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Film Techniques In Edward Scissorhands
Different directors show the different themes through camera shots. In Edward scissorhands the director, Tim Burton used different camera shots, different themes, settings and dialogue to show how the characters showed love. This will be looking at how the main character, Edward showed his love towards Kim, Peg’s daughter. Also how Peg showed her love towards him.

In the starting scene, love is shown by how Peg welcomes Edward into her home. So he can experience life with a loving family. Peg's the street's sale lady which goes around her street trying to sell makeup and beauty products, but the ladies never buy them. She sits in her car thinking about how she is going to sell her merchandise. She tilts her side mirror to look up at Edwards castle. She walks into his home and then finds Edward in a dark corner. There were a range of different film techniques used to show how Peg and Edward felt. There was a wide shot which included both characters and the background which changed how the audience felt at that moment. Peg doesn't show any fear because she wants him to feel like he's safe. This is showing that Peg wanted Edward to feel that he was in a safe environment with her.

The love between Edward and Kim showed throughout the movie. But when Edward cared for everyone he became protected and then which he
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The scene that showed love was when Edward was being chased my all the ladies and the cops because they thought that he was hurting people. Just by using his hands. The ladies circled him while he was down. But when Kim got through to where Edward was she hugged him for the last time and then told him to run. Kim wanted to keep Edward safe and away from the ladies and gentlemen on the street. There were different types of angles which fits both Kim and Edward to show how they both feels at that moment. This scene shows that Edward was much loved by Kim but wasn't by the

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