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    cover. In Tim Burton’s beautiful film‚ Edward Scissorhands explains the true meaning of harsh judgment by society. This Drama-Fantasy film from the 1990’s shows how harsh society can be at an instance to such a harmless creation‚ which comes to show how quick people can judge without knowing. For many years now Edward (played by Johnny Depp) has been in lonely solitude causing him a lack of the outside world. His creator made him with a human heart. Edward is welcomed into Peg’s (played by Dianne

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    who cares and loves everyone. Her name is Peg‚ Peg welcomes Edward to town and gives him a nice place to live. Everyone is impressed by what Edward can do until Kim‚ Pegs daughter and her boyfriend Jim return from their camping trip. Edward falls in love with Kim the moment he laid eyes on her. Kim is rude and embarrassed at first but once Jim showed Kim who he really was she instantly knew she loved Edward. In the movie Edward Scissorhands‚ Tim Burton uses costume‚ color‚ and set/props to create a

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    Tim Burton often makes major characters in his film an outcast of a society. Most of the people are isolated or live in outlying residences distant from where the “average” people are from. Burton creates this to show the social issues of accepting extraordinary people within the society. Tim Burton applied different types of lighting‚ camera framing‚ and camera movement in his movies to show that a character’s curiosity will resist them from loneliness and sorrow. In “Charlie and the Chocolate

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    of the ladder to see his work but when he accepted how well it was‚ he accidentally cut Kim. Edward now feeling bad tries to see if Kim is ok but Kim’s ex-boyfriend Jim intervenes telling Edward to leave because he’s a freak and that he was not welcomed. The director Tim Burton then shows Edward from Edward scissorhands cutting his clothes with his hands made of scissors to show a transition in the character to show that he has finally accepted that he will never be normal and that he will never be

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    Edward Scissorhands Essay Question: ‘The real monsters of Edward Scissorhands are some of his neighbours.’ How true is this statement? Refer to the horror genre and a range of film techniques in your answer. Some people are monsters by appearance and others by behaviour. The way people treat others often influences how they react. In this caseEdward was a kind To discuss the essay question it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the meaning of the word monster‚ The Collins dictionary

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    How does the appropriation of your key text sustain interest in the values represented in your key text? Postmodern American film Edward Scissor-hands directed by Tom Burton is a variation of Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel of Frankenstein written in the Romantic Era of the nineteenth century. A man-made monster enters and apparently peaceful community and disrupts their serenity. Frankenstein written in 1818 during Britain’s industrial revolution portrays the result of the incredible

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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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    Related Material: Edward Scissorhands By Tiarne Hamam 1. Name of text: Edward Scissorhands 2. Composer: Tim Burton 3. Text type: Film 4. What is the text about? Edward Scissorhands is about Edward‚ a Frankenstein-like creation with scissors for hands‚ who is left alone unfinished in his creator’s mansion. Many years after Edward was created‚ local Avon saleswoman Peg Boggs visits the broken-down Gothic mansion on the hill where Edward lives. There‚ she finds Edward alone‚ and upon

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    Tim Burton is an American film director‚ who is best known for directing Beetle juice‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ A Nightmare Before Christmas‚ and various great films. Tim Burton has a unique style used in children’s movie‚ he uses a lot of gothic and dark themes that can be great for other movies such as the 1989 Batman film or Sweeney Todd both already have a dark setting with them and are great for Burton’s gothic style. Tim Burton’s films are mostly centered around being an outcast‚ a different person

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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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