6th Sense opening

Title of film:

The title appears way into the opening titles in a bold, blue font which makes it stand out on the page as it contrasts with the black background behind it.

Setting/location:

The setting appears to be in a normal everyday house. We discover this later on because at first we see a woman in a wine cellar, but then a long shot after she has walked up the sairs into a hallway and a front room. We see this from a long shot as it is inside and would be difficult to do from another angle.

Costumes:

The costuming is also very basic we see in woman who appears to be in reasonably smart dress looking as if she is going to be celebrating a special accoasion, because she is deciding upon a bottle of wine to drink. We then see the man who is dressed in very also dressed in smart casual clothing, which gives a very small indication to what the genre of the film could be.

Camerawork/editing:

There is a lot of good camerawork because altohough the first shot we see of the woman is a mid shot, it is very mach like it is a point of view of one of the wine bottles that she is walking over to deciding upon which one to choose. It then adapts into a long shot where she walks to and up the stairs and back into the front room still in a long shot view. It then remains int he view of a long shot until the begin to read the certificate where there is a close up of the object and the two people reading it. There is no real editing used, except for the reflection on the casing on the certificate which could be seen as editing because because it is being shown through a different perspective.

Title/font style:

All of the titles in this sequence are in a bold, blue font on a black background so that tey stand out and are the only thing on screen so they are the audiences main focus. The font style is very basic and has been chosen to be bold so it is clear and very obvious to a viewer what it is saying.

Story:

From this opening sequence all we learn about the story is that the man is a child psychiatrist, because they are admiring his certificate and are celebrating him being recognised for his achievement in his profrssion. We gain to develop that he is a very work based man because of what the characters are saying to each other about him, and that this means a lot to him. This does not really set up a storyline but indicates that his profession will be of major

relevance to the film and that big events will happen because of what he may have done to help certain patients.

Genre:

Although there is not a lot to make it clear what genre this is we gain anunderstanding that it is a thriller because there is eerie music (non-diegetic) constantly being played in the bacjground while the woman is choosing a bottle of win. Also the very first shot we see is of a light bulb flickering, which adds tension and shows that something is wrong.

How characters are introduced:

The woman is the first character that we see, but we know that she is not the main character because there is no big introduction to her and we find nothing out about her, we only see her choosing a bottle of wine. However, before we even see the man we have a focus on his hand on the certificate saying this means a lot to him and is one of his greatest accomplishments in life. We hear the two characters read off the certficate and we find out instantly what this mans profession is; this hints that he will be the main character because we are already learning about his personal life.

Special effects/shots:

There are a couple of clever shots used to help make this opening sequence more interesting. For example, one of the shots in the wine cellar begins as a long shot from across the room, but it develops into a close up of the woman walking up the stairs of without the use of a cut, it's all one shot. This is good because it has two different shot types incorporated as one without the camera doing anything. Another clever piece of shooting I thought was good was when they filmed the certificate but in the reflection had a close up of the two people reading off of it; this was like an eyeline match because we could see they were looking at this object but it managed to have them in the shot as well as the object.