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Tuesday, 4 January 2011

TheSixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999, US) - Analysis



Title:
the title font is in the common thriller colour blue and becomes spaced out and also expand on the screen as the credits advance to the next shot. This may be an early indication that things get bigger as the film progresses.

Setting:
The setting is revealed to the audience in a cellar which is generally a scary environment so it is a clear indication of what is to come.


Costumes/Props:
The woman who is introduced in the cellar is wearing a dress and is getting wine which combined means a special ocassion of some sort is happening.

Editing/Camera Work:
The woman and cellar location is introduced with a light bulb very slowly turning on. this light blb looking like it doesnt work properly and could break at any minute in a dusty old celler creates fear and leaves the audience thinking something bad is going to happen.

Titles/Font Style:
The title font at the beginning of the film is all in capital letters and is very easy to read and is in blue which is a convention of a thriller which tells the audience from the start what type of film there watching.

Genre:
The genre of the film is a thriller we are shown this in the title sequence because at the begging it has an Erie music playing and the font colour is blue which is a convention of a thriller film.

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