The Sixth Sense Opening Scene Analysis

The Sixth Sense written and directed by M.Night Shyamalan, the genre of “The Sixth Sense” is horror-psychological thriller supernatural suspense drama, explores the themes of afterlife, ghosts, courage, trust, faith, fear, grief and loss.
I think mise-en-scene and sound are the most important micro-features within this film.

Mise-en-scene is important in film to set the tone and mood of the audience as it captures everything within the scene. In the opening seconds of the scene within the film a light-bulb is seen directly through the use of a close up shot. The light bulb gradually gets lighter suggesting hope growing stronger for a character.

Sound is important in film as it has the power to create illusions in the viewers mind, sometimes subconsciously makes the view feel feelings or thoughts to come into their minds.
Within the film “The Sixth Sense” during the opening scene a mysterious and pretentious sound begins to play. The sound is in sync with the credit titles as when a name fades away the music lowers and becomes higher when another name appears. This idea of non-diegetic sound is exposed as it is not natural with the film.