Sixth Sense Movie Essay
Sixth Sense essay.
1. How does the director M. Night Shyamalan, use cinematic techniques to build an atmosphere of suspense in the film The Sixth Sense?
The movie The Sixth Sense is directed by M. Night Shyamalan. He uses cinematic techniques to build an atmosphere of suspense in the film. M. Shyamalan uses camera angles, sound and colour to enhance suspense in The Sixth Sense. Some scenes where the cinematic techniques enhance the suspense are ‘Kyra’s funeral’, ‘I see dead people’ and ‘the hanged ghosts’. These scenes are vital in the suspense of the movie.
The music makes The Sixth Sense very suspenseful. When everything goes silent, there is sound of human breathing. Music is also very prominent in parts of the movie. The composer James Newton Howard makes the sixth sense scary and suspenseful. The majority of music is long drawn out sequences of barely audible sounds. This music is largely harmonic though its restrained volume makes it only marginally interesting. Some sequences function more as eerie sound effects rather than music. Between the dissonance and the slight plucking of the violins and the meandering piano for suspenseful situations, there are moments that have hints of Devil’s Advocate and Flatliners. In the scenes where Cole is frightened of the ghosts (namely “hanging ghosts” and “Kyra’s ghost”) the sudden thumps and whines of the ensemble add suspense. The music lulls you into a false sense of security before the tension booms. In most movies, this diminishes the impact of a score’s set up, though with The Sixth Sense, it doesn’t.
When the film industry uses a colour in nearly every scene, it raises the suspense in the movie. The colour red is very symbolic in The Sixth Sense. In nearly every scene there is the colour red. At Kyra’s funeral, Kyra’s mother dresses in red and has bright lipstick on when everyone else is in black. This is symbolism of Mrs. Collins being evil because she poisoned Kyra, as the video that Cole gave Mr Collins
1. How does the director M. Night Shyamalan, use cinematic techniques to build an atmosphere of suspense in the film The Sixth Sense?
The movie The Sixth Sense is directed by M. Night Shyamalan. He uses cinematic techniques to build an atmosphere of suspense in the film. M. Shyamalan uses camera angles, sound and colour to enhance suspense in The Sixth Sense. Some scenes where the cinematic techniques enhance the suspense are ‘Kyra’s funeral’, ‘I see dead people’ and ‘the hanged ghosts’. These scenes are vital in the suspense of the movie.
The music makes The Sixth Sense very suspenseful. When everything goes silent, there is sound of human breathing. Music is also very prominent in parts of the movie. The composer James Newton Howard makes the sixth sense scary and suspenseful. The majority of music is long drawn out sequences of barely audible sounds. This music is largely harmonic though its restrained volume makes it only marginally interesting. Some sequences function more as eerie sound effects rather than music. Between the dissonance and the slight plucking of the violins and the meandering piano for suspenseful situations, there are moments that have hints of Devil’s Advocate and Flatliners. In the scenes where Cole is frightened of the ghosts (namely “hanging ghosts” and “Kyra’s ghost”) the sudden thumps and whines of the ensemble add suspense. The music lulls you into a false sense of security before the tension booms. In most movies, this diminishes the impact of a score’s set up, though with The Sixth Sense, it doesn’t.
When the film industry uses a colour in nearly every scene, it raises the suspense in the movie. The colour red is very symbolic in The Sixth Sense. In nearly every scene there is the colour red. At Kyra’s funeral, Kyra’s mother dresses in red and has bright lipstick on when everyone else is in black. This is symbolism of Mrs. Collins being evil because she poisoned Kyra, as the video that Cole gave Mr Collins