The Sixth Sense

Have you ever wondered who those people are who critic your favorite movie and only give it 3 stars!! Well those are film critics and in this essay I critiqued the film,” The Sixth Sense.” In the movie Bruce Willis plays a Dr. Malcolm Crowe who is a psychiatrist for kids. He is married to Anna Crowe (Olivia Williams) and has just won a reward for helping kids. He gets home and Vincent Gray (Donnie Wahlberg), now a full grown adult has showed up in his bed room because he broke in. He says that he didn’t help him when he was a kid and shot him. Then Malcolm goes back to work. The first kid he works with is Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) who is a troubled young boy and is just like Vincent, who’s mother (Lynn Sear played by Toni Collette) doesn’t know his secret. Cole eventually trusts Malcolm enough to tell him his secret… the famous line,” I see dead people.” This leads Cole and Bruce through many talks and experiences. Bruce tells Cole to talk to the ghost and find out what they want and they will leave him a lone. When Cole talks to a little girl poisoned by her mother she asks him to give things to her sister and show her dad the tape of her mom poisoning her. They go to her funeral and do as the ghost asked them. Bruce eventually tells Cole to tell his mother, which he does in the car. Also Bruce eventually discovers what has been going on with himself and his wife for a while in the end. The three topics I will have in my essay are Screenplay, Cinematography, and Acting.
Screenplay is a little section (scene) from a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of the characters and set. In the movie,” The Sixth Sense,” there is a part where Cole and his teacher Mr. Cunningham (Bruce Norris) argue. Cole raised his hand to answer a question and he answered it because he saw ghost… he said it was a place people were hung. The teacher said it was wrong that it was a judicial court house. They argued and Cole started calling him Stuttering Stanley, which was his nickname in school. In this scene Cole was sitting at his desk in the last row of desks, in the left corner from the teacher’s perspective and the teacher was in the front of the classroom. When they started arguing the teacher started moving towards the back until he finally said enough and hit the desk really loud. I think this scene was very well placed. The hole design of the words and actions combined was astounding in my point of view. Another screenplay was when Dr. Malcolm and the kid were playing a game where if the doctor got some thing right about Cole he would step towards the chair and if he made it to the chair he would talk to the doctor. If the doctor got it wrong he could take a step back and if he made back to where he was he could leave. Cole told the doctor if his answers of his life were right or wrong and was a step away from the chair but the doctor started getting them wrong and Cole told him maybe he should do more then just observe his patients. Dr. Malcolm was sitting in a chair in the living room of Cole’s house with a chair right in front of it. Cole was standing in the door way and was about 8 steps from the chair, with a plant right next to the doorway out. I think this was a good talk between Dr. Malcolm and Cole and the Set in the Screenplay went perfectly with the dialogue. Another Screenplay is Dr. Malcolm is talking to Cole in Cole’s school after his play. Cole sees some dead people hanging in the stair way and stops in his tracks. The doctor stops and asked what’s wrong and the kid tells him what he sees and feels. Cole in this scene is standing in the middle of an empty hallway and the doctor is standing is standing next to him as the kid tells him what’s happening. The people hanging are at the top of the stair case right by Cole. I think this was a good visual scene as well as a good dialogue scene with Cole and the doctor.
Cinematography is the art or technique of motion-picture photography. In the movie,” The Sixth Sense,” there is a part where Cole is about to enter the school after first meeting Dr. Malcolm and the bell to go into school had just rang. The camera is in the sky (it’s a sky view) and Cole is standing in the middle of the road and the school is in front of Cole. I think this a good use of cinematography, by showing Cole not wanting to go school and being an outsider. Another good cinematography moment was when Cole was going up the stairs at a kid’s party. It was a sky view and it had a view of the stairs and some of the party. This was a good shot because you could see what was going on with the party as well as what Cole was doing. Another good cinematography moment was when Cole tells Dr. Malcolm that he can see dead people. They were sitting in his school and the camera was going from one face to the other. This was a good use of cinematography because it made the moment when Cole told Dr. Malcolm he saw dead people more intense.
Acting is the process of doing or performing something in a movie or play. In the movie,” The Sixth Sense,” there is a scene where Cole and his teacher Mr. Cunningham argue about the history of his school. The kids’ acting was very good. He went from a shy little boy who sat in the back of the class to a very aggressive argumentative child. The teacher also did well from being a nice surprised teacher to a teacher holding back anger to a teacher exploding. Another good acting scene was when Dr. Malcolm was talking to Cole about the game. Dr. Malcolm was very calm and nice and kept a steady attitude through out the movie. Cole went form a little shy kid scared to play the game to a very confident and aggressive kid. The last and final scene I wished to critic was the acting scene when Cole tells Dr. Malcolm his secret. Doctor Malcolm was very respectful in listening to Cole, but turned too acted like he was ignoring what Cole was saying. Cole was very persistent in his scared, shy, I don’t trust you mood. He also was good when he was scared and finally said he would trust Dr. Malcolm.
In conclusion, I believe,” The Sixth Sense,” was an enjoyable movie. Also it had a lot of great points in it‘s acting, cinematography, and screenplay. In the end Malcolm helps Cole and figures out what’s wrong with him. To know what happens in the end you have to watch the movie… I’m not going to tell you what happens!

Media Influences

I think that Media influences people/kids and this is why.
In the movies I do think seeing actresses and actors smoking, drinking, drinking a Coca la Cola, ECT influences kids/people because they look up to them.
Product placement has a big influence on it to. Product Placement is so important in movies studios and TV stations because they make money from companies to put there Ads in there movies or TV shows and they don’t want to violate the Law. Like on “The Real World,” Pepsi supports them so the company who edits the real world fuzzes out Coca la Cola, Dr.Pepper and other drinks from being aired on TV. Product placement should be blamed because they are most of the reasons why teenagers and lots of people do smoke and drink.
I believe that it isn’t that important to show a product unless people like it. I think it is so stupid how people follow people on TV. That is what I learned on Media influences this year.

DRINKING

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT DRINKING.
SOME PROBLEMS DRINKING IS CAUSING IS,
* TEENAGERS ARE PICKING UP BAD HABITS FROM THEIR PARENTS WHO USAULLY ARE ALCHOHOLICS.
* ALSO THERE IS MORE PEOPLE GETTING DRUNK AND DRIVING WHICH IS CAUSING LOTS OF ACCEDIANTS AS WELL AS TONS OF TICKETS BEING HANDED OUT.
FACTS DRINKING CAUSES IS,
*IN THE 21ST CENTURY PEOPLE ARE DRINKING MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY.
* THERE ARE MORE BARS, CASINOS, STRIP BARS, AND MORE IN THE 21ST CENTURY THEN IN ANY OTHER CENTURY SO FAR.
* DRINKING IS OKAY ON ACATION BUT EVERY DAY OR EVERY NIGHT IS NOT.
* IF YOU HAVE KIDS THINK OF HOW THIS AFFECTS THEM.IF MOM OR DAD ARE ALL WAYS OUT PARTYING OR DRUNK HOW DOES THIS INFLUENCE THEM?!
ASK YOURSELF THAT QUESTION. ALCHOL ISNT THE AWNSER TO DRINKING THE PAIN AWAY. WHEATHER IT IS MARTINIS, BEER, WINE, ECT. IT DOESN’T MATTERIT DOESN’T GET RID OF THE PAIN. IT IS JUST SOME THING THAT NUMBS IT LITTLE… BUT WILL NEVER ACCTUALLY FIX YOUR PROBLEMS. IT WILL ALL WAYS COME BACK.
THAT IS SOME OF THE STUFF I LEARNED THIS YEAR ON DRINKING.

Smoking

I LEARNED THE FOLLOWING ABOUT SMOKING…
I AM AGAINST SMOKING FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS,
*SMOKING IS VERY HARMFULL TO YOUR BODY.
* SCIENTIST HAVE PROVINE THAT SMOKING CAUSES SOME LUNG CANCER AND KIDNEY PROBLEMS.
* THIS RUNS THREW MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
* WHEN YOU SMOKE, YOU ARE NOT JUST HURTING YOURSELF BUT YOU’RE FAMILY AS WELL.
* SMOKING ALSO CAUSES MANY PROBLEMS IN CHILDERN WHO HAVE PARENTS WHO SMOKE AROUND THEM AS WELL AS OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. WHAT EVER YOU SMOKE THEY SMOKE!... THINK OF THAT FOR A SECOND. DID YOU EVER THINK SMOKING COULD CAUSE THAT?!

SOME TIPS/FACTS ON SMOKING AS WELL AS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES,
* IT IS HARD TO QUITE SMOKING; MY DAD HAS TRIED NEMORUOS TIMES WITH THE PATCHS, GUM, AND MORE AND HAS NEVER SUCSEEDED.
*HAVE SOME WILL POWER AND GIVE IT UP.
* IT IS HARD TO STOP SMOKING SO AT LEAST LIMIT THE AMOUNT… IF YOU SMOKE A PACK A DAY LIMIT IT DOWN TO ½ A PACK.
*ABOUT 1/5 OF ALL THE MONEY YOU SPEND ON CIGARATTES IS TAXES.

IN CONCLUSION I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF ON SMOKING AND PLAN TO GIVE MY DAD AND FAMILY THE FACTS ON IT.

ABOUT ME!!!

WAZ UP! ...The sky…..LOL! My name is Samantha, or Sammie, or Sam. I am a freshman going to Thurston High School (Class of 2011). I am a very fun, cool, and funny teenager just hanging out with friends and trying to live life to its fullest!! I have a ½ brother, step sister, and a brother. My youngest brother is 3 and his name is Ashton. My other brother is David and he is 10. My step sister is 11 and her name is Brianne. My brother David and I live with my Dad, Dave. My ½ brother lives with my Mom, Danyelle and Step Dad, Rich. My Step Sister lives with her mom in Canada. I am the oldest grandchild on both my mom and dads side of the family. I have 17 cousins; their names are Rilee, Shayne, Dylan, Amber, Joey, Caylee, Ben, Alex, Cindy Kae, Jerry, Austin, Devon, Arriana, Danielle, Mikayla, Tyler, and Laura. We all hang out at my grandma’s campsite. My Aunt Molly, Grandma Hageman, and Grandma Cindy own a camper in the same camp site. We love to play flashlight tag/ man hunt in the middle of the night… it is a BLAST!! One team usually is my friends Kyle, Brent, Thomas and Little Thomas, as well as Shayne, Dylan, and Joey. My team usually is my friends Lauren, Lauran, and KK, as well as Rilee and Amber. We are a close family on my mom’s side, except for my step aunt and uncle as well as their kids Danielle, Mikayla, and Tyler!!! But most of the family is usually at the camp site all most every weekend during the summer.
My family back at home is my friends and my marching band people. One of my family’s is the “Band Geeks”. It consists of Stephanie, Kim, Ben, Emily, Joan, Alan, Doug, Sam, Beth Anne, Lynsey, Shelby, Marvin and ME!!! Stephanie and I have been Best Friends since we were 3 years old!! Another family is my friends from the camp site. I also have tons of other friends, Lindsey, Taylor, Mellissa, Nicole, Edward, Tyler, Chris, Molly, Megan, Sarah and lots of others… there is way too many to name!!! I am a SOCCER lover. I play soccer all the time. I usually play keeper or defense but I mostly play keeper. This Spring I am going to try out for my school soccer team. One of my favorite things to say to people is that you have to be crazy to be a keeper and I bet my friends Tyler, Megan, and Lindsey would agree with me. I am also marching Mellophone in marching band. I have also joined the Drama Club. My favorite food is my Mom’s and Grandma Cindy’s pasta, tacos, steak, potatoes, and lots more. I also Love fruit!!!! Like Strawberries, Watermelon, Raspberries, Apples, Oranges, ECT. My favorite drink is Arizona and my favorite candy is Swedish fish. I also like Kit Kats, Crunch, Sour Gummy Worms, Warheads, and more. My favorite movies are “She’s the Man” and “Gracie”, they are both soccer movies. I love the winter and fall. I love winter because of the snow ball fights me and my family do…it’s a tradition in my family. I love fall because when I paint during the fall I capture all those beautiful colors in my art. I love to take pictures with my digital camera, they are so random. So… yeah that is really all about me. So… PEACE OUT!!!!