Analysis of 9 shots form Art of the Title Sequence

Halloween

The title sequence we have chosen to write about is John Carpenter's Halloween, The title sequence slowly begins on a pitch black screen, this
gets the audience in suspense and in anxiety,the details of the film are then made bold with the production company (Compass International Pictures) and presenter (Moustapha Akkad) are made evident. The diegetic sound in the start of the scene is high pitched and can be trans-sent to the audience as creepy as the piano sound adds to tension. The soundtrack is very stereotypical to horror films, the fast creepy piano sound is usual and again used to create tension yet as always it does well to keep the audience in suspense. Suddenly a lower pitched key on the piano is introduced where immediately we are slowly brought to focus to a Halloween pumpkin flickering in the darkness, the pumpkin is very orthodox as it is a connotation of Halloween.

As the pumpkin continues to be the focal point the camera zooms in slowly towards it. Finally as we get to the end of the opening sequence we hear the sound of children then with the caption 'Halloween Night 1963' we end the scene in suspense.