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Hey Grace,
ReplyDeleteOkay - so first things first: hyperrealism is a complex theory and you'll need to demonstrate you understand it and can give it away to the reader effectively. I have a warning for you too: hyperrealism aligns with two things: the way things look and 'the way things are'. When Baudrillard talks about hyperreality he is essentially criticising something; for him, hyperrealism is tragic and totally inauthentic; he argues that we're living in these 'fake worlds' created for us by advertising, by mass media, and so on. For Baudrillard, 'hyperrealism' is something to be resisted and challenged.
It's true that the production design of those Scissorhands suburbs 'look' hyperealistic (like something created out of a magazine photoshoot), but I guess the really interesting thing about that is 'why?' What is the conceptual relationship between the way those houses look (hyper-real) and Baudrillard's ideas on 'Hyperrealism'? What has Hyperrealism got to do with the themes of the film itself? I'd argue that Edward Scissorhands is a BIG criticism of the American Dream; of consumerism; of celebrity; of commodification: it's a film that collides 'fakeness' with 'authenticity'...
When I look at your structure, I suppose I'm a bit worried that you might end up just repeating the same observation which is 'The sets and costumes of Edward Scissorhands are hyperreal'... okay, agreed - but so what?
It's this 'so what?' that is key to your structure: so this is what I want you to think about: What is Baudrillard's critique and how does that critique relate to the themes of Edward Scissorhands? Answer that question and your observations about the design of the film etc will be proving a point/making an argument, as opposed to just being 'descriptive' of what's on screen.