A comparison of the Opening Sequences in "The Others" and "the Sixth Sense", with a decision on which is the most effective and why?

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Danielle Brown 10W 19/11/02

Mr. Saxton

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A comparison of the Opening Sequences in "The Others" and "the Sixth Sense", with a decision on which is the most effective and why?

The opening techniques for both of the films were completely different to each other. In "The Others", the beginning scene is very tense, where as in "The Sixth Sense", is light/happy and romantic, with two lovely couples celebrating.

The producers use various methods to introduce the audience to the emotions of fear, suspense and hope. For example in "The Sixth Sense" music is very eerie, which therefore indicates to the audience that something ominous will happen. The music is played using a violin, which gave an appropriate sound that created a haunting eerie effect. In addition to this, dynamics and metallic sounds are used, sounding like It's coming from a tambourine, which conjure coldness and iciness. The diversity of dynamics including the loudness and softness brought a sense of confusion and panic. Also dynamics along with a pitch-black screen, in "The Sixth Sense" complimented each other to induce fear. Similarly with "The Others", eerie music is played using a violin and having dynamics at certain points, however no tambourines were present.
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Camera work is quite important in bringing across the message the director is communicating. For example like in "the Sixth Sense", Vincent Gray (Donnie Wahlberg), one of Crowe's few failures, revealed gradually, firstly at the feet, slowly creeping up to the knees, then up the legs and to the waste, then the chest and towards the neck and finally his face! This is an excellent technique to use as I mention above it creates suspense and keeps the audience watching. This kind of illusion puts the audience in a state of uncertainty as to what is real or ...

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