Film Analysis: In this 1999 dramatic thriller, a young boy, Cole Sear is haunted by an evil secret; he is dropped in on my ghosts. Cole is terrified by these multiple visits from dead people who supposedly have unsolved problems. He is too scared to tell anyone about his distress except his child psychologist, Dr. Malcom Crowe. Crowe tries hard to be able to understand the ‘supernatural abilities’ Cole has and tries his best to uncover these unknown secrets. Trouble awaits as Dr. Malcom Crowe follows this experience Cole is going through.
Scene 1: youtube.com/watch?v=GGlK8ZlRxVQ
In this scene from ‘The Sixth Sense’, the main character, Cole, is talking with his therapist Dr. Malcom Crowe. The setting/location is in a room most likely at the center where Crowe works. Cole is laying in the bed listening to Dr. Malcom talk about someone. Their tone of voice establishes a sad mood. The two characters have normal clothing on, so this shows the audience that they are like normal everyday people. Coles tone of voice and sad look on his face shows how he is scared and is seeking for help from this doctor. Viewers can see how Cole is seeking for help and this establishes his role as this character who is worried about his supernatural ability to see ghosts or “dead people”.
This clip from the scene that was attached shows Cole and the sadness/worry is his face. His eyes look like they have tears in them which shows us that he is scared. This is his mood pretty much throughout the whole movie due to him seeing dead people all of the time. The distress in his face displays how he is feeling while Dr. Malcom Crowe is telling him a story about someone. Because Cole is so young, his facial expression also shows the audience how he is taking in the story that Crowe is telling him.
Sources:
“The Sixth Sense.” IMDb, IMDb.com, www.imdb.com/title/tt0167404/plotsummary
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