[Fig 1, Edward Scissorhands (Poster)] Edward Scissorhands (1990) written by Tim burton and Caroline Thompson.

The story starts with a frail old woman telling her grandchild the reason behind why it snows, she explains about Edward. After being left unfinished in a withered mansion, Edward is discovered by Avon lady, Peg Bogg, and taken under her wing to care for. Through using his skills in gardening, animal grooming and hair styling, Edward grows a very wide population among the town. After being caught in a tricked robbery by character, Jim, Edwards world slowly gets turned against him. A love forms between the daughter of Peg Bogg, Kim and Edward. This angers Jim, who is currently dating Kim and causes Jim to force Edward to leave in the hope to win Kim back. Edward rushes off, angry and upset, destroying bushes, cars and property which alarm the neighbors to call the police. Edward is chased back to his mansion, quickly followed by the police, the neighbors, Kim and Jim. Jim and Edward fight inside the mansion where Edward stabs Jim and he crashes outside of the window, dead. Kim convinces the neighbors that Edward was killed alongside Jim in a roof cave in to allow Edward be.

[Fig 2, Edward being built, (Still image)] The overall style and take on this film is a typical production of Tim Burton. The pastel colours houses, almost eerily perfect, draws your attention even more so to Edward in his dark, black outfit. The movie almost feel fairy tale like, much like Beauty and the Beast in the idea of the character Kim (beauty) loving Edward (the beast) His visual style has always been inventive, imaginative, quirky, and
entertaining, but more often than not you rely on the high points to carry you past the awkward moments; his films tend to be great collections of bits and pieces rather than organic wholes. (Steve

Biodrowski, 2000)

[Fig 3, Edward hugging Kim (Still Image)] This film was rumored to be a biography of Tim Burton; its a very artistic piece in regards to a biography which is portrayed in a brilliant way within this film. The desire for art is actually a detriment to our survival (Pastor Matt 2013). The thoughts of isolation, plain colour and organization of the houses, the

differences in Edward to the world and the idea that even though isolation isnt a fault of Edwards he cant be helped with the position hes in, no matter how nice a character he is, at first site people would run away from Edward. This is could mean that Tim Burton felt this way in life, his outer shell brought people to walk away in the typical laid out world, as well as him being different, not quite with scissor hands but the idealistic point of it. Burton conceived the idea for Edward Scissorhands from his childhood upbringing in suburban (Wikipedia 2013) Bibliography Steve Biodrowski. 24th October 2000. Edward Scissorhands. http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2000/10/edward-scissorhands-tim-burtons-elephant-man/. Accessed on 13th November 2013 Pastor Matt. 8th October 2013. http://pastormattblog.com/2013/10/08/edward-scissorhands-and-theexistence-of-god/. Accessed on 13th November 2013 Wikipedia. 9th November 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Scissorhands. Accessed on 13th November 2013 Images: Fig 1: Edward Scissorhands [Poster] http://pastormattblog.com/2013/10/08/edward-scissorhands-andthe-existence-of-god/ accessed on 11th November 2013 Fig 2: Edward being built [Still image] http://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-moviecharacters/default.asp?c=37 accessed on 11th November 2013 Fig 3: Edward hugging Kim [Still Image] http://www.heruni.com/edward-scissorhands-23rd-anniversaryreview/ accessed on 13th November 2013