Horror Film Research #2- Halloween

Halloween (1978) John Carpenter

Halloween (1978)

Opening/Titles-

In the first two minutes of Halloween, It's director, John Carpenter, decided to have a insert shot of a jack-o-lantern slowly zooming to a close up of the eye. The rule of third was used with this shot, having the pumpkin on the left with the opening credits fading in and out to the right. Job titles that were prominent were jobs such as Director of Photography, Dean Cundey, Music, John Carpenter, but no actors names were shown. A fade to black is later cut to text fading in out of the setting, Haddonfield , Illinois. A sequence that consisted of a single long take of , Micheal Meyers slowly making his way around and inside a house occurs with the climax being him killing his sister. This is accompanied by pure ambiance sound building the suspense, surprising the audience with the sudden and loud incidental music at the end when Michael stabs his sister. This is all done via handheld camera from his point of via, however the shot is ended by the shot  flipped to a eye line match of him looking at the cop that grabbed his hand, and is crane up to reveal his bloody knife.They last on screen on average of 5 seconds, are a yellowish white color and are located along the bottom of the screen in the open right or left third of the frame

Accolades/Budget-

 This is an impress movie based on how much it made off it's small budget. Starting with a budget of $325,000 it gross as of 2018 $277 million. It claim of success came years after it's original release winning plenty of awards such as "Best Villain" (Micheal Meyers) from the American Film Institute in 2010.

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