How M. Night Shyamalan Twists Reality - Directing Styles Explained
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M. Night Shyamalan is a filmmaker worth studying. He’s had some misfires and spectacular flops, but when he’s good...he’s really good. In this video, we’re going to examine what makes Shyamalan movies tick and how the twist endings are just the beginning.
After one unseen indie and a harmless family film, M. Night Shyamalan broke through the pop culture stratosphere with The Sixth Sense. Then, a series of critical and popular hits like Unbreakable, Signs, and The Village. Lately, Shyamalan has been making films that mark a clear return to form - The Visit, Split and Glass remind us that the filmmaker phenom he once was still has more to say.
M. Night Shyamalan has made some amazing movies...and some real duds. Love him or hate him, there's still a lot we can learn from his work. Like any true auteur, Shyamalan has a very distinct filmmaking style and that's what we're here to explore.
This journey through Shyamalan's style will cover his entire filmography and 7 main areas of his formal technique. From his use of multi-plane storytelling, expressive music cues, fascination with colors, his tendency towards long takes, and his dynamic camera movement, we can see that strong choices are being made.
Great directors have a command of all these areas of filmmaking - and they're able to make them all work together to present a singular vision. For us, Shyamalan meets this criteria.
What's your take on Shyamalan? If you're on the fence, watch this video and give us your answer in the comments.
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What is your favorite Shyamalan film and why? Let us know by replying to this comment 👇👇
I really enjoyed Signs. Loved how Shyamalan didn't fully revealed the aliens in the first two acts;
he strategically withheld to boost the level of suspense with clever lighting, sound, and set design. 👌🏻
The Village, because of the tone of the movie, Joaquin Phoenix and the unbelievable score by James Newton Howard
Split .
Very engaging Film Via acting, editing, music & Directing .
and last scene they did in single shot.
in front of Mirror thats Cinema bt cinematography . too good ..
Split , Glass ( servant?)
'The Sixth Sense' Cause the Ending is Mind Blowing.
I admire Shyamalan's bravery and originality. It is inspiring.
Andrew Simpson
SPLIT is an insult to DID
So I’m not sure if bravery is the word
Ruly manatee I’m so lost rn what’s DID?
Smeech Disassociative Identity Disorder
@@ruly8153 I think what Shyamalan intended wasn't to make an accurate portrayal of a mental illness. It was to create a monster. And I think SPLIT did that perfectly. Shyamalan isnt the best director by any means. But it must be the filmmaker that I respect the most.
I don't think anybody can be as mocked as he's been and still be motivated to make movies. THAT's passion.
Even if his movies aren't the best, he is a man who always tries to make the best movie he can make. He sometimes succeeds with flying colors and sometimes he fails miserably. But he never stops trying. He is VERY brave.
Despite some dissappointment, I truly admire and wholeheartedly respect him.
He is brave.
Pam Ponpan what's that disappointment factor?
GOD FATHER The last airbender
After earth
Lady in the water
@@sameerhafeez7029 Don't forget The Happening
@@LuisSierra42 Yeap, especially The Happening.
@@LuisSierra42 what?? The happening is the best comedy movie by syamalan ever!
He is definitely underrated. What I love about his directing style is that he hasn't lost the love and passion of "a boy with a camera" to the Hollywood machine. Very few directors in Hollywood are brave enough to break the mold of what works, to be risky and try new things. Has he had some misfires? Yes. Better though to try something different than just making sequels, or telling the same story again and again with a different facade on it. When you watch a Shyamalan film you are going to see something unique.
It's only possible for M Night Shitthebed to be overrated. You cannot overstate how much his movies suck. It can't be done.
Only thing i really hate is that avatar last airbender
@@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 why do you think they are so bad?
True. You never know what to expect. My favorites are Old and Split 🙂
Spoiler alert: they’re already dead
If The Sixth Sense was the only movie he ever made, he'd still be an absolute genius and master of his craft.
This video changed the way I look at Shyamalan films.
Here it is a list of Shyamalan filmography:
ruclips.net/p/PL3bN3qL-ZFiHvFhO0tJfwxhsWe-d_yvR5
Signs is probably one of my favorite films, ever. I saw it as a kid and the impact it had on my and my siblings has been everlasting.
Jay Sway this.. ^
Same
That shot where you first see the alien on television and Joaquin’s reaction 👌🏻
He isn't afraid to be bold, innovative, and unique. He will try out his ideas no matter how wacky they may seem and he makes it a wonderful and emotion filled story
The most underrated director in cinema today. His films are unique and shot beautifully and don't always play by the rules, they keep you guessing and test you. He's a visionary.
7:42 I'll never forget that alien leg disappearing into the field...
The Sixth Sense will always remain one of the best movies ever. Shyamalan has made some errors, but he deserves respect for always trying to make the original films (the disastrous Avatar aside). And yeah his craft goes more than twist.
Personally, I love Unbreakable, such a serious movie ahead of its time, when Hollywood still treated superhero fandom as textbook fun live-action stuff, the early 200 X-Men and Spiderman. And how many filmmakers get to make their own original trilogy, one that doesn't base on a novel or comic book? I think he is not overrated or underrated but just rated about right as a talented and ambitious auteur who has got some great successes along with a couple underwhelming ones.
Al Hambra underrated director
Al Hambra a couple “underwhelming” ones😂. He’s dropped trash movies don’t sugar coat it
He is the Hideo Kojima of movies.
Literally, sometimes genius, sometimes something else
@John Doe I dint think so
He has mostly written and directed and produced his movies. It is usually his vision.
@John Doe nah, he is in full creative control of most of his films. his ambition is his biggest quality, but it has also become his biggest downfall. most of his failures came from trying to do too much and not connecting with the audience, leaving them with an opportunity to search for flaws. I'd compare him with an artist like kanye west, who always reinvents himself for every single project, sometimes to his detriment. the only difference with kanye, and music in general, is the fans loyalty to the artist. it's difficult for filmmakers to fail because they're not the face of the project, the starring actors are
John Doe But couldn’t you use that same excuse on every director? That’s a bullshit excuse. Since ‘a lot of people work on a film’ how comes James Cameron has had hit after hit throughout his career? Would he not have suffered an inconsistency of output too?
That's it, that's my answer as well, thank you for putting it delicately
The scene where the kid was pointing the gun at Bruce Willis in Unbreakable was awesome. I was glued to it, and then it cut back to the RUclips video and I was like, “oh right, that’s what I’m watching lol” Very good 👍
The Village ! A brilliant movie from the first to the last scene. Perfect music. He teaches, engages emotions, intrigues, curious(...) You can infer life lessons in his own way.
Big fan of this movie as well! Highly underrated
One of the few original directors like him left. He makes his films, thats all I want in my own carrer
Very talented director, every movie he directed doesn't disappoint me & I hope someday he'd won an oscar... Thanks Studiobinder for making me even more understand M. Night Shyamalan, I love this video
He's also very nice. I know because I met him on my 15th birthday. He was very nice to me and he really seemed to like me.
When I watched the movie " Split" it just blew my mind. It had to be one of the best movies of him.
What intrigues me about M.Night is the interesting and borderline bizzare camera choices he makes .For eg - The ending shot of Split , Opening train sequence of Unbreakable and the tape of death of the little girl in Sixth Sense . These are very unconventional . I give him credit to think of such kind of blocking . Another characteristic thing is the slow pacing of his films . But I can't explain that completely. Perhaps it's to understand the characters well . By the way when is the video on Christopher Nolan coming ?
He is anything but definitely not overrated. He's immensely talented writer and director.
Ive always loved his movies regardless of what hollywood think of him. I know alot of people misjudge his movies because they expect a horror when the movie is a suspense thriller etc.
Thank you for this great video👍🏾
When a movie keeps me on the edge of my seat, or brings tears to my eyes, like most of his films, I have respect and am totally impressed. I think he is underappreciated.
He is definitely underrated.
No other Director of Hollywood tells the story in a beautiful way like M.Night Does.
Another important thing is Casting in his movies. Casting James Mcavoy in Split and Glass was a really great decision.
That Man literally nailed the DID character, although he didn't get enough recognition for his acting, I would say that He deserved Oscar for Split and Glass.
Coming back to Shyamalan, two major things which I like about his movies is that every time you watch his movie, you always think about the genre that whether it is a psychological thriller or supernatural or whatnot.
Cinematography and Out of the Box thinking for telling stories is another quality of M.Night Shyamalan movies.
The title should be "How M. Night Shyamalan Twists His Career"
LOL, he keeps himself in suspense
Indeed,he wants to make his own career as thrilling as possible
Signs was the first scary movie I ever saw and it Wrecked me. Seeing Split in theaters many years later was one of my favorite theater experiences, M Night has definitely been a big influence in my movie watching life :) Love him! And he seems like a sweet guy who people love working with!
This deserves so many more views, keep it up!
I love how you approach this video by directly addressing the controversy before anything else get talked about
THE BEST film making tutorial series on RUclips. Thank u!
just finished watching SERVANT and i must say that I LOVE IT! His works really amaze me, The Visit, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Split and Glass, all of them are mind-fvck movies, but that’s shyamalan for you. Sometimes it takes quite some time for a genius to be understood so thanks for making me understand him more through this video :)
Thank you for introducing me to this master. I don’t understand how I overlooked a classic like that. But it’s the right time for a new discovery :)
love from india M night syamalan sir.
hats off to you talent and thinking beyond imagination
Who is the amazing narrator?
I love your videos. I like movies and I always learn a lot from your videos. Keep up the good work.
Nice video! It's good to see a renewed appreciation for this good, creative director.
love his work. i look at it like this...if anyone can write/direct/produce a story that is different/odd/unusual and breaks from the norm, i give them respect for their perseverance. if they can do this and keep me riveted/ intrigued/curious, well....they deserve accolades. i am so sick of atypical story telling and standard tropes. please, just don't bore me, or be so unbelievable that i spend my time wondering whats going on. shyamalan checks the boxes quite efficiently.
12:25
such a good cut
got me a breathtaking
Thanks for mentioning that he is underrated! I think he is brilliant and love to watch his work. I like his movies because he is an original story teller. Even when he takes an idea from a book like Knock at the Cabin, he adds his version to it. None of stories are similar. Even if you end up not liking for whatever reason, it's not a waste of time because the story itself is an original. He deserves more cfredit and recognition for his work.
Studio Binder did an act of faith by making a detailed video about Shayamalan...i bet many were wondering...how could this happen..when they were notified
Another great video! You guys are amazing
sometimes i just click on your videos for the voice alone. frankly i could listen to you read gibberish and i'd gladly sit through it. nevertheless, information-rich content. i always get something out of your videos. (edit: please do park chan wook!)
Great content as always!
Old was a huge surprise. Far more fun than many reviewers thought.
You guys are doing fabulous work 👍
You guys deserve many more subscribers.. Thank you
These are great. Thank you!!!
I really like your analysis. Graduating myself as filmmaker.
Thanks for your efforts for men like me who is passionate but hardly understand the language of film.
Love him! Engaging filmmaker, and definitely underrated.
SIGNS is one of my all time favorite movies. Watch it once a year.
Brilliant director...every scene and background score is fantastic in all his movies...
He’s become one of my favorites. But I dunno about all his movies though
What a great resource for us, new filmmakers, to learn and improve
Great point of view about Shyamalan.
Not a huge fan, but I like how he isn't afraid to fail on his works. Though bravery doesn't mean that there's always failure
Love his work - The Village is my favorite.
These are always amazing!!
One of the things I always enjoy of M. Night's films are the sound design and the scores. To me, always flawless. Wether the movie was good or bad.
The sound is part of the story telling.
Loved this as much as the other entries in this series, yet a bit disappointed by the lack of any mention of The Visit except for a shot at the end
Great Job Guys
Fantastic! Anyone who rips on Shyamalan has always done so due to something script oriented. And that's subjective anyway. His directing is incredible. This is a great breakdown that really only scratched the surface of his skills and methods.
FINALLY back with the directing style explained! You need to make sooo many of these!!
I admire all his choices in cimematography and music
Same
Same
One thing of Shyamalan's style i adore is his dialogue choices. The organic stuttering that characters get when tensions are high to the monologues that you can know is something that character has been ruminating on for a long time, it is all just so real. Fools love to deem it as if it is bad writing or directing, but it elevates his films for me. I love his dialogue so much
I'm so glad I found this channel
Yes, by far, M.Night is a very talented director and I think he’s very good. All the haters need to check themselves and stop being so negative! I’ve seen Tarantino’s weird and obscure overly belligerent shit and, if we can appreciate his work? Then we have NO problem accepting M.Night’s work!
Excelente video, de lo mejor que he visto. Por fin estudios serios que resaltan la genialidad de un director como Shyamalan. Estoy de acuerdo con lo analizado respecto del desarrollo de los personajes, en particular. Creo que Shyamalan se vale del género fantástico para desplegar los grandes tópicos que componen a la humanidad. En sus personajes encuentro arquetipos en los que todos podemos encontrar rasgos que nos identifican y nos llevan a preguntas existenciales profundas. Gracias!
He has a authentic style which comes deep from him
Such an inspiration
When I first saw sixth sense, I realised we are on to something big. Disheartened to see her is still waiting to acknowledged aa 'great'.
Totally underrated.
underrated
This video is a gold mine
the village is my favorite, easy, while I think signs is his best, his collaboration with roger deakins as cinematographer on village was stunning
Idk why I’m in film school lmao, these videos are phenomenal
Wish I could meet mr. Shyamalan.
He is simply brilliant!!!
Shyamalan is the Hitchcock of our times. Great video.
One of my favorites😀🎉 I loved Split and Old
Amazing Video! Thank you for this! A little OT, but is that a reflection of the camera crew on the lower right part of the car at 8:15? This has always bugged me because it seems like multiple people moving in on him.
From this day on I cannot watch this is Shot, without seeing the complete camera crew...
@@peerdeheer 😂
He is my inspiration as I too want to become a Hollywood director and I'm an indian
The Ebook won't go to my Google drive I keep getting an Error saying can not open Link any way I can just download it? I love his movies alot.
I gave Shyamalan's work a thought recently. After re-watching The Village.
I don't know if anyone discussed this really, or if it was admitted, but if you look at his work from Sixth Sense until Happening, it is pretty much him trying his own modern take on classic fantasy/sci-fi stories. But usually grounded in reality and revolving about some family trauma.
Sixth Sense is ghost story. But without ghosts under sheets, creaking doors, or see-through ghosts. The family trauma is the mom's relationship with her grandma, and the psychologist's relationship with his wife.
Unbreakable is a comic-book story. But without colorful costumes, elaborate superpowers, big fights, etc. The family trauma is Elijah's lonely life due to his condition and Dunn's distant relationship with his son/wife.
Signs is an alien invasion movie. But without flying space ships, big attack scenes, the army, etc. It shows an alien properly only once and even that was thought of as sort of cheating the concept. The family trauma is the relationships of father Hess and his family after the tragic death of his wife.
Village is a folk horror fairy tale, like Brothers Grimm, or Hansel and Gretel. But without fairy tale creatures. The family trauma is pretty much the twist - the reason why the community exists, because it is/was created by broken people.
Lady in the Water is a bit of a side turn, it is again a fairy tale. But this time with fairy tale creatures, no twist and the film critic character. This is Shyamalan kinda being a bit of a brat, because he did the same thing as in The Village, he doubled down on the concept, and wanted to give the finger to the critics too. And it was a nice movie, but kinda pointless in this overall arc of what he was going for, he already did a fairy tale in the Village.
Happening was a 50s kinda cold war sci-fi paranoia. But without the politics, or too much sci-fi. The family trauma was the strained relationship Elliot and his wife.
After Happening bombed critically and commercially, and probably rightfully so, Shyamalan abandoned this initial concept of trying to do new and creative spins on traditional sci-fi/fantasy tales and just went for the money - he did whatever big budget movie he could get, both choices were odd and both didn't deliver, because neither suited him really and both were weak stories.
Then he kinda humbled himself and went back to his roots and to where it all started to go wrong for him - a folk horror fairy tale. The Visit is a found footage, but clear take on Hansel and Gretel so basically, The Visit is him trying to do The Village in a way that is more in line with what the audience wants. And it worked. He kinda redeemed himself.
Split, Glass were just money grabs to make bank on the comic-book movie boom. The initial concept of modern takes on classic tales was abandoned. And Old and Knock at the Cabin are the same - he just picked adaptations of pre-existing work (a comic-book, a novel) that he kinda sorta thought is what his audience might like, at this point the original idea is gone and he just makes genre films and doesn't really aspire to make more.
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It's our pleasure!
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One of my favourite
Good or bad, I deeply respect his directing style.
Can you clarifying me a doubt? How much of story telling is writed in screenplay and how much is a director choice? For example about multiplane story.
My favorite Shyamalan film is Unbreakable, followed closely by The Village.
I used to really dislike The Village as younger person because I felt the marketing promised me something I didn't get. But as an adult, it's truly a beautiful film. And just that moment at 17:05 is worth the entire film. So good
He always shows a really slow movie with an extraordinary ending twist
2:37 the background music? Whats is its name? Isit ost of the movie?
Please make videos on acting styles of all the actors
Very underrated for two movies that is very possible that he didn't nothing to do because productivo force him to do something different in editing process.
@ 3.50, when they say "re refer to them as abbies" , what M Night movie is that? ive seen them all
I am tierd of checking descriptions
I love M. Knight Shyamalan. His eye for a shot is my favorite of all time. I'd watch that man direct a phone book.
You should do a video on who's the better twister: Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, M. Night Shyamalan, or Jordan Peele.
Even with a few duds, I’ve always loved M night
I like the way he’s twisted audience mind upside down 👍🏻
My biggest thing is I look at the reviews before I watch it. Like Glass. When it came out the reviews were low, so i never watched it. I decided to give Split then Glass a try and I loved them.
Is there a link to the shyamalan interview at 34 seconds?
I can't wait for M Night Shyamalans next 2 movies
Underrated big time
O love him. He catch my all sense.
Shyamlan is surely underrated but he goes overboard at times in tangle of his own style of filmmaking. For e.g., in split/glass, the excessive revelation of the main character in many forms seems a bit tiring and redundant. But he's good with allegories, not the best but 'it'll-do-just-fine" good. He's a great filmmaker for sure with self-dug pitfalls
The narrator and the classic style of the video. Eesh.
I am from India and I really like your channel. Pls also make videos on great Indian film makers Satyajit Ray, V. Shantaram and Raj Kapoor