A Written Study of Edward Scissorhands

A Written Study of Edward Scissorhands

In the film Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton creates a suburban fantasy

by explaining his interpretation of what it is like to live in a

suburb. The definition of suburb is living in the outskirts of a town

and having limited interests and narrow minded views.

Tim Burton creates suburbia and practically makes a parody of the

suburb where the family live. The women typify the definition of a

suburban housewife; they stay at home, clean and cook. They are always

on each others doorsteps trying to get the latest gossip and they

always know what everyone is up too. Tim Burton mixes this with his

imagination making it a suburban fantasy. He does this by creating

Edward and the dark castle where he stays. This is just one example of

the many different genres that Tim Burton uses for instance: Horror,

comedy and romance. Examples of horror in the film are the castle

where Edward lives, Tim Burton has made it look really old, dirty,

haunted and derelict from the outside but you associate dark haunted

castles with horror films. Tim Burton creates comedy by making a joke

of the fact that Edwards's hands are scissors he does this when Edward

pops the water bed whilst trying to get out. Tim Burton also creates

romance where Edward falls in love with Kim.

Tim Burton has a particular directing style that appears to show in

his other films such as: Beetlejuice, Mars Attacks, Ed Wood, Big Fish,

Planet of the Apes, Batman and Sleepy Hollow. I viewed Beetlejuice and

compared the genre, setting, plot and characters with Edward

Scissorhands. Tim Burton borrows ideas from his other films for

instance; he likes...

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living room. Music is probably the most important thing in a movie

because it affects the whole mood of a particular moment or scene. You

see this when Kim is resembled as an angle the music turns almost

fairytale it is slow very soft and without it would be impossible to

feel the real impact of this scene.

To conclude in this essay I have looked at the different genre's Tim

Burton uses and how he uses them. I have compared it to another one of

his films, and looked at it in detail mise-en-scene. In conclusion, I

feel that Tim Burton creates a suburban fantasy by mixing lots of

different genre's together like: Fantasy, Horror, Romance and Comedy.

He borrows ideas from his other films like Beetlejuice. Tim Burton

exaggerates things and uses stereotypes to put his point across.