the Edward Scissorhands& The Cabinet of Dr Caligari The pale face‚ messy dark hair‚ According to the inspiration from the somnambulist Cesare in the Cabinet of Dr Caligari‚ in 1990‚ Edward was created in the Edward Scissorhands by Tim Burton. There are a lots of horror element in both of films. However‚ they are shows us different types of movie. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is a horror‚ but the Edward Scissorhands is a drama and romance movie. In the both of films‚ mise en scene and cinematograph
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are different. The texts Edward Scissorhands - directed by Tim Burton - and To Kill a Mockingbird - a controversial novel written by Harper Lee - both explore the ways in which society treats people who are not like them whether it is because they look or act different. Both texts demonstrate how a misunderstood character can be quickly judged through his actions and appearance. Whilst the two texts focus mainly on appearance as an explanation for the way the characters are treated‚ they also illustrate
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audiences feel new emotions for over 3 decades. Burton has a way for making the audience feel a certain way about certain things in his films. He can make the audience feel attached to the dark characters in his films. Many of the main characters seem to be odd or different‚ such as Edward in Edward Scissorhands he does this by using many different cinematic techniques. Each technique adds to the main theme throughout his films. Tim Burton uses sound and music‚ lighting‚ and characterization types to
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Edward Scissorhands The movie Edward Scissorhands emphasises how hard it is for a person out of the norm to actually be accepted by society. People judge others by their appearance before getting to know a person. When seeing someone or something to new‚ some sort of comment or reaction will come into a persons’ mind; whether it be good‚ bad‚ or just simply a thought. Many times if a negative impression is given off by a person that you are not well acquainted with‚ automatically you will feel a
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bizarre to the other characters. A Grotesque character induces disgust‚ caused by his villainous outlooks‚ as well as empathy‚ as his personality contrast his outside‚ in other words is very likeable and nice. Despite trying to fit in and feel normal‚ the society will not accept Grotesque characters‚ for they miss the society´s idea of what is normal to look like and act like. Furthermore‚ it is often just the society´s judgemental reactions that make the Grotesque character act like a monster‚ being
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Edward Scissorhands essay 1 In today’s society we struggle as a race to accept differences. With our life being influenced by media and people in power it is easy to follow and believe what everyone else believes rather than standing out as an individual. In Edward scissorhands‚Edward never backs away from his differences he teaches people to tolerate him by being himself and showing that being different is acceptable. An important idea was how the townspeople lacked in empathy and were quick
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Ever since Edward was built‚ he was never going to fit into a normal lifestyle. Tim Burton’s film Edward Scissorhands‚ described as a ‘romantic‚ dark fantasy’‚ captures the effect of change in a monotonous American neighbourhood. Burton uses many different effects to portray that western society and lifestyle is very dull and full of carbon-copied people following the crowd. Through the use of colour contrast‚ stereotypes and an unusual visitor to the neighbourhood‚ Burton is able to convey his idea
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Tim Burton in his film “Edward Scissor Hands” communicates the dominant perspective that forcing others to conform to societal norms is a negative‚ paticurly when the focus is on someone who is marginalised through no fault to his own. In this instance‚ Edward is the brain-child of a well meaning inventor‚ however the Frankenstein sub-genre of film provides intertextuality that is wrong and irresponsible to play god with creation of life. Therefore‚ from the start‚ Edward is constructed as an other
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perceived impairtment. I chose the movie Edward Scissorhands as my example for disabilities‚ and how it makes life so different from the “normal”. Edward Scissorhands is a movie that came out in 1990‚ and it is very popular. The movie portrays Edward as having a clear physical disability‚ and a mental disability that may not be as obvious. The movie starts out with a woman telling her granddaughter a bed time story of where snow comes from and a man named Edward who has scissors for hands. He was completely
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mysterious character always accompanied by ominous music (non-diegetic sound). Mid shot of the main group of characters contrasts the long shot of the character in purple. The door frame also frames this character. In combination‚ these film techniques reveal a mysterious character and mood within the beginning 20 minutes of the movie. This suggests/foreshadows to the viewers/audience that this character may have a dark/negative impact on the story as a whole (in particular Edward Scissorhands).
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