Film Techniques Used In A Mare Film Analysis

The lighting techniques used in Edwards’s film influence greatly the meaning of the shot. Tim Burton used a dreary light, an expression to display the mood of the movie. Lightening made the characters’ setting and several things look mysterious. The first appearance of Edward happens to be a dark corner of an empty room. In a mare look up, Edward is clothed in stiff black fabric encaging his upper body. The dark character of the room makes the Avon woman stare and want to come closely to examine Edward features. In this way, the use of light draws the attention of the audience.
The use of light is also applied when Edward was leaving the house and comes in to contact with flashing red lights. He could see the police officers pointing guns at him. The flashing red light showed presence of police officers. Social satire comes into play in the scene where Edward encounters the police as he tried to rob a house. The purpose of this satire is to give you an idea about human flows in the community. In a much wider depiction of light, Burton brought the aspect of gothic field. For instance, the opening scene was in a very gloomy puzzling turret. This castle was encircled by the impression of vagueness because it was black, foggy and with snow falls. This revealed a horrible situation
This camera positioning brings forth a depiction to view Edward as “god” for he is taller than Joyce is. This meaning is enhanced by the use of a light blue-sky background. In this contest, we conclude that camera movement and angle are used to generate an imaginary image. In addition, the title Edward “Scissorhands” clearly implies that Edwards’s hands were harmful. However, Joyce’s hands were scrawl and spiky, particularly her nails that were long and curved. This makes an impression that Joyce is evil and treacherous for her hands resembled those of a