Genre Research: Halloween

On halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered

his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years.

But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old

Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith's Grove. He returns to his quiet

hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he looks for his next victims. Halloween

made many sequels and even prequels through the past years. I focused more on

the most recent one that came out in 2018. 

In Halloween, the camera angles that were used in the movie were all used to

create a feeling that the director wanted the audience to feel. Example of camera

angles include: Close-up shots, high angle shots, and low angle shots. Costumes

used in Halloween are modern clothes that people in 2018 would wear, this includes

day clothing and of course halloween costumes.. The exception is Michael Myers

himself because he is wearing the old worker clothes. The lighting varied from scene

to scene in order to create the feeling that the director wanted the audience to feel.

For example, throughout the whole movie there is a continued white and hues of gray

lighting in order to give the eerie feeling of what was happening. The actors in the film

included those of the films of the past Halloween movies but also had new actors.

The makeup of the movie was the makeup of the time. The editing has jump cuts,

flashback sequences, and some match cuts. The editing stays somewhat the same

throughout the movie to build the suspense and tension that the audience feels.

The sound throughout the movie is dialogue, diegetic sound when outside, and

non-diegetic sounds. 

Re-watching this movie was a real treat. I first watched this movie in the theater
BEFORE it came out. My sister and I had won tickets to see Halloween from a
radio contest. I’m biased towards this movie. I think that the movie was very well
done and stuck to the conventional thriller elements.