M Night Shyamalan Research Paper

M. Night Shyamalan is a successful director who takes part in screenwriting, producing and is even known for being an actor in his own movie. The success of his movie The Sixth Sense defined his career, followed by Unbreakable, The Visit and Wide Awake. After the release of these great titles, Shyamalan experienced some disappointing releases. Now, however, he seems to be turning things around with his recent movie Split, which shows how different people deal with abuse. Shyamal is known for his horror/thriller style and his supernatural plots to emphasize and bring to the light issue of people in a modern world. Shyamalan uses color, lighting, camera angles and interaction between character to really bring meaning to his plot.
In the movie Split, three girls get kidnapped by a man named Kevin who is diagnosed with 23 different personalities. Even though Shyamalan focused more on the character, Kevin, he developed one of the kidnapped girls, Casey. This makes her different from the two girls because now Shyamalan could develop her character in a way to help them escape. Shyamalan suggests that the two “normal” girls have an unrealistic illusion of safety and that they are quick to try to escape, while Casey, on the other hand, didn't grow up with this sense of safety and her trauma made her more aware of the

This helps him create a more realistic setting and work in an environment that he is comfortable with and know well. Shyamalan films also use bright lights as a symbol. In the movie split, when the girl is having flashbacks of her father before the traumatic incident, Shyamalan uses bright yellow and orange colors to set the scene. This is also evident in his other movies such as red colors in the Sixth Sense to show the importance and use green and purple in Unbreakable to give it a comic like a