A light flickers in the corner and fast paced music plays. A man is viewed from slightly above. How does this make you feel? It causes the audience to feel excited, nervous, and anxious about what will happen to the weak man. Tim Burton in Big Fish and Edward Scissorhands utilizes cinematic techniques to cause the audience to feel certain emotions. Before the events of Big Fish, Will and his dad, Edward, would not talk to each other. After Will's father gets sick, Will rushes to his father's house via a plane. There his father shares pieces of his life story before his death. In Edward Scissorhands, Peggy drives around a neighborhood trying to sell items to people. She goes to the creepy, dark mansion on the mountain. There, Peggy finds a man …show more content…
Burton utilizes music to create a joyous and excited mood. Edward ferociously waves his arms to and from, frantically shaping the ice block in front of him. All around him, ice falls like snow upon the Earth. Joyous, fast paced music plays over the scene as Kim walks out the back door of the house. Burton's usage of the fast paced music creates a joyous and excited mood. He does this to bring the true emotions that Kim is having at this moment to the audience. Kim's face says she is excited and amazed by Edward's carving while the music assists Burton in proving to the audience what her emotions are. Throughout Edward Scissorhands, Burton utilizes music to establish the mood of the …show more content…
Big Fish utilizes lighting to establish a light-hearted, bright mood. Will sits next to the hospital bed his dying father lays upon. His long and grueling life was finally catching up with him. Will's father, Edward, asks him in a slow, southern drawl to tell him the story of how he dies. At first, Will responds with a questioning look and an inquiry about what he means. Then the old, pale, dying man says that he wants to hear what he saw in the witch's eye. The scene then goes to Will's made-up tale of how his father would die. Near the end, Will walks through a congregation of all the people his father had ever met. While doing this Will was also carrying his father. The scene is flooded with light and filled with the sounds of joy and laughter. The lighting gives the scene a light-hearted and bright mood. Burton utilizes this to demonstrate to the audience that understanding has arrived upon Will. Burton also does this to make a normally sorrowful occurrence seem joyous. He also does this to make the audience realize that Will has the goal of pleasing his dad before his death. Throughout Big Fish, Burton's use of lighting establishes mood as bright and cheery or dark and