What Titles?

The opening sequence of Sixth Sense starts with the distributor titles and logos. This distributor is called 'Hollywood Pictures'. Distributors are companies which are responsible for releasing films to the general public, in cinemas or for home viewing.

The next distributor is shown, which here is called 'Spyglass Entertainment'.

The next title screen shows both the distributor's names, adding 'present' to show that they have both equally been responsible for the distribution of this film.

The next titles that come up are the production companies. They handle the funding of the film, directly responsible for the films budgeting, scripting, staff organisation and many other things. They provide the physical basis for the film.

The next title shown is 'Bruce Willis', who plays the main character in this film. The audience is told that Willis' character is very important and the main role as this is the first and only actors name that has appeared so far.

The film title is next shown, letting the audience know the name of the film that they are going to be watching.

The next actresses name is shown after the title of the film and Bruce Willis' name, showing that although she is less important than him, Toni Collette is also a main character as her name appears second.

Following Toni Collette are other actor and actresses names, seemingly in order of importance or roles in the film.

The title of 'Casting by Avy Kaufman' is shown after the actors name, showing that Kaufman chose the actors to play the certain parts that they did in the film. This person organises the actors and arranges auditions to take place.

The costume designers name is shown next in the titles. This person is responsible for all the costumes shown during the film, matching them to the characters and situations that they are in.

The music is created in this film by 'James Newton Howard'. This person is responsible for creating music appropriate to the film and genre.

The editor is responsible in the crew for editing all the clips of the film together. They have access to all the shots that have been filmed in the duration of the film making period, and are expected to place the clips together in an effective way which makes sense.

Also called an art director, the production designer is solely responsible for creating the look of the sets within the film. They handle the lighting, props and overall 'look' of the film.

The director of photography, or cinematographer, controls the use of the cameras around set. They make sure the lighting and camera angles are correct, responsible for the visual imagery of the film.

The executive producer is not involved in any technical side of the film, just handling the money and budget. They deal with legal and business issues, responsible for overall production.

The producers of a film oversees the whole development of the film, involved in almost every aspect.  The producers hire key roles such as the casting director or film director.

Finally, the last title shown is the original writer and director of the film. If the film has been adapted from a book or play, the titles would read 'screenplay by' instead of 'written by'. This person has written the script specifically for a film to be created.