Cinematic Techniques In Edward Scissorhands

Titles When someone is not up to society’s standards they will normally tend to change something they do or something about them just so they will fit in. In a lot of Tim Burton’s movies he has a character that is either “weird” by society’s standards or something they do is odd. In two of Burton’s movies, for example, are very different from each other, the first movie which is based on a true story is Big Eyes and the second is Edward Scissorhands. Burton uses low and high key lighting and also flashbacks to show the outcast in society can be one of the most creative or talented individuals if given a chance. Even though these two movies are a lot different, Burton uses similar cinematic techniques in both of them, he uses high key lighting to heighten both of the main character’s talents. For example, in Big Eyes the main character, …show more content…
In Edward Scissorhands, Edward and Peg’s daughter, Kim and her boyfriend to go to get something that was so called stolen from Kim’s boyfriend. Come to realize that Kim’s boyfriend only does this to get Edward in trouble because it was her boyfriend’s house. Once they get to his house Edward accidentally sets off an alarm and Kim and her friends and boyfriend just run away. This happens at night and so when the police arrive and all the neighbors see that it is Edward that set the alarms off they start to wonder whether they really like his talents or even want him around anymore. The same thing goes for Big Eyes, when a man by the name of Walter Keane gets to know Margaret and marries her for the unfortunate reason of just to be able to claim her paintings as his own. When this first starts happening Walter is in a bar, which has very little light in it. The low key lighting in both of these parts of the movie help show how much of an impact this had on the mood of the