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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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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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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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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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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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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Within the film Edward Scissorhands‚ the director Tim Burton exposes us to a vulnerable‚ almost baby like un-developed human in a full grown man’s body. We are allowed in to Edward’s strange‚ yet exciting new world where we experience in his many plaguing problems‚ of heart ache and confusion. Edwards’s problems are both caused equally by‚ his kind-hearted good nature and his trusting soul towards others‚ but at the same time by his rage and anger in desperate times caused by the cruel judging people
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non-diegetic music‚ and lighting Burton shows in Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland how it’s better to be different and yourself than conforming to a restrictive society. Burton uses contrasting colors in Edward Scissorhands in order to show how dissimilar Edward is. In Edward Scissorhands‚ all the houses‚ cars‚ and people’s clothing in the neighborhood are bright pastel colors that juxtaposed Edward’s black and white appearance already displaying how Edward does not fit in with the neighborhood.
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Edward Scissorhands is not simply a fairy tale. It does not have a happy ending. Edward had to stay in the Gothic castle for the rest of his life because he could no longer stay in the community. We feel pity for him as he was created by an inventor who died before he could give him a pair of human hands. He had been left in the castle alone on his own for a long time before the Avon lady brought him in her family. He was actually a gentle and vulnerable creature at his heart. He never intended to
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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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