Analysis of Opening Scene (Halloween 1978)

Editing
Hardly any edits, very few if any, (continuous shot),
Very slow pace; builds up the tension,

Point Of View
Continuous shot of P.O.V of the killer,
'Feels like we're the killer'

Music/ Sound/ Silence
Continuous music,
High Pitched string,
Sharp Noises
Stabbing Noises
Diagetic Noises:

• Clocks
• Singing
• Animals noises
• Crickets/ Owl, (shows how isolated the area is)

Mise En Scene/ Camera Angles
Media Language- P.O.V (e.g looks at knife)

Long Shot showing boy

Representations of Women

The representations of women in this Opening scene, is negative. It was clear that the Woman is seen as a sinner, she was killed naked. The P.O.V of the killer shows that he does not like what happened between the Teenage boy and girl, as he glances to the bed and then to kill the girl afterwards.

Also, the killer, Mike Myers, saw the boy who obviously was not going to call her tomorrow leave, and left him unharmed, whereas the girl was almost seen as the sinner as she was the one killed.