Edward Scissor hands and Charlie the Chocolate factory comparison

Elijah Kearney          

   

Edward Scissor hands and Charlie the Chocolate factory comparison

The similarities between Charlie and the chocolate factory and Edward scissor hands is that both have a peculiar unique feature in the sense that film shares a dark but unusual theme of suspense. The Film has two themes that can be highlighted in the story narrative since that both of the two protagonists are Outcasts an example being is the protagonist form Charlie and the chocolate factory in where Charlie the protagonist is from a poor background and for the fact that he’s family being poor prevent Charlie from having things that his pears take for granted. This is shown when the Golden ticket is in the bars of Chocolate and everyone in his class are talking about it the teacher asks the students about the chocolate bars and how much they eat and the number being that greater then the amount that Charlie eats that being one which in the scene the sense of shock and surprise his pears exhibit upon mentioning that Charlie only eats one bar a year. With Edward Scissor hands the social isolation that is presented in the film that Edward is more isolated from society than his pears or those of his age as a whole. From the trailer we see that Edward doesn’t speak nor does he appear to verbally interact with people. Another case of this is the fact Edward is found alone at the beginning alone and on his own which would emphasise both protagonists isolation.

The Story and Narrative follows along the lines between the improvement of the protagonists position and state of being however due to the stories of the two characters being significantly different. With the first being that Charlie comes from a family who live in an almost destitute setting with Charlie living with his Mother, Father and all four of his Grandparents. The stat of Edward from what the viewer could get from the film being that Edward is living with a relative of his all alone without any friends or without his parents there of.  The two states of the two characters are presented that they come from an undesirable states or backgrounds. The Protagonists encounter a situation which transitions into an experience, which has a life changing effect, which heavily influences the life of the protagonist in a more positive manner. The choice of story the Burton chooses to use as appropriate stories that he turns into a motion picture show that he bests works with stories that he would know that they would fall under Fantasy and Child fiction.

The Films often use a dark setting with the beginning of the story having a dark theme about it from the beginning with the use of bad weather as a part of the Mise en scene with the use of fog or gloomy winter weather and the use of the Protagonists wearing clothing that is of a usual dark colour pallet. The film itself usually lightens up with a warmer lighting and the surrounding often changes into a more vibrantly colourful environment to connote the positive reflections of films state of mood in the story.