This is the title sequence to sixth sense. We also liked this because of its simplistic nature. It makes people senses more alert which is the effect we wanted to create.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sixth+sense+opening+sequence
Most psychological thrillers use the senses as a major part of the film. They make people more aware. They do this by removing sight or sound, which makes the senses more alert. In The Red Book we used dark shadows throughout to make people feel uneasy. When you play with the senses, people feel uncomfortable. This is what we tried to do throughout the red book. Creating an uneasy feel for the audience. For example in Insidious although there are no shadows objects move in the shot, which makes people alert and uneasy at the same time as they are looking at for objects moving which creates an uncomfortable feel as the audience don't know what will happen next. When it comes to psychological thrillers many people associate that with Ghosts, and spirits. We was able to follow this as we based our ideas Carl Jung.
Using shadows means the audience don't know if the shadows have been created by humans or ghosts which follows the psychological thrillers.
The music is an important piece of any film. Our music gives an uneasy feel. We made it quiet so people's senses were alert throughout. We created suspense by using low drones. We used whispers throughout which created suspense. Lots of films use music to create suspense. For example in Jaws, when the shark is approaching we get the famous low drone familiar music which makes everyone aware that the shark is coming and wants food. We overlapped and changed the speed of the whispers which made people really have to listen to what was being said. To make The Red Book original we decided to write our titles instead of typing them. This way it allows us to write in our original font, and means we aren't coping any other films.
