Tim Burton incorporates the technique of lighting in another one of his films, Edward Scissorhands, to construct the distinction in the fact that Edward will always have that strange, innocent quality about him. For instance, there is high key lighting on the perfect houses in the perfect neighborhood, compared to Edward’s mansion on the hill. Enhancing the difference between Edward and everybody else. His house is dark, black, and gloomy which reflects on his personality as well. Edward doesn’t seem to speak as much as one to two words when he was getting comfortable at Peg’s house, leaving him with the peculiar aura. His outcast appearance is what makes the audience connect to Edward as someone who doesn’t really understand the life outside
