Edward Scissor Hands- http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/12/26/edward-scissorhands/
When Edward scissor hands opening scene first came on, my first impression was that it was a very spooky scene because of the music. The mood that is created makes you feel very anxious as it only shows close ups of different objects. The different objects are clues of what the film is about, for example they show close-ups of a pair of scissors and a pair of hands. When you see extreme close-ups it makes the audience try and work out what it is. For example, the picture below looks like a metal ball but as the camera moves down it reveals the audience that its some sort of robot.
When the statue appears on the screen the camera is circling it. There are extreme close-ups when it shows all the objects that give the clues away. In this opening scene there are a number of different camera angles: close ups, extreme wide shot etc. They also use zoom and they merge two clips into one as they change. For example, look at the picture below:
The picture is showing three different things happening at the same time to hook the audience, this shot is show the font and two other shots, the background one is of the robot and the picture which is coming on next is off a smaller robot but the audience may need to watch more intensely to see what unfolds.
The music is very scary and spooky it makes it scarier because of the dull colours used and the camera moves very slowly and makes the audience not know what will happen next.
The font style is like crooked with gives the impression its haunted and scary. When the title comes up ‘Edward Scissors hands’ the way it moves relates the title, it moves in a cutting motion. They keep the same font throughout.
When the camera is doing an extreme close up on the mans face it spirals out and zoom out at the same time.
When the film first starts it is snowing and then the shot changes and it isn’t no more until the end when it switches back and there is a extreme wide shot of a house. Also, there are dull colours used to set the mood of anticipation but then as the film it about to start it changes colour to more lighter and you can actually see the green trees etc.
^ Example of Extreme wide shot.
In the picture below we see the steam appear and the text fade in by the steam, (see below for picture):
