The Lore of Edward Scissorhands - (Video Essay)

*Please Read the Description* ----------------------------------------------- UPDATE: Holy CRAP. Over 2,000 views! I can't believe it! You guys are awesome! It makes me so happy to see that people still watch and love this video. You all inspire me to keep doing what I love and making videos like these. Thank you so much. (July 27th 2020).  UPDATE: PART 2 HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN. (October 15th 2018) Sorry, guys. I don't mean to dissappoint anyone, but I just wasn't happy with it. I should have just left the first one alone. The main reason is that I really like the way this one ended. It feels very conclusive, so the second part just felt like unnecessary baggage as a result. Plus, I think it was inappropriate of me to talk about my personal life/childhood in a formal video essay. For these reasons, I took Part 2 down. But the original part is here to stay. I promise. It's been a few months now since I posted it and I'm still very proud of it. I can't believe it almost has over 200 views now! That's awesome. Thank you, everyone!! Time Stamps: PART 1 0:00 Introduction 1:45 The inspiration for "Suburbia" 4:13 Tim Burton's self-insert character (Edward) PART 2 5:55 What the Scissorhands represent 6:36 How Comedy is used in Edward Scissorhands 7:49 What is the Time period? 8:45 What is Edward? 10:17 Where did he get the ice from? PART 3 12:01 Conclusion 13:23 Credits ------------------------------ Hello everyone. I know I've been gone for a while. This hiatus was way longer than I ever wanted it to be, but the point is, I'm back now. I don't want to talk too much about this video because I think it speaks for itself. However, I will say that this is a film that is very near and dear to my heart. It is so much more to me than just my favourite film. It's a part of me now. I've accepted that, for better or for worse. Needless to say, I held nothing back with this one. While collecting the footage, doing the research and uploading the media, I probably spent about 15 hours working on this in total, which is the most amount of time I've ever spent making anything. It was a tedious process from beginning to end and I ran into many pitfalls along the way. I can honestly say that I cried and sweated over this project, but that being said, I had so much fun working on it. I am so in love with this film, I have been for many years now, so I really tried to give it my all. I am very proud of it. Regardless of what anyone else says, I am VERY proud of the work I did on this video. The self-satisfaction that comes with accepting your own work is very rewarding. That being said, I did make a few errors. And I know that at least two times during the video, there is an issue with the narration audio. I apologize for that and I hope it won't hinder your viewing experience too much. This entire video had to be re-uploaded as well because there were typos in some of the quote segments. You guys deserve better than that so I wasn't about to let that one go. I can also explain the reason for the quality of the footage. Basically, the short version is that Avid wouldn't allow me to import the mp4 file of the film, so I had to record the movie with my Nikon camera pointed at my computer screen. I'm not proud of it, but it got the job done. I also messed up A LOT while recording the narrations for this video and ran into some issues with that. If a blooper reel is something you would be interested in, please let me know. Further below are the links to some of the sources that I used for this video. If anyone has questions about any of the topics that were mentioned within it, I would be more than happy to discuss them with you. Above all, thank you in advance for watching. I can only hope that you will feel my love and passion for this film through this video. That is all I ever really set out to do with this project. But in the process, I hope you find it interesting and fascinating. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Sarah / The Cinema Cynic LINKS:   / edward_scissorhands_what_was_edward_made_o...   https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/en...   / maybe-it-s-just-in-america-but-it-seems-th...   Fair Use Act Disclaimer. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.