Abstract
Tim Burton, An American film director, is one of the most famous directors of contemporary American film industry attributing to his unique perspective of making films and great artistic achievements. In general his films revolve around the similar style of Gothic despite of different themes. We can see that there are a lot of traditional Gothic elements through watching his films, such as massacre, revenge, darkness. In addition, we can also see a great number of elements that had never seen before. Tim Burton made a perfect combination between the traditional Gothic culture and the era of contemporary background, injecting new vitality into the Gothic genre. This thesis intends to study Burton’s inheritance and development of Gothic tradition based on one of his representative films——Edward Scissorhands，so as to explore its practical significance. The result of this thesis will be a supplement to the study of Gothic culture.
Key words: Tim Burton, Edward Scissorhands, Gothic tradition, inheritance, development
Contents
Acknowledgements I
摘要 II
Abstract III
1 Introduction 1
2 Literature Review 2
2.1 Domestic Research Status 2
2.2 Foreign Research Status 4
3 Gothic Tradition and Edward Scissorhands 6
3.1 Gohthic and Gothic Tradition 6
3.2 Syonpsis of the Edward Scissorhands 8
4 The Inheritance of Gothic Tradition 9
4.1 Film Modeling 9
4.2 Atmosphere 10
4.3 Theme 11
5 The Development of Gothic Tradition 12
5.1 A Fairy-tale World——the Use of Warm Colors and Soft Music 12
5.2 Role Reversal——Characterization 13
5.3Combined with Hollywood Blockbuster——the Use of Humor 14
6 The Significance of Inheritance and Development 15
7 Conclusion 16
References 18
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