The Sixth Sense is a PG-13 horror film released to the public on August 6, 1999 by director M. Night Shyamalan. It talks about a boy name Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) who is able to see and talk to people from the dead and child psychiatrist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) tries to help him. Throughout the movie there were a wide variety of scenes that made the movie memorable for the audience. One scene that I found intriguing was the funeral reception of Krya Collins. There were numerous techniques that got used which tie everything for the audience to understand who the murderer was at the end of the funeral reception. Without analyzing the post-funeral scene, the audience would not have believed that Cole could speak to the dead. Cole was …show more content…
Kyra’s father witnesses the moments on how his daughter was poisoned. The string music is brought back, with a louder and intense sound which means something bad was happening. When it was time for lunch, Kyra runs to her bed hiding from her mom and pretending that she was sleeping in bed. When Kyra’s mom sees that Kyra was sleeping and takes the advantage to add the poison inside. She puts the food tray on the table in the exact location her doll theater. Since Kyra did not turn off her video, the video was able to catch a close-up on the bottle containing the poison that was used to keep Kyra from being sick. This onscreen segment shows that Kyra’s mother was responsible with the poison and this caused her father to start his mortified period. Thus this scene had another extreme close-up shot and we cut to a reaction shot which is, “A cut to a shot of a character’s reaction to the contents of the preceding shot” (Giannetti 527). In order to keep the extreme close-up and the reaction shot together, the lighting was a critical factor. The lighting was high in the scene. They focus on physical aspects on Kyra’s father by bringing a pale face featuring darkness that was surrounding him. Everything was focused on him and if you take a look in the background, everybody was blurred
Spike Lee does many fascinating things from a directorial standpoint, which makes his film (dare I say, joint), Do the Right Thing so interesting to watch. Writer, director Lee makes much use of the high and low angle shots. He does this to draw clear contrasts between the two elders of the block, Da Mayor and Mother Sister and to make conflict more apparent.
-Steven Spielberg’s use of editing and cut scenes is one of the biggest factors in this movie. He uses contrast in certain scenes to amplify one and somewhat down play the other. The intensity in one scene can form an overstatement on what is really going on even when the setting itself is very relaxed. One scene the really exemplifies this is one of the first scenes when Chrissie runs into the water and is dragged under water by the unknown, but a bit after we realize that she is actually being attacked by a great white. The camera cuts back to Tom laying down, completely unware of the events presiding. Him laying down enjoying the sun is a complete contrast and also the slight note screaming that is playing is very opposite Chrissies which makes the intensity shoot up when we
When given the task of comparing the sound design used in Raising Arizona and Drive, the task is fairly simple. Drive, which came out in 2011 and is a crime drama, is in no way like the sound design used it Raising Arizona, a black comedy film that was released in 1987. Given the nature of, Drive, the soundtrack for this film is understandably, intense while the soundtrack for Raising Arizona is noticeably, campy. I believe that these particular soundtracks, while different, are perfect for their respective films. In Raising Arizona, the music of the film has a folksy and goofy vibe that fits with all of the particular scenes in the film such as the mugshot scene and the diaper robbery. However, the soundtrack for Drive is prominently dark, powerful and intangible, something that fits most of the scenes of the film such as the numerous fight and driving scenes.
The Polanski version of the video consists of a huge variation in the chosen lighting. There is the bright, colourful, interior of the banquet and then are external shots of the castle that are very dark. This contrast is expected in this version of the video for it is designed to be a feature film, so there are enhancements to
The movie Shock Doctrine revolves around the concept of the same name. The film begins by discussing psychological research on the effects of shock therapy. It is evident that a person under extreme stress and anxiety commonly experienced during a crisis functions and performs inadequately. It is noted that the studies are conducted by a man by the name of Milton Friedman, from the University of Chicago; the studies took place in the past, and some of the subjects are still recovering in the aftermath. From this research, interrogation techniques were learned and the concept of the shock doctrine was formed. Essentially through causing a crisis, the population of a country can be shocked into complying with accepting laws that favors the United States and capitalism. This theory coexists with Friedman’s belief in that government regulation is bad, and through a crisis a country would better itself with deregulation. The video uses Chile as an example and shows how America allowed a crisis to occur in Chile, through coups, interrogations and subterfuge. In the end a new government is formed that allows capitalism. Unfortunately afterwards violence and riots occur, as the rich gain most of the wealth and poverty rises. In addition to Chile, Argentina, Russia and even Iraq underwent the shock doctrine. Almost in every account, poverty rises and violence ends up erupting. The movie ends by showing how the US was in the process of the shock doctrine, and still is but the population has taken notice. Protests such as Occupy Wall Street are some of the initiatives necessary to bring awareness to the problems of class inequalities in order to prevent capitalism from benefitting the rich and increasing the wealth gap among the classes.
The first foreshadowing point that really stood out to me was when Cole was in the hospital and Malcolm had come to tell him a story. After the story Cole tells Malcolm he wants to share his secret with him. Cole then states that he can see dead people and they do not know they are dead. I don’t think Malcolm knew what to think at the moment. I think he was confused and concerned for Cole's mental health. Malcolm thought cole was basically just crazy. The director misled the viewer by making them think Malcolm was still just Cole’s doctor. Then throughout the movie you see Malcolm just about everywhere that Cole is. Which was suspicious to me.
My Thesis aims at observing the suspense and fear showed through themes and techniques in films directed by Alfred Hitchcock’s movies Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, The Wrong Man, and The Man Who Knew To Much. He controlled when the audience felt certain emotions by filming with different camera cuts, close ups, different camera angles, contrasting between light to dark scenes, and adding certain music to different scenes.
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (2005), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Big Eyes (2014), and Frankenweenie (2012) are just a few titles out of the many films Tim Burton has directed. Tim Burton is an American director, producer, illustrator, writer and animator. Tim Burton was born on August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California. Growing up, Burton felt quite alone and felt as if he was a misfit. Many of Burton’s childhood thoughts and circumstances pose as the inspiration for certain themes and events portrayed in his films. Within these films, Burton effectively communicates his sinister and uncanny style through many cinematic and stylistic techniques. By utilizing lighting, sound, camera movements and shots, Burton creates compelling and meaningful
When I watching this movie, I notice that I felt less separation from the movie. Initially I could not find a reason for that but, soon after I realize that the camera is not static but it wobbling slightly. In most movie, camera does not move and it creates the frame. In the other hand, this movie’s handheld camera type of camera works imitate the human eyesight feeling and make people feels like to experience the event in a movie as a one of the character. In this perspective, do not explain too much about the detail is emphasizing this experience. Consider these things, I really excited and enjoyed couple of scene which are the running through battle field and engaging to the baby. In the every day world, both scene is pretty rare to experience. For the battle field scene, majority of the people have avoiding to be in there so that is rare. The engaging to the baby experience is quite normal event for most people and of course it is grate experience but, in this movie setting, baby is extremely rare and seeing baby is truly miracle event. To emphasize and provide this miracle event, this camera work is perfect to apply.
film. They know that if they go and see this genre of film that they
Scene Analysis of The Sixth Sense In the film the Sixth Sense a young boy named Cole has paranormal contact with the dead. He can see things that other people cannot. namely the ghosts of the dead walking around him. The scene which I have chosen to analyse to answer my title is the scene where he is at school and brings up facts about what used to go there like people being hanged and eventually he erupts at this former pupil now teacher.
With every film, there are purposely intended details which are used that may seem unnecessary or irrelevant, but are vital components of the diegesis. For most, it can be helpful to re-watch a movie to get a better understanding for what is going on. To appreciate and completely comprehend a film to its full extent, one must look to identify the five principles of form. When analyzing the plot of Get Out, these principles must be addressed because of the significant details that captivate this entire story. When considering how the aspects of function, similarity and repetition, development, difference and variation, and unity/disunity shape the film, viewers can get a grip for why the director uses certain tactics to compose each scene for
What do you think about when watching a film? Do you focus on the characters' good looks or the dialogue? Or do you go behind the scenes and think about what made the film? Maybe, it's even a combination of all three. No matter what comes to mind first, an important part of any good movie will be what you see. A camera and good director or cinematographer is needed to make that possible. Different directors and cinematographers will use different camera techniques to make you focus on what you see. Camera techniques show emphasis in films, because they make you focus more on situations and people. They are especially important in Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream.
The main focus of the movie is when the agents go undercover and get their cosmetics applied and get completely done head to toe in makeup to make them look like caucasian females. Over half of the movie has the actors in this disguise which is heavily, heavily cosmetic including facial molds to get the actors to look like females. However, even though the actors are in a disguise for over half of the movie, that is not the only time cosmetics were applied. In the beginning of the movie the actors had a mask and fake hair attached to the mask to make them look like mexican shop owners. Cosmetics was a big part of the movies focus however a part the movie also lacked was CGI. CGI was absent during this film. As CGI was absent, pyrotechnics was limited. The only pyrotechnics in the film occurred in the all-white party scene where the gunman fired the gun hitting Latrell Spencer who dove in front of Kevin Copeland who was dressed as a female. The editing and cinematography served the same focus throughout the film, focus on the main part of the scene. The camera shots and cuts throughout the movie almost solely focus on the main parts of the scene. Scenes such as the dance showdown keep the camera focused on the main dancer and not the crowd surrounding the dancer in the club. This can also be seen in the auction seen where the focus of the camera is on the stage instead of the
generate moods, and have great psychological affect. This is just as true for the very first series of shots for the film, and perhaps more important since these first shots will give the audience the initial feeling of the film, and set a tone for the picture. The first shot is highly dramatic in its lighting method, and the audience is drawn in immediately to one single detail. A man begins revealing the details of a tragic incident that befell his daughter. We don’t see who he is talking to. There is a spotlight directly above the man, and this is pretty much 95% of the light used. This really lights up the top of his head, which is bald, but there is no hot spot or reflective element which is good because reflection here would be aesthetically displeasing. The lighting causes dark areas under the man’s eyes, which emphasize the passion and eventually the hatred of what he is talking about. The scene is lit so that the background is completely black, so that the only thing we can see is the man. Even though this is logically unrealistic, the stylistic decision to light in this manner is warranted, since this or any other good film draws heavily upon our expectations and imagination to convey a message or meaning. We as audience accept the unrealistic elements, if they assist in making the story ...