2 Minute Opening AnalysisThe Shining

The opening of the movie has a beautiful scenery, which usually relaxes the audience to calm before a thrilling moment. However the non-digetic music which is added to this is a slow trumpet, which is not very pleasant as it has only one tune, sounding like sad funeral music. This creates are slight strange feeling due to the odd combination of nice scenery but music not matching to the scene. Which right at the start of the movie gives us a hint that it’s a psychological thriller.

The scene moves onto the land, which then moves onto a road on a mountain hill. Then the view stays still on the road view this gives the audience slight interest to why the camera is specially focusing onto the road. As the angle changes to a birds eye view, focusing onto a car, reminds one of someone’s eye observing the car. Constructing the feeling of being watched. The music stays the same throughout the opening again doesn’t seem very pleasant, creating effect of the genre.

The Sixth Sense The film starts off in the darkness with something red glowing. Due to the red colour and darkness it at first seems odd makes you think what this is. As at first its not a pleasant sight. Plus there’s no sound, only dead silence generating tense mood.

Scene then changes to a character coming clarifying that it’s a storeroom. However as the scene is shown from behind the wine rack at first it does seem as if someone would be hiding behind it. Making audience slightly thoughtful if there’s something or someone behind which is about to jump out or similar. It’s specifically then as that as the camera moves around with the character.

However there turns out to be nothing, but as she turns around and stops for a moment, staring into space out of camera view. Again creates anxiety that she may has suddenly seen something, chiefly as her shadow is visible, could be possibly someone else’s shadow.

Mainly the technique used is that different camera angles & shots create and increate excitement & unease putting audience into the mood.