Similarities Between Alice In Wonderland And Edward Scissorhands
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In today’s society there are standards for the way people look, dress, and speak. If one person, piece of literature, or film fractures one single rule, they emerge from the crowd and become an outsider. Tim Burton’s films fall under the outcast category. His films are unusually unique. In his films Alice in Wonderland and Edward Scissorhands Burton takes an original idea from his childhood and a common fairytale and pulls out the grim side of the story, yet still keeps the film’s child-like feeling. Alice, from Alice in Wonderland, and Edward from, Edward Scissorhands, are both characters that are treated as social pariahs and also see the world differently. Tim Burton uses multiple cinematic techniques such as side/bottom lighting,
In today’s society there are standards for the way people look, dress, and speak. If one person, piece of literature, or film fractures one single rule, they emerge from the crowd and become an outsider. Tim Burton’s films fall under the outcast category. His films are unusually unique. In his films Alice in Wonderland and Edward Scissorhands Burton takes an original idea from his childhood and a common fairytale and pulls out the grim side of the story, yet still keeps the film’s child-like feeling. Alice, from Alice in Wonderland, and Edward from, Edward Scissorhands, are both characters that are treated as social pariahs and also see the world differently. Tim Burton uses multiple cinematic techniques such as side/bottom lighting,