The Sixth Sense

In this opening sequence techniques are used to make the film appeal to its genre, which is thriller/horror. The use of black background with white writing creates a sinister effect and feeling about the film, as the black is the prominent colour. This can symbolize a thriller film. The writng is also beign split during the sequence, perhaps symbolizing a knife. Along with the writing, there is also non diegetic sound in the background at a low volume and slow pace, creating a haunted and uncomfortable feeling. Also as this title sequence appears it runs with the music which abruptly gains a fast pace, which is unnerving to the audience and gives them a chill, which can relate to features of thriller films, as they tend to have dramatic and changing soundtracks. There is also a light that runs over each of the words in the title sequence, which looks like someones eyes watching you, creating fear and a thrilling effect. This is quite a short opening sequence, but is effective nonetheless

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