My Storyboard

Tim Burton, in Edward Scissorhands, used Lighting, especially in this scene to set the mood. For example, we see it used in a lot of scenes in the beginning as it was first introduced to us when Peg went up to Edwards mansion. His residence was seen as dark, eerie and mysterious with light only coming in a few of his windows. We also see it later in the movie during the robbery where the flashlight was the only source of light and it gave the movie a thrilling feeling. I also notice the movie used quite a lot of non-diegetic sounds to give away what happens in the upcoming scenes. The sounds were their happy, cheerful and comedic or creepy, dark and suspenseful. Examples for this was the Haircut scene in beginning and later on towards the end during Jim’s attempt to kill Edward. They also used a lot if Crane shots to showcase the town’s colourful houses and stores. They sometimes shot the scene in Edward point of view. Of course we see two shots in the film with most of them mainly focused on our protagonist p, Edward, and his love interest, Kim.

This adaptation from film to visual novel taught me that you can’t interpret a film into comic and give it justice. A lot of scenes look better when the actors are doing their part and are acting. I’ve also learned how important camera movements and angles are in movies and how important they are to help add flavour and look pleasing . It also taught me that it must’ve taken a lot of time to do an 8 second scene.