Why Did Tim Burton Use Camera Angles In Edward Scissorhands

Tim Burton is a film director who has many popular movies like Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, and Big Fish. He's able to alter his filming techniques to make his films interesting. His movies are so dark, yet at the same time so colorful. Burton uses camera angles, lighting, and sound to bring the eyes of the person watching towards the screen.. Burton can change up the camera angles, when Peg went in Edwards home, the director used high angles to give Peg the illusion that she was small and such an empty, huge home. The film director used low angles when Edward was talking to the inventor when he was dying, the effect was to make Edward seem large and scary because it was very close. A high shot was used at the beginning of the movie when Peg, Edward, Peg’s son and her husband were sitting at the table eating. The effect of this shot is to make the characters look as if they’re small. A medium shot …show more content…
It might be because something bad is bound to happen. On serious scenes, theres a lot of dim or natural lighting, to not over exaggerate the lighting but not under exaggerate the lighting. The bright lighting and colorful environment makes it seem happy. In Edward Scissorhands the entire neighborhood is filled with bright colors and characters who don’t give a care in the world. Extremely bright lighting was used in Edward Scissorhands when Kim and her boyfriend had Edward break in the house and the alarm went off. There were lights flashing and shining in his face. When Peg took the chance to go to Edwards house to sell Avon, she took it upon herself and went inside his house. As she was searching for whoever lived there, Edward came towards her and the lighting was extremely dark, it gave the effect that something bad was going to happen, or gave a horror movie like