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Sweeney Todd: When Sweeney remembers his happy past with his wife. Edward Scissorhands: When Edward is exploring the town and is accepted by the town’s people. || When May and Josephine are happy and close together, the lighting is generally soft and lit with edge light. ||
 * ~  || **Techniques & Iconic Examples that your director would be known for** || **Example Film** || **How can you emulate this in your film?** ||
 * Cinematography || Fish Eye Lens || Big Fish: The scene where the characters see their future death occurring in the witch's eyeball. || When the first characters are sitting in the classroom alone. To show isolation and separation. ||
 * Cinematography || Smooth but short tracking shot || Generally in all his films, the cinematography is smooth. || Shots to show the exit of characters. Where the characters exits the scene by walking to the right side while the camera pans to the left. ||
 * Cinematography || Point of view || Sweeney Todd: Where Sweeney stares at himself through his shaving knife or when he looks at himself on a shattered mirror. || Shot from the point of view where you can see May wipe off her make up in the mirror. ||
 * Editing || Editing to mimic fast forward cinematography || Sweeney Todd: Where Sweeney is walking through London and walking to Ms Lovett’s pie shop. || (Still thinking) When May runs away from Josephine. Use editing to fast forward the path that May runs. ||
 * Editing || Jump cut from location to location || Sweeney Todd: Where Ms Lovett is imagining her life with Sweeney || Jump from location to location of May and Josephine always together, to emphasize on how close they are. ||
 * Lighting || Soft light, edge light || Big Fish: When Edward is seeking Sandra’s approval for love.
 * Lighting || Hard, dark lighting || Edward Scissorhands: When Edward is isolated up at his castle. || When Josephine is alone. ||
 * Lighting || Gray color and cold color lighting || Sweeney Todd: When Sweeney is back to London seeking revenge for his wife. || To show the isolation of Josephine when is ditched by May. To create a gloomy tone. ||
 * Mis-en-scene || Gothic props || There is a monster looking prop in every film || Just use to decorate the setting and create a gothic sense. ||
 * Mis-en-scene || Gothic make up || For most of his isolated and outcast characters in his films. || For May and Josephine when they are isolated and treated as an outcast. And later on with Josephine only when she is alone without May. ||
 * Mis-en-scene || Change in make up || When the main character in his film goes through a change where he or she gets accepted by the society. || May will literally change her make up when she decides to take action of not being an outcast anymore. Josephine will change her make up as well when she finds her new friend. ||
 * Mis-en-scene || Gothic clothing style || The outcasts of his films all dress in a gothic style || For May and Josephine. ||
 * Mis-en-scene || Colorful cloths || The people that are accepted (the society) generally dresses up in a colorful color. || For the cute boy and the other girls. ||
 * Mis-en-scene || Colorful setting and objects || The setting for the society (not the outcast) generally is colorful and incorporates colorful objects. || To contrast the classroom and the world outside by making the classroom decorated with a dark tone and the outside is more colorful. (For example find a place that has colorful flowers). ||
 * Performance || Emotion || Most of his films there is a high tension emotion || In this film the emotion is generally shown with close up or actions ||
 * Performance || An outcast || In all his films there is an outcast that has to either get accepted by the society or accept himself. || May has to accept herself of being the outcast and viewing it as a positive thing. While Josephine has to learn to be more open to things and learn to accept others. ||
 * Sound || Non-diegetic sound || Some of his films are musicals. Also usually he uses music to provoke higher emotion || Music that brings up the tension. Intense music with a suspenseful tone. A dark and gloomy music to provoke sad and lonely tone. ||