Narrative Ideas For A Film

In this clip of "Sixth Sense" it is showing the main character and his wife admiring his award from the Major. As they go upstairs to go bed, they notice their house has been broken into. A man is standing in the bathroom half naked, and seems very mentally unstable. He accuses he main character of failing him when he needed help. He ends up shooting the main character and then himself in the head.
We are then introduced to a young boy who is running away from the main character to a church. We can gather that the boy is a patient of the main character, and agrees to go to sessions with him.

I believe that in the next few scenes, the main character will meet with the boy and try to find the reason why he is scared.

I believe fear has been created with the music as when something happens high strings are played which make you jump. Also, leading up to the gun shot it creates a lot of fear to an audience, because the man shouts a lot and his body language is very unpredictable to know what he will do. Also the music comes to a crescendo at the gun scene, which makes an audience fear for the main character.

It is set in the household of the main character, and is very dim lit apart from the bathroom which is quite bright. The house seems very modern and family oriented, but the darkness could symbolize fear of the unknown. Also as the bathroom is brightly lit, it puts emphasis on the mentally unstable man.

We do see the threat in the opening; the patient, and we see how unstable he is. We know this by him shooting the main character.

Here are the IMDB ratings for this film:

This is showing that the average user ratings are all very similar and leveled out. This means that The Sixth Sense, is a very universal film in that any age and any gender of people watch it.