The sixth sense - conventions of the sub genre psyhological.

Psychological - conventions

• drama/mysterious
• danger on a mental level initially rather than physical.
• 2 or more characters preying on the minds of each other to create conflict. or one solitary character in mental conflict with their own mind.
• characters will try and discover their own purpose.
• characters have a fear or fasination with death.
• narrative - confusion of what is real and what is not.
• non linear edits/flashbacks/montage.

This movie 'The sixth sense' is an example of the sub genre - psychological. The whole movie is based around mental suffering, but with a twist becasue in some ways it can be seen as a good thing. Both amnin characeters are linked in mental suffereing, whether it is them, or poeple who they work with.
In this movie there are two characters that are trying to find there purpose and look for an ansswer. By the end of the movie they both find what they are looking for, it might not be the answer they want, but at least it is an answer, so it doent keep them and the audience in suspence.
The whole movie is about death, but the audience doesnt know that untill about half way through what the problem is and what the catch is. By the end of the movie the audience gets let in on that one of the main characters is dead.
There is definatley alot of confusion to where thing are real or not in this movie and this is a convention of the sub-genre pschological. The movire is all about dead people, but the audience doesnt know it, so they may get confused and disturbered just like the producers want them to.
Many flashbacks and montages are used in this film. This gives the viewer back groung infromation of the past. Montages are used to tell alot aout something in a short time.