The Village (2004)

The Village is a America psychological thriller film written, produced, directed by M. Night Shyamalan and released in July 30, 2004. Starring by Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, and Joaquin Phoenix. The film is about a series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.

Plot

Covington is a 19th-century Pennsylvania village that is isolated from the rest of the world. The woods that surround the village are off limits to all the villagers because mysterious creatures live there. Many years earlier, the town elders and the creatures reached an understanding that the villagers would not go into the woods, and the creatures would not enter the village. A boundary was set up around the village, along with warnings on etiquette and colors to wear regarding keeping the creatures at bay.

But after one of the villagers, Lucius (Joaquin Phoenix), is injured, the blind daughter of the chief village Elder (Bryce Dallas Howard) is permitted to seek help in “the towns” by passing through the forest, where she learns the secret of where she actually lives.

Analysis

The Village have two themes which are death and family. Death and family often present in Shyamalan firm. In the Signs, the story start from a farmer's family, and many of people die in Alien attack incident. In the Village, a villager's, son were die in nameless disease. This show that both of the film were consist the same theme. Moreover, the camera angle and filming style were also similar. Long take, and controller mise-en-shot can find in both films like the scene when the protagonist fall into trouble. This make audience feel familiar with if they have watched both of the film. Another thing which is similar is the color tone of the film. Both of the film also have the unsaturated  color tone. This series of elements are authorship of the director M. Night Shymalan.

Opinion

In my opinion, I feel that The Village is good movie as it related with superstition. The villages fear to the creature as they are not dare to seeking out the truth, to find out what actual the creature is. If they can cross the woods with a big group of people, they sure will leave the village without harm by the creature.(as we know that the creature is cast by one of the mental ill villager)  This also show that people fear to something they unknown, and most of the people try to escape rather then face it. 

Reference  

IMDb. (n.d.). The Village (2004). Retrieved June 17, 2016, from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368447/synopsis

M. Reynolds . (n.d.) M. Night Shyamalan Plot Twists, Ranked by Twistedness. Retrieved June 17, 2016, http://www.vulture.com/2015/09/m-night-shyamalan-plot-twists-ranked.html