Analysis : Sixth Sense

As we can see when the film actually starts theres a huge amount of enigma connect to opening titles. This being said, as you can see the blue titles appear whilst an growingly intense piece of music is being played in the background. We can also see a flash across the screen which adds even more enigma. Once the titles have vanished the camera focuses slowly on a light bulb to which this reveals they're in a basement or cellar of some sorts.
Once we've been introduced to the location we then see that there is a woman walking down the stairs and then towards a wall to get something, so far we dont know what that is, and from this we hear a none-diegetic sound from behind her. This automatically adds suspicion and tension.

from this scene we can slightly see the darkened, cold, and bland colour pallet which is being used whilst the woman is in the basement. The use of space makes the audience believe something Is standing their, and that she's possibly looking at something, but due to us not seeing anything we know there isn't actually something standing there, but only given the idea there is. This also adds enigma and also curiosity.



In the next scene we're transformed to what Is portrayed to be a warm home, from the use of candles and a fire the audience would expect this to be a lived in and loved home, unlike the dark basement just before. Before long we can see a couple talking and looking at something, but we don't know what it is yet, this enigma adds to the audiences curiosity from the previous scenes and has been done purposely to do this. We now know that the woman, whilst down in the dark room was actually getting some wine, and although the house is presented as being warm she informs her husband that she is in fact cold. This evidently can lead the audience to expect something ghostly, maybe to what she saw or felt in the basement, but also meaning that something may not be right.
As the camera turns we see a mounted plaque and this explains about his job.

The scene after the previous one shows a transition shot to the stairs and then shows the couple both upstairs, undressing and acting rather drunk. Although everything seems to be good, we can actually see a a broken window and phone on the floor. This adds an extreme amount of enigma due to the fact we don't know why it's broken, but also in a later scene we wind a man standing in his underwear shouting at this 'doctor' whom supposedly tried to help him. Not only this but we can see who is more intimidating in this scene with the use of visual hierarchy.

After talking and trying to figure out what might happen we actually see the man being shot, and falling back onto his bed, but whilst the camera is panning across the screen we also see the partly nude man shoot himself.