In, Tim Burton’s cult classic entitled Edward Scissorhands, he illustrates that people who are viewed as “weird” shouldn’t be treated differently than others, they should be understood and accepted. He conveys this idea through non-diegetic sounds, bottom/side lighting, and low angles. Burton’s purpose is to analyze in order to get his desired style and effect on his film. He creates an earnest tone for the judgemental society.
In Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses non-diegetic sounds in order to create more suspense. For example, when Peg was walking upstairs of a big black mansion and was getting closer to Edward the sounds in the scene started to get louder and louder. This shows how Tim Burton wants the audience to sense and get excited to see what is going to be shown next. The sounds in the scenes ultimately help the audience connect more to the film.
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In a scene you can see when the inventor was in his factory the lighting was pretty dark because his creativity is not the usual one that other people would call exciting. This reveals how the inventors has different ideas, creations as well as his different type of thinking. Since he was all alone in his mansion and factory he thought about getting company to fill up his happiness. As a result, the lighting makes him appear unique and help create a consoling tone for him.
In Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses low camera angles in order to make Edward and the others with him seem evil and bigger than normal. For example, in the scene while all of them were walking inside the house and unlocking the door, Burton used his unique camera angle. This shows that they are about to do something bad that can cause them to get in a lot of trouble. As a result, Edward does get caught and he was shown larger for that