codes and conventions: 'halloween' by John carpenter

In todays lesson we analysed the opening of a horror.
C.A.M.P.

• Insert o knife in draw and mask on the floor
• High angle shot when micheal is seen by parents at the end of the opening scene
• point of view shot throughout the scene, showing micheal going to kill his sister.
• zoon out at the end of the scene to show that the scne has finished

EDITING

• when micheal put on his mask the view of the screen changes to the shape of the mask (two eye sockets).
  

SOUND

• scary tensioned music to start the film off
• continuos music throughout the stage of micheal killing his sister.
• of life night creatures ie: owls,insects etc
• when light switches off music kicks in loud and scretching. then a four beat hits in slows down and sppeds up maybe to show the pase of micheals heart beat.

MIS-EN-SCENE

• lightened pumpkin at the start to show the halloween theme.
• scary white house and dark scenery,bushes etc.
• naked sister t show she just had sex.
• micheal has a clown cstume on shows its trick or treat.
• messy bed and dressing table shows its a girls room and that its set in a house and bed room