Have you ever read a certain book, and then watched the movie that was made after that book? Most people who have done this have an opinion on what was different between the two. Some who are avid readers wonder why these changes came about. On the other hand, many people who are visual people enjoy the movie version more. For example, in the first Twilight book and movie, they have the same plot and story line. Except the producers can’t replicate the movie exactly to the book due to things like film length and attention to keep the audience interested. There’s a particular scene/part in the book and movie I’d like to breakdown. The “Car Crash Scene” where Bella is saved by Edward in the school parking lot from an oncoming sliding van. In …show more content…
The producer doesn't remake it exactly and simplifies it. As she gets over to her truck in the school parking lot she looks back and on the other side Edward is starring at her. She turns around then she hears tires screeching, the Blue mini van avoids a car loses control and is now sliding towards her. She has no time to turn away so she gets down and Edward jumps in and is kneeling over her. He stopped the van with one hand and left an indention in the passenger door. As he realizes that he's exposed himself they stare deeply at each other. Bella with a astonished look and Edward with a sort of worried and mistaken look. He then gets up slowly and walks away from the scene as the crowd of students approach the scene. Then it jumps to the hospital where she's with her dad and Dr. Cullen is her doctor. He makes sure she's okay and she tells him that if it wasn't for Edward she would be dead. He ignores the seriousness of the incident and says she was lucky. After she wants to talk to Edward, as she has flash backs she tells him that she doesn't get how he got their so fast and how he saved her. He pushes her suspicions aside and explains to her that she doesn't know what she's saying in result of the “shock” of it all. The movie explains the scene in a different way for one reason, visuals. Since its a movie they really had to focus on “looks” and certain things like that instead wording it all like a book needs to do. The …show more content…
The idea and act of Edward’s protection over Bella is preserved by interpreting details making them physically and visually noticeable. The audience can also notice how the incident enhanced the connection between Bella and Edward. The mystery of the passages is kept well through his denial in both movie and book. There were quite a few changes for reasons like length of the movie, interest of the audience, climax and direction. The producers have to take out the part where they ride in the hospital so the questioning isn't done there. It keeps the audience wondering if he’ll tell her how he saved her, which extends the rise in suspense. They also show him being across the parking lot and not four cars away. This is done so that the exaggeration on the abilities of his powers is emphasized. Dr. Cullen meets her after she’s treated by other doctors, he doesn't treat her and they barely speak. But in the movie they have a conversation and he meets her so then they can establish a connection early for the audience. Edward doesn't tell her how he saved her and she won’t believe him so they both leave angry. The producers changed this to her being the only one angry and him being sort of sorry because they want to show that he doesn’t want to tell her because he thinks it'll harm
In bite me or don’t: twilight as abstinence porn, Christine Seifert from Westminster college in Utah, analyzes the twilight saga. Describing twilight saga as an abstinence porn saga. Christine agrees with twilight fans about the lost of abstinence and sexual tension in breaking dawn. Christine is a feminist writer from the Bitch magazine she emphasizes most of her critics towards Bella describing her as weak and with no control over her body (348). Seifert believes that Edward is in control of Bella’s protection, humanity and virginity.(348)Christine uses rhetorical strategies during her discussion, persuading the reader about the life of Bella as a teenage mom and how twilight transmits a message of abstinence.
To start off, there is one symbol that is very important in both stories, that symbol is a bright red apple. Apples have been used in many stories to represent immortality, temptation, knowledge and good vs evil. In the book Twilight it is no different from any other book with an apple linked to the story. In the book the two main characters both encounter situations that make them decide between good and evil. There are several quotes from the book and after reading and watching the movie I was led to the conclusion that in the story, Edward Cullen is the “Forbidden Fruit” he symbolizes immortality, temptation, knowledge and good/evil. For example, when Edward thinks he is evil and needs to stay away from Bella he says, "It would be more…prudent for you not to be my friend," he explained. "But I'm tired of trying to stay away from you, Bella." (4.165). Edward is
When novels are adapted for the cinema, directors and writers frequently make changes in the plot, setting, characterization and themes of the novel. Sometimes the changes are made in adaptations due to the distinctive interpretations of the novel, which involve personal views of the book and choices of elements to retain, reproduce, change or leave out. On the contrary, a film is not just an illustrated version of the novel; it is a totally different medium. When adapting the novel, the director has to leave out a number of things for the simple reason of time difference. Furthermore, other structures and techniques must be added to the film to enhance the beauty and impressions of it. Like a translator, the director wants to do some sort of fidelity to the original work and also create a new work of art in a different medium. Regardless of the differences in the two media, they also share a number of elements: they each tell stories about characters.
...lf throughout his life, feeling guilty of the ways he desires to live his life. This guilt takes a new form in Edward after an encounter with their neighbor’s son, Gary, who is a young teenager. The struggle with himself and his homosexuality has led Edward to manifest his urges at the wrong place and wrong time, toward somebody that he should not be directing himself towards. Edward does not know how to navigate the guilt he has already felt in hiding his homosexuality all of his life, as well as this new guilt for what happened with Gary. He has a history of inability in regulating his emotions and concealing his true identity within the conservative society and culture. The culmination of these internal negative emotions and circumstances directs Edward into an even darker place psychologically, leading him to feeling more alone than ever, and to attempt suicide.
At this point, the readers create their own movie in a way. They will determine important aspects of how the character speaks, looks like, and reacts. Whereas, in the movie, the reader has no choice but to follow the plot laid out in front of them. No longer can they picture the characters in their own way or come up with their different portrayals. The fate of the story, while still unpredictable, was highly influenced by the way the characters looked, spoke, and presented themselves on screen.
Tim Burton used three different types of camera angles in Edward Scissorhands. The three different camera angles involved are eye level, high angle, and low angle. The first eye level shot was when the little girl was laying in bed. Most eye level shots were shot when people are talking so it can focus on them, their face, or facial expressions. One high angle was when Avon was going up the stairs arriving at the castle. It was shot from a high angle just off the top of her head showing her fully. One shot that was shot in a low angle was when the teenager was out playing in the snow. It was shot as if the camera was on the floor looking up grabbing and recording. Some camera angles didn’t feel right or fit in with some scenes making it boring,
Edward is different in every way, both physically and mentally. Edward is a creation of whom his inventor died, leaving Edward incomplete and living in a dark, creepy and unwelcome looking mansion on top of a mountain away from suburbia. No one had ventured there until Peg spotted the mansion from
‘Edward Scissorhands’ and ‘The Lost Thing’ are more the same than they are different. They are very much alike in the way they are set out and in the way they are plotted. I agree with this statement because as Edward Scissorhands, he was in the neighbourhood, he felt like he was an outcast, everything was so new and different compared to his castle. Even though Edward was considered like an outsider, he was still able to return to his rightful place. The same principle goes for ‘The Lost thing’, at first he was treated, in a way, simular to Edward. ‘The Lost Thing’ was returned to being with more ‘Lost things’ at the end of the movie.
Edward is pretty scary on the outside but like the T-rex his inside is harmless, he's a sweet person who makes bushes into child fantasies, like the T-rex, but you can't see his inside unless you look past the outside. The audience can see that the T-rex is out of place and that edward was the one who cut it to be like that. The audience probably was a kid once, some probably obsessed with dinosaurs making them understand that edward is a kid at heart. It makes them understand he wasn't trying to cut out a scary monster, he was just cutting out a cool dinosaur that is extinct now. His intentions were pure just like when a kid paints a picture of their family on the wall. Its overly obvious that it's out of place which was the director's intention, he didn't want you to have to find a hidden meaning, he wanted it to clearly be seen and make it easy to relate it to edward. We as humans judge people who don't fit in or are different in certain ways. This setting is where they patronise Edward, speaking with kindness yet looking down upon him like dirt, we do that a lot in our society. We always have this feeling that we are superior to everything and anything, even if that's not the
In Tim Burton’s film “Edward Scissorhands”, Burton shows Edward in dark clothing and dark lighting for the beginning and ending of the movie. When his house is shown up on the mountain the shadows and dark lighting have drowned out all other colors. When
In conclusion, details involving the characters and symbolic meanings to objects are the factors that make the novel better than the movie. Leaving out aspects of the novel limits the viewer’s appreciation for the story. One may favor the film over the novel or vice versa, but that person will not overlook the intense work that went into the making of both. The film and novel have their similarities and differences, but both effectively communicate their meaning to the public.
Using his pure will power as he approaches the creature to show it that he wasn't scared of it even when Edward was terrified is a very effective tactic when the opponent is that of a common or simple mind, but when it is of a one track semiconscious plant zombie, things can be a lot more complicated in that type of
Multiple people claimed they “know a doctor that might be able to help” fix his situation (Edward Scissorhands). At one point, Edward said, “I’d like to meet him” (Edward Scissorhands), knowing if he received prosthetic surgery, he would be accepted as normal and not special. Edward accidently cut Kim and Kevin with his scissorhands, though his intentions were to help them. The incidence leaves the neighbors with an evil impression causing them to chase Edward, though he only wanted Kim’s love. The physical features of Edward and the creature led others to conclude that they were malicious and therefore deemed outcasts, though their intentions were only to find
Edward’s detachment from society is the result of a floozy’s lie, a deranged woman’s religious claims, and a teen with an inflated ego that all seem to hate Edward because of his differences and because they cannot tell what he is and what his intentions are. Edward is a good person and he is not even a real human being. He is more kind and uncorrupt then the real human beings who live in the community. It matters to Joyce, Esmeralda, and Jim that Edward be definable and that they can recognize him as something with emotions and motives. However, Edward does not make any sense to any of them at all and their prejudices continue to exist because they do not and will not take the time to figure out that Edward’s differences are actually not as horrific as they make them out to be.
As stated numerous times throughout this essay, movies must stay true to their book predecessor for full effect. Books are normally beautifully described and written, and help the reader visualize a completely new world. Most movies, not just The Book Thief, normally omit several