Horror Movie Homework

Horror movie analysis

Screen Caps from the movie Halloween (1978)

The cinematography and what it suggests to the audience.

The Cinematography of this screen shot of Halloween is as you can see the shot of this scene is an extreme wide shot which gives a view of the whole scene and the two main characters of the movie. This suggests to the audience that the film is set in a neighbourhood, full of greenery and it looks like a normal friendly place which contrasts with what actually happens in the film. In this shot, there is a visible over the shoulder shot from the character Michael Myers, this creates a feeling of the character watching over the woman in the scene which suggests to the audience that the woman is in danger. Its as-if Michael Myers is choosing his victim and stalking the female so he can find the opportunity to murder her. The camera in this shot is placed like its giving the audience the same view as what Michael Myers is seeing, this creates the feeling for the audience as if they portray the character as Myers as it shows his point of view.

The Cinematography of this screen shot of Halloween is the scene is shot in an extreme wide shot, it establishes the scene and the shot only shows the one character which is Michael Myers, this makes him the point of view and it also shows a very ordinary neighbourhood then there is a character looking suspicious in a mask. This suggests to the audience that this character is out of the ordinary and should not be there. It also adds to the atmosphere making it eery and creepy. It is as-if Myers is staring into the person who is watching it,It includes the audience. The normality of this scene counteracts with Michael Myers. The angle of the scene is set in the middle which increases the involvement of the audience even more.