...Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton is a classic horror theme inspired by the story of Frankenstein, where an evil creature enters into a peaceful community and disrupts the calm. Burton, however, changes the horror genre and on many occasions turns the audience upside down by presenting a mixture of horror, comedy, romance and fairytale. Even before watching the film, a person knows that it is not a complete horror. The advance publicity for Edward Scissorhands used the phrase 'the story of an unfinished gentle man' and posters showed a picture of a gloomily dark Edward with a butterfly resting on one of the sharp blades constituting his hands. Contrasting images such as these show the idea of a mixture of the romance and horror genres. Even without seeing publicity material, the choice of teen favorites Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder for lead roles suggests that this is a film aimed at the teenage kids. A close look at the opening sequence of Edward Scissorhands shows many of the conventions associated with the horror genre but these are offset by elements of comedy and romance. As the credits roll, the music, the graphics (names white on black, making jagged scissor shapes) and the colures of black and white show the relationship with the horror genre. We then see visual images associated with the conventional 'haunted house' (huge door closing, cobwebs, strange gadgets) yet the music becomes lighter, more frivolous and on closer inspection some of the gadgets look...
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...An ‘uncommonly gentle man’, Edward, is the main character of the film ‘Edward Scissorhands’. Edward is an unfinished robot who has scissors instead of human-like prosthetic hands. He was built by an inventor who lived in a huge, spooky mansion on the top of a hill. The film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ is about this abnormal man who fell in love with a young woman. Because of Edward’s differences, the people in the community were unable to tolerate him and at last Edward hid into the mansion again. There are few differences Edward had in the film, and the biggest difference he had was that his hands, the scissors, were far more dangerous than human hand because they were sharp. Even though he was a gentle and respectful person, the existence of his scissor hands proved to be incredibly dangerous. No one had ever tried to enter the mansion at the top of the hill until a huge outcast opened the door of the mansion and included him into her family. “Why are you hiding back there? You don't have to hide from me - I'm Peg Boggs, your local Avon representative and I'm as harmless as cherry pie…” Peg took Edward from the dark mansion and introduced the town to him where there were strange colourful houses and lots of people which seemed to excite Edward. Peg...
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...In the film Edward Scissorhands, directed by Tim Burton the idea of “Fitting in is difficult when you are different” is very prevalent throughout the film and is shown a number of different ways. Such as the main character Edward’s appearance, how he cannot do everyday things or even have normal relationships. Camera Work, Dialogue, Costume and Music are several film techniques used to show us this idea as we learn that fitting in can be a difficult when you are different A way the idea of “Fitting in” is presented in the film is through Edward’s appearance and how it isolates him in the town. Since Edward arrives he is branded as an outsider, Through the use of costume we can see Edward looks very different with his wild hair and leather...
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