred he backhanded Kim then pushed her down. Edward saw he was mistreating Kim and that filled him with rage. He stabbed Jim in the chest with his hand and and shoved him so far back he flew out the window and fell to his death. That was one scene that I thought really defined dark/spooky. I believe that costumes contribute to creating that dark mood as well in this film. For example, when Edward first came to town his pale face covered with scars and his completely black costume. It gave us a dark evil feeling and when Peg couldn’t get rid of his scars no matter what he tried it made me think he will never change. I also think that color contributes to creating a dark mood because when they first showed the town they put the bright little houses in the background then the huge dark and black castle/mansion it really stood out and gave me a strange feeling about it. Also when Edward and Jim began fighting the lighting suddenly got super dark and when we thought he was going to kill Edward it became the darkest it ever was. Suddenly when Edward killed Jim I felt the scene begin to get brighter like some weight