Tuesday, 16 November 2010

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense


The film stars Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette and Olivia Williams.

The Sixth Sense the format from the film shows Crowe getting shot then it skips along 6 months then continues on from that point. The first thing you see is Vincent hiding in the upstairs bathroom pulling a gun out of the sink shooting Crowe. The film the skips 9 months to Philadelphia where he meets Cole a kid who can see dead people throughout the film Crowe tries to help Cole come to grips with seeing dead people. At the end of the film you find out that Crowe was a ghost a few ways to understand this before the end is that the only time Crowe interacts with the world the thing he touches is red which people used to believe that the colour red is from when the spiritual world joined with the physical also the clothes that  Crowe wears in the film are clothes he was wearing or touched before he was shot. The way each scene was set out for Crowe meant he never had to move anything out of the way in the restaurant scene the table was already pulled out and the check was taken automatically so he didn't have the chance to try and take it away from the table.

The way the film was portrayed and filmed was great during my first viewing of the film i had no idea that the main character is a ghost but the way it was shown in the last scene of the film was great showing the scenes where Bruce Willis had flashbacks to key points in the film with cole telling hi he sees dead people the door not opening then showing a table blocking the door off and his wedding ring dropping to the floor then showing the rest of his death.

The Genre of the sixth sense is a horror/thriller and we can tell because of the fact that ghosts are walking around and that only Cole can see which gives you the perspective that either he is making it up or it is real and ghosts are haunting him but further into the film you see that the ghosts arrant terrifying they just want to pass a message on to tell people about their killers.

To fully get to grips with this film you will need to watch it a second time there is a twist ending at the end where you see that Malcolm is actually a ghost and has finished what he needed to pass on he helped a boy with the same conditions as Vincent his former patient who shot him at the beginning of the film.


The Regulatory bodies that would be involved in the sixth sense would be the BBFC who classify films fit to the audiences the Sixth Sense was given the classification of 15 which meant it was suited for audiences the age of 15+.

The Sixth Sense Trailer 


The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The film tells the story of Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), a troubled, isolated boy who is able to see and talk to the dead, and an equally troubled child psychologist (Bruce Willis) who tries to help him. The film established Shyamalan as a writer and director, and introduced the cinema public to his traits, most notably his affinity for surprise endings. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.



the director M Night Shyamalan the success of the sixth sense spurred him on to make more films like
Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, Lady In The Water, The Happening, The Last Airbender, Devil, One Thousand A.E., The Connected. 

The Target audience for The Sixth Sense is males from the age 16-20 because thrillers are mainly watched by a male audience the majority of the time. 

Roles in production are:

Camera Operator: A camera operator is a person that operates a film or video camera for the purpose of recording a production to film or video.

Focus Puller: A focus puller, or 1st assistant cameraperson, is a member of a film crew’s camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain image sharpness on whatever subject or action is being filmed.

Lighting Director: The setup, packup, crewing and overall production of an entertainment lighting installation. They usually have little or no creative involvement in the production.

Director of Photography: A Director of Photography is someone who supervises the filming of movies, commercials, television series, or any other sort of filmed production.

Special effects make up artist: Makeup artists are experts at giving people a desired look through the use of makeup, wigs, and other tools of the trade.

Composer: Composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media.

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Shots

 
Enigma shot used to create suspense

Action shot is used to show action

 Two shot used to show 2 objects or people in the same shot 

 Over the shoulder shot to show us who the person is talking to 

Point of view shot to show us what the person sees 

Establishing shot used to show a location 

 Long shot used to show more of a shot than a mid shot 

 Mid shot showing a important object or person

 Medium close up showing an important person and a small amount of the scenery

Extreme close up showing a small amount of a object person or animal

 Low angle shot to give the person or buliding some emotion

 Worm's eye view shot to show the scenery a small animal would see

 High angle shot to show a building or a person to give it a bit of emotion

 Aerial shot showing a location form a distence

 Big close up shoeing an important person or object in better detail

 Close up on an object to show its importance

 Close up on a person to show that they are important

 Canted angle used to show something at an angle 

Thursday, 7 October 2010

North By North West



Visuals

  • Green Screen
  • Grid
  • Animation Of Lines
  • Titles Going From Bottom To Top
  • Arrows Pointing North And West 
  • Dissolves Into Building 
  • Dissolves Into Crowd Of People 
Sounds
  • Music Getting Faster
  • Brass Instruments
  • Scurrying
  • In Your Face
  • Overwhelming
  • Orchestra 

Thursday, 30 September 2010

Analysis of Seven Opening Sequence



Soundtrack:

  • Scream
  • Clicks
  • War Drums
  • Squeaks
  • Faster
  • Speech
  • Industrial Sounds
  • Metal grinding
  • Gears
  • Fast Forwarding A Tape
  • Lift crank
Visual
  • Book
  • Writing
  • Filmstrip
  • Photos
  • Needle And Thread 
  • Skin
  • Red
  • Black Ink
  • Hands
  • Fingers
  • Money 
  • Tea Bag
The film seven title sequence is used to crate an Enigma