In Edward scissor hand, Tim Burton has skillfully used a range of film techniques to explore ideas by creating humour as well as making the audience realise complexities of human nature and our world.
The film Edward scissorhand was created in 1991, March 21st by Tim Burton.
In this film, Tim Burton creates audiences to understand how individuality is about finding your true self and finding the place you belong whilst using Edward’s feeling of helplessness influenced by peer pressure.
The film explores the idea of individuality through Edward. Edward represents individuality by his appearance of uniqueness. His scissorhands creates a mysterious appearance that separates himself apart from everyone in Suburban Burbank where everything’s
…show more content…
I didn’t get a good look at him. He kinda looked pale.” Despite his unusual appearance, Edward has exceptional artistic talents. His ability of turning garden bushes into sculptures and skillful haircuts for neighbours and pets highlights his individuality, turning the similar and boring neighbourhood into a unique and fascinating place.
Edward’s contrasting appearance against the pastel neighbourhood emphasises his individuality. The neighbourhood’s symplicity causes a sense of life routine, but Edward’s arrival sparks excitement for change. As Edward’s scissor skills unfold, the town and its people begin embracing uniqueness, fostering a connection between his distinctiveness and their own.
On Christmas, Edward’s angel ice sculptures created “snow” as Kim imagened, even though it was only ice shavings. This underlines his individuality endlessly in creating snow sculptures in his castle, including one of Kim dancing. Here, Edward’s unique ability to convert emotions into art highlights the importance of individuality for personal growth and meaningful
…show more content…
Individuality is widely expressed in Edward himself with his uniqueness of being “different”.
This film explores the idea of helplessness through Edward’s innocence, making him try to adapt to human world
In the scene where Edward has his first dinner with Peg’s family, he tries to hold knives and forks to eat his peas but because of his scissor hands it’s difficult.
This represents how Edward feels helpless in himself as people who are “different” often get rejected by society. Tim Burton uses symbolic representations and metaphors of Edward’s difficulty in using knives and forks. Symbolisation is used to represent his overall struggles and helplessness in adapting to the human world. The act of eating, a basic and “normal” activity, becomes a metaphor for challenges he faced in achieving simplest tasks.
In the scene where Edward gets forced to break into the house to steal. Despite feeling a sense of wrongness in his heart, he believes engaging in these acts are necessary to connect and adapt to the human