The Village 2004, M. Night Shyamalan

We looked at the village and we can see that The Village has a simplistic yet very effective opening, which sets an creep/eerie tone which in turn makes the setting uncomfortable for the audience.

Shyamalan has decided to use, non-diegetic music which is being slowly played this seems to be played on a wind instrument but I am unsure of which instrument in particular although it sounds much like a flute.

Shyamalan has used the instrument against a low angle panning of some tree branches which makes the audience feel inferior. We also see some tracking of the branches which seem Silhouetted against the grey sky.

Because of the panning of trees it suggests that the film is set in the woods, some thrillers use the woods at some point in the film so woods are quite iconic to the thriller genre.

Shyamalan has also decided to shock the audience with the ‘the village’ title as it is introduced with a non diegetic sound of a drum. As in a walk on the wild side the use of white text against a black background may suggest this battle between good and evil.