Halloween opening

The opening to Halloween opens with a point of view shot. This shot type is used throughout the opening of Halloween to allow the audience into the mind of the character. When I first watched the opening to Halloween I had a feeling that the audience and the characters are connected in some way as it makes the audience feel involved with the action. The unexpected enigma’s make the audience feels uncomfortable, and feel like you are a character in the film. This is a technique that we want to use in our opening as we want to make the audience feel involved with the action, we want them to feel sorry for the protagonist, and we will try to capture this effect through the use of camera angles and editing.

Point of view shots help to create an eerie atmosphere and help to build up tension for the audience. We may also use point of view shots in our opening as this will be effective and will enable us to communicate our story to the audience.They also used hand held cameras in the opening of Halloween, to create a sense of stressful anxiety and tension for the audience. This is effective as it adds realism to the story and leaves viewers wanting more. We will also be using a hand held camera shot in our opening as we want to empathize on the realism of the story. I feel that through viewing the opening of Halloween that there are new techniques that I can suggest to my group the next time we go filming to improve our opening.