The Sixth Sense

•In 1999 M. Night Shyamalan had released the American psychological horror film ‘The sixth Sense’.

•This film was confirmed to be one of Shyamalan’s greatest success, this was due to the excellent and effective use of cinematography.

•The surroundings in the scenes are not gothic like in his other film ‘The Haunting’, but they are far more spookier due to the dominant use of powerful tense non diagetic sound which creates suspense, especially the scene when Cole and his mother speak in the car about seeing the dead old lady and when Crow’s ex patient kills himself.

•The use of camera and sound justifies the sub-genre of the film being a psychological horror.

•There is a lot of high angle and low angle shots are used throughout the film in a variety of scenes, this is to show intimidation Cole is experiencing from the dead people he is seeing, and humiliation from the school kids who bully him for not being ‘normal’.

•The Editing used in the film is very effective and keeps the audience feeling frightened. These are always used when Cole comes into contact with a dead person and the cuts are used on Cole’s face, and the use of extreme close ups and the use of shot-reverse-shot on Cole’s and Crow’s conversation in the church and match on action cuts.