Sixth Sense Analysis

Film Title: Film titles always give you a good view of what the movie may be about and the 6^th sense film title was no exception. I say this because firstly the title was set over a black background, which straight away gives the impression that, the film may be a horror or a thriller because of the way it is laid out. Second is the font of the text, when the film crew and characters where coming up the titles would appear very dull and small but then would start to get bigger, bolder and start to space out which gave the impression to me that the movie would be quite mysterious but at the same time enjoyable because that’s how the titles was set out to a certain extent. The music that was playing when the titles was coming up was quite scary but at the same time gave you that edge of your seat feeling and one part of the title that stood out for me was when the title (the sixth sense) came up immediately there was kind of a sharp but deadly sound that followed suggesting that this was going to be a very odd and creepy movie.

Setting/Location: The first location and setting I saw was in a whine attic/cellar, which straight away suggested to me that this movie was quite creepy. I say this because the room was quite dark and she was all by her self there and you could see by the look on her face that the character was quite terrified by the fact that she was down there all by her self. There was also one bit of that scene where she rubbed her arms suggesting that she was cold down there. The could be connected with the whine cellar because it could be said that you can associate cellars of any kind to be a cold and lonely place and I that’s the exact impression that scene gave me, that it was a cold and lonely place to be adding to the edge of your seat feeling a thriller movie is meant to give the audience

Costumes/Props: The props scene in the first scene, which was the cellar, was the woman and her colourful dress and also the whine, which was quite obvious seen as the scene in a whine cellar. The fact that the woman was wearing a quite bright dress was the stereotype of a female because even though the cellar was dark and really dull the character made the scene that much more scary because you would not find a woman dressed like that in a place like that normally. In my opening it added to her volubility in the scene and this was added by the fact that she was wearing heels and getting some whine to take to her husband.

Editing/Camera Work: There was a few shots in the scene but the one that stool out for me the most was the close up shots as their was quite a few of them as their was only three actors in the first scene. This creates the feeling that the couple was alone when in fact there was someone else in the house, I think that they used the cameras very well in the first scene.

Titles/Font Style: The title and font style was really simple but at the same time very effective. I say this because the font and texts and titles came on a black background and the text was blue, which could be seen as a thriller movie. The writing is also quite unusual as it starts of dull but then gets bigger and litter, which gives the impression those things, are not as they seem during the duration of the movie.

How The Opening Sets Up A Story: The movie straight away gets in to the genre that is given as a thriller because it starts of in a dark cold cellar with a lonely woman that the audience can tell is quite harmless and helpless. This makes us/the audience think why is it set in a place like this straight away, and even though nothing comes of it the audience will still be at the edge of their seats because they are straight away put on edge by what they have seen in the first few seconds of the film. Even though later on in the film we can tell she is with her husband before we no this it seems like she is alone but their might be something else in the room with her and we can tell she is quite scared by her facial futures and also the way she is acting in the room.

Genre: The Genre of the film is a thriller and we can instantly tell this by the way that the title is paned out and the music playing while the title is being shown over a black background. The first thing we see is a flashing light then a lonely woman in the cellar which shows that something may not be right because she gives the impression that she is scared of something or someone or maybe even she does not want to be down there by her self.