The Sixth Sense/1999/M. Night. Shyamalan

1. Siapakah M. Night. Shyamalan dan bincangkan gaya pengarahan beliau secara umum.

M. Night. Shyamalan born in 6/8/1970, is a Indian-born American film screen writer, director, producer, and actor. M. Night. Shyamalan is the son of two doctor. But he did follow his parents foot step. his passion for filmmaking began when he was given a super-8 camera at age eight. In 1999’s The Sixth Sense, the film was starring by Bruce Willis and Haley Jool Osment. 

(Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi(2009) "Answer Note: M. Night. Shyamalan")

In my think, His shooting style is focus on the ending part, he always put the surprise at the final part movie.  The director very attention to the storyline details, and then focus on ending climax, because he want to form the story step by step, to done all the preparation for the last moment.

2. Sila rumuskan dalam satu perenggan synopsis filem The Sixth Sense.

Malcom (Bruce Willis) is a distinguished family child psychologist, he was help a lof of children back to the right track. Because of this, he also won the government recognition. Unexpectedly, one of his child patient before, break into the malcom’s house, and then shot him, and then committed suicide. One year later, Malcom doctor face again the similar case. He decide to try again, the child name Cole (Haley Jool Osment). Cole has Ying Yang eyes, long suffering with the ghost problem, he can see the dead people all the time, so he was very afraid. Malcom want to help him but Cole don’t want to acceptable because he think no one can help him run from his destiny. But with the continuously effort by Malcom doctor, Cole finally let the doctor know his fear------“I CAN SEE DEAD PEOPLE”. In the treatment, Malcom found communication problem with his wife, and his wife seen to have an affair. So, Malcom face two challenges, job and marriage. With the accompanied by Malcom, Cole successfully helped a little girl to exposing her secret of death. Finally, Cole told Malcom, he can try to communicate with his wife when she is sleep. When he talked to his wife, he also recall back his memory that he was already dead in the reality.

3. The Sixth Sense adalah sebuah filem dalam genre drama (tragedy) berbanding horror. Apakah kelainan yang cuba ditonjolkan oleh M.Night Shyamalan dalam filem ini?

The sixth sense is a genre film if comparing with horror film. This film full with of deep affection, because of this unique, its difficult to be classified in any type of horror film. In a small plot, Cole had twice asked his mother the same question.  Cole looked disturbed at his mother and asked her:

“You think I’m a freak?”

“Look at my eyes, I would never think that about you, ever! got it?”

Cole feel very relieved, his eyes were sparking: “got it.”

4. Bincangkan watak dan perwatakan dalam filem ini dan bagaimana ia menyumbang kepada kesan plot cerita?

In the “The Sixth Sense”, there has two main character. Malcom doctor (Bruce Willis) and Cole (Haley Jool Osment). In my opinion, he is a very good at acting and participating in many movie role. The climax of the film can be successful because of his acting. In the last part of the film, the way he look at his wife, the way he talk to her and his deep feeling of expression won applause from the audience. In the last scence, he recall back he was already death, his expression start to become surprise, fear and despair.

Cole (Haley Jool Osment) only 9-10 year old, but really good in acting. In one part: “I CAN SEE DEAD PEOPLE”….when he curled up in the yard, with a trembling voice and tell the secret to his trusted doctor Malcom. His eyes filled with tears, his expression show him very fear and nervous to talk about the most horrible thing in the world.

5. Bincangkan kepentingan konsep twits dalam penulisan skrip filem ini.     

                       

In my opinion, concept twist is very important in the writing script film “The Sixth Sense” because its can add more emotion to the plot, for example, more terror, tension, and mystery. The director is use this concept to let the film ending achieved the climax so that the audience will been keeping refresh about the story.

Posted 15th March by Jessica Kuek