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+.

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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. 

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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.