The film The Sixth Sense could easily be considered one of the greatest films made. While watching this film I was looking at it through many different perspectives and feel as if the director focused on perfecting the same topics i was looking to analyze and determine how great it actually was. although i had a lot to choose from, the topics I focused on in the film the Sixth Sense are the lighting, and the sounds and music emphasized in the film.
In the film you see many different scenes where the director uses the style of low-key lighting in order to emphasize the dark or creepy moment that are either currently happening, or in the transition stage of close to happening. By the director doing this I feel like he does a great job in isolating the thrill in the movie and leaving his audience on the edge of their seat in desperation to know the upcoming events. Horror movies take a lot of time in working with the lighting in order to always give a darker/overcast type of look to give a night impression throughout the entire movie. For example, even when you see cole at school conversing with his teacher the shadows from the clouds outside give it a gloomy day look inside classroom. If i was to just join the movie at the time exactly i would have the perception that I was watching a scary movie just by the lighting of the film.
Along the importance of the lighting in the film, I also feel like the sound effects and music used in the film are definitely essential in aspirations to make the movie as creepy and scary as can be. The director use a various amount of sounds, especially in pop up scenes or scenes that at one point lead up to being a thriller or horror scene. When you hear the banging coming from the top of the staircase during the house party being thrown, you hear an echo that sounds as if it passes through the entire house. The director does a great job here at using one of the most creepiest knocking noises you could imagine in a home that huge. I feel like if the director used any other pitch it wouldn’t fit the context correctly and would more than likely confuse his audience. Not only does the director do a good job of emphasizing the sounds, he does a great job at emphasizing the silent parts. In a scary movie the silent before the obligatory scene is so essential to adding suspense in the film. For example, right before the scary lady vomiting pops up in the “do not enter” tint with cole, there is complete silence in the film and the pop up is so sudden that im sure it even scares the director when he watches his own movie.
this film is said to be one of the great 100 scenes and i can easily see why. The director does a very well job while making the movie when it comes to stay on track and being very persistent with the story line. by the director doing this, i feel like he reduces the confusion that can be easily assumed in a movie that jumps around a whole lot. By analyzing films like these we gain a deeper understanding on what it takes to create a great film. By using specific vocabulary it helps us understand what what the words truly mean deeper than just a definition. We are also all on the same page when it comes to a understanding of terminology and get to practice what we are taught in class.
sources:
https://vialogues.com/vialogues/play/27037
http://baratieri.tripod.com/id26.html
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