Music Critique Paper- Edward Scissor hands The music composer of the film Edward Scissor hands is Danny Elfman. Danny Elfman grew up in Los Angeles and is a composer‚ singer and songwriter. He started a career as an actor and then in 1982 he scored his first film. He was a fan of the composers Bernard Herrmann and Franz Waxman. Danny was nominated Grammy Awards‚ Emmy awards and many more he won about thirty-four awards. Danny has composed for a number of films and T.V shows. Some of them being
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Tim Burton’s film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ warns of the dangers of a conformist society. Throughout the course of the movie‚ viewers are constantly reminded of this peril. Burton highlights this hazard by indicating that people who are different may find it challenging to be accepted. Moreover‚ in societies where everyone is similar‚ there is often a level of complacency and absence of creativity. The audience is also informed of the dangers when Burton shows that disorder and confusion can result when
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lexical change in present-day English Raymond Hickey Essen University 1 Introduction For several centuries English has been well known for its many cases of conversion‚ for instance it is used very frequently by Shakespeare‚ almost as a stylistic device of his. And to this day it has remained a prominent feature of the language. The standard definition of conversion (Bauer 1988: 90-2; Spencer 1991: 20) is a change in word-class without any alteration in form‚
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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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simile only says that one thing is like another‚ a metaphor says that one thing is another. All the world’s a stage / And all the men and women merely players ... (Shakespeare) Life’s but a walking shadow ... (Shakespeare Macbeth) ‘Night’ is often used as a metaphor for ‘evil’. He uses ‘night’ as a metaphorical equivalent of ‘evil’. Personification: a kind of metaphor in which animals‚ plants‚ inanimate objects or ab¬stract ideas are represented as if they were human beings and possessed human
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Compare the way in which the 2 films Frankenstein and Edward Scissor Hands represent stories of the misunderstood outcast in society. The 1930’s black and white film Frankenstein by James Whale and 1994’s film Edward Scissor Hands by Tim Burton are two movies about a misunderstood creation that is seen as an outcast and practically shunned by the community. In this essay I will be comparing the two films on the outcast‚ context‚ style and technique. The monster in James Whale’s production
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LEXICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES Metaphor Genuine metaphors Trite(dead) metaphors Metonymy Metonymy Metonymy is the substitution of one word for another with which it is associated: ‘The White House said…’ (the American government) ; the press (newspapers and magazines); the cradle(infancy‚ place of origin);the grave(death); The hall applauded; The marble spoke; The kettle is boiling; I am fond of Agatha Christie; We didn’t speak because there were ears all around us; He was about a sentence away from
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appropriated‚ Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton in 1990. Both Frankenstein and Edward Scissorhands show Gothic displays. Marry Shelly who wrote about a man-made monster‚ who was very different from normal people and appeals have disrupted human’s serenity. In contrast‚ Tim Burton uses his protagonist Edward Scissorhands‚ who is also extraordinarily unalike human beings. They are unable to evolve around human beings due to the effects of longs periods of isolation. Edward Scissorhands and Frankenstein
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From Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‚ to Big Fish‚ director Tim Burton has been proving his amazing capability to weave extraordinary‚ almost dreamlike worlds. Although many directors use cinematic techniques to show or prove something‚ Burton clearly has a special gift. Burton’s use of cinematic techniques is very unique compared to other directors. Burton uses lighting‚ characterization‚ and music to show the mood of the scene. To begin‚ Burton uses lighting to create
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Year 12 English Standard Assessment Task Part A: Reading & Writing – Analysis Written by Izak Lucas-Parr Text 1: Edward Scissorhands (Film) Directed by Tim Burton Edward Scissorhands (1990) tells us a story about an artificial man‚ Edward ‘Scissorhands’‚ who was made by a lonely inventor in his mansion atop a hill near a small town. Long after his inventor’s death‚ Edward is brought into society by Meg‚ a local resident and encounters many new and interesting things as he attempts to belong in
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