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    In usual fairytale movies, filmmakers intend to make films that give happy endings with simple miraculous entertainments. However, in the fable movie, Edward Scissorhand, the director, Tim Burton, positions the viewers to understand the significant meaning of particular issues. “E.S” is can be seen as a story of stereotypical suburbia with social criticism. In this essay, starting from analysing this film and providing dominant discourse, the use of characters will be discussed followed by debate

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    weird. I don’t know if it’s specifically American, or American in the time I grew up, but there’s a very strong sense of categorization and conformity.” This experience of having to conform is reflected in Burton’s work. For example, in Edward Scissorhands Edward, who dressed in dark colors, conformed to the neighborhood by putting on brighter colored clothes and changing his style. Using lighting, angles, and sound Burton’s unique style conveys that one should not have to hide one’s differences

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    Edward scissorhands Introduction Edward scissorhands directed by Tim Burton who is known for such movies as Betel juices , 1993s nightmare before christmas and charlie and the chocolate factory is a story about edward a robotic man who has had no interaction with the world around him has to try and fit in the best way hi can in this fast moving world there's just one problem as you may have guessed he has scissors for hands. The story takes edward through beinging used, feeling lost , abused

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    In the film Edward Scissorhands directed by Sir Tim Burton two important settings are Edwards Castle and the neighbourhood. These settings are important because they show social division. Which still happens in our world today. The film is about a young man who has been invented but his investor died before he could give Edward's hands. The castle was right next to a neighbourhood but no one came to visit Edward. The neighbours were scared of the castle because it wasn’t the same as their houses

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    assigned to so making sure you have the right lighting for a scene or even a movie is important. Burton displays sinister and spooky images with low-key lighting. In “Edward Scissorhands” Peg’s neighborhood is in fact very bright and seems to be perfect. Burton uses this technique to display a very obvious relationship between Edward and the Neighborhood. When peg

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    In Tim Burton’s movie, “Edward Scissorhands,” he claims that when one seems different from the other, then people do not accept them for who they are because they are not like them and they are not willing to accept a new change that has come to their life. He illustrates this by making Edward stand out,so he has him only wearing black and white whereas all the other people are wearing colourful clothes; he says that Jim is mad at Edward because Edward stole his girlfriend from, then he makes fun

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    individuality in his films to form his unprecedented style. In Tim Burton’s films, Edward Scissorhands and Alice and Wonderland, Tim Burton demonstrates the importance of these misfits and outcasts. Tim Burton uses color, music, and camera angles to show individuality creates a better society. Color is used in both Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland to exaggerate Edward and Alice’s dissimilarity. In Edward Scissorhands, the neighborhood is flooded with an array of vivid colors across the spectrum

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    Analysis of Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton's 1990 film, Edward Scissorhands focuses on how much pressure society puts on each individual to be normal and the burdens of society. What is normal? Is there really an honest, correct answer to that question? If so who gets to answer the question? The film shows how judgmental society can be and unwilling to accept someone who appears different or incomplete. The film Edward Scissorhands is pretty much self-explanatory. The main character Edward has scissors

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    Edward Scissorhands, directed by Tim Burton is a story about a monster (or outsider) who enters into the so called peaceful neighbourhood and disturbs the calm. the message of isolation and alienation is shown through the colour, costume/makeup and setting that are used through the film. The costume and make-up in “Edward Scissorhands” is used generate feeling and emotions in the audience. There are major differences in what Edward wears and looks like and what the humans wear and look like. The

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    earliest being Edward Scissorhands, in Edward Scissorhands (1990). The expansion of Depp 's use of physical movement is tremendous between Edward Scissor hands ad Pirates of the Caribbean. And though they both differ tremendously in personality and physicality, they still maintain the wacky persona that is so characteristic of Johnny Depp. First let us analyze whether or not Depp centers each character. And the answer is that he centers both, but each differently. Edward Scissorhands is very centered

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