Halloween Title sequence

Halloween Title sequence
We looked at the opening sequence from the film Halloween directed by John Carpenter. I looked at 9 of the scenes and analysed each one.

It starts with the directors name aswell as the title of the film underneath. The font is in orange as it refelcts the whole theme of halloween as pumkins are orange aswell. The lit up pumpkin on a black background makes it seem more scary.

The next scene shows the important actor as they tend to be the first titles in the opening sequence.

The next title sequence is another actors name in the same font but you start to realise that the pumpkin is getting closer to the screen.

The pumpkin now becomes the same length as the font, the audience are now focused on the font aswell as the pumpkin.

The pumpkin becomes much more bigger as the 'less important' titles come up. The creates anticipation of watching the actuall film.

Instead of one, two more titles are shown in one scene. This is because these arn't as important as the titles in the beginning of the sequence. The pumpkin is now covering half of the scene.

The zooming of the pumpkin brings a sinister feel tot he title sequence especially the fact it's zoomed in slowly which has a creepiness to it. Also the titles are glowing such as the pumpkin which also gives the whole Halloween themed sequence.

The lighting changes as you can no longer see the colour of the pumpkin but just its 'eyes, nose and mouth' aswell as creating a sinister atmosphere, the audience is nowjust focused on the title as it's an important title.



Such as the first title in the opening sequence, we end with the directors name. But instead of the title of the film appearing underneath it, it just his name. Also you can no longer see the pumpkin as it has been unlit which shows some sort of diguise.

Sound

It starts of with a slow paced sound, mostly played by the piano. This gives a calm welcoming but in the same time still has a sinister feel to it. When the pumpkin appears, a low bass tone starts that shows the titles are starting. Also, while the low bass tone is playing the keys of the piano start to become lower too creating more suspense. The music becomes more fast paced as the pumpkin is getting closer to the screen. When the actuall film is about to start, this pieano piece stops playing and starts with a sound of children singing.