M. Night Shyamalan

Applying post-structuralism and ecocriticism to ‘The Happening’ ‘The Happening’ by M. Night Shyamalan, is an apocalyptic film about plants striking back against humanity by spreading neurotoxic chemicals which induce humans to commit suicide. According to the director, this film was created to raise awareness about what humans are doing to the environment. He elaborated saying that humans today think that they are above nature, when in fact, we are at nature’s mercy because natural disasters like

Village directed by M. Night Shyamalan and The Crucible by Arthur Miller both explore how evil is perceive to be outside of a society. Both authors agree evil is not just outside of a society but is within a community in the form of human nature. Evil is outside and inside a society and individuals. Both authors agree that evil perceived to be outside the community. Both authors utilise symbolism of a forest to demonstrate the separation of evil and the community. Shyamalan creates the village

“Danger is real, but fear is a choice.” As intriguing and captivating as this catch phrase sounds, the film as a whole may not fit that classification. While M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth (2013) is ineffective in reaching some of its audiences as anticipated, others seem to have enjoyed the movie thoroughly. The film opens with a promising story where humans are forced to escape a polluted Earth inhabited by an alien race that is trained to exterminate them and retreat to Nova Prime, a new home

M. Night Shyamalan leaves us hanging with yet another thoughtfully planned movie, leaving everyone in theatres jumping out of their seats! Recently I’ve had the opportunity to watch and review “The Village” by M.Night Shyamalan. We all remember our childhood monsters, our parents always convinced us that they were not real, that they were simply a figment of our imagination, but in a small village in the middle of Covington woods it is the exact opposite… Evil lurks in the woods, but more so in

The director M. Night Shyamalan used different methods to construct and format the theme of the film, “The Sixth Sense”. He uses foreshadowing, symbolism and motif to help the viewer understand the movie and see that it is more than what you first perceive. In “The Sixth Sense” a boy named Cole Sear has a sixth sense that is haunting him at the beginning of the movie. He sees things that other people can’t see. He can also hear things that other people can’t. He can see ghosts, among people as if

The Split movie is a drama, horror, mystery and suspense film directed by M.Night Shyamalan that came out in theaters on January 20, 2017. "Unbreakable" is one of the best films that is directed by M. Night Shyamalan. At the same time, trying to understand "Split" in the context of "Unbreakable" helps provide just the information about the movie. "Unbreakable" main character has supernatural powers like Superman and Batman. "Split" shows the behavior of a person with mental illnesses. There are real

The movie “Signs” by M. Night Shyamalan is a movie about a former priest named Graham Hess who loses his faith in God after the death of his wife Coleen. In the movie, the protagonist Graham restores his faith in God after a series of signs occur that change his opinion on faith. To understand these signs, his daughters obsession with water, his sons asthma problems and his wife’s last words need to be analyzed. 1st: In the movie, Grahams daughter Bo is obsessed with water and can’t take a sip

The movie Split by M. Night Shyamalan is a must-see film. Suspenseful and disturbing it will leave you pondering long after the film has ended. Was that a film about sexual assault or mental illnesses? Was it a sequel to another movie altogether unknown? Split sets the stage for dissociative identity disorder as the main character Kevin Crumb, played by James McAvoy suffers from the disorder, “The broken are the more evolved.” (Split) We go on a dark and twisted tale into the mind of Kevin and his

Debate in the movie Unbreakable directed by M. Night Shyamalan stirs as David Dunn, one of the main characters in the movie Unbreakable, is shown to have above average abilities. Are these abilities enough to consider him a super hero or are these a matter of coincidence? In the movie, Unbreakable, by M. Night Shyamalan, David Dunn’s super human abilities have shown sufficient evidence to indicate that his purpose is to use his abilities for the good of man, likewise Elijah also finds his purpose

Film Trailer Portfolio When the task of creating a film trailer was first put to us, I had several ideas for the movie's context. The first was of a movie in the action genre that dealt with revenge, whilst the other two were in the horror genre. The horror genre appealed to me more, as a low budget film can still have the desired effect by use of different filming techniques, and I wanted to depend more on a psychological aspect. My first idea was to do a film about