Hello there, welcome to my blog. feel free to leave any comments! You will find a variety of posts on the background research and planning into my slasher film opening, High Royds, being co-produced with GeorgeH and CurtisT. This blog is mainly influenced by the work of John carpenter and his franchise, Halloween.

Sunday 20 January 2013

Halloween H20


Halloween H20, John Carpenter (1998)

Box Office

Budget:

 $17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

 $16,187,724 (USA) (9 August 1998) (2607 Screens)

Gross:

 $55,041,738 (USA)

Distributors
About the opening
  • Again starts with jolly music of a female singing, non diegetic music.
  • Someone stabs a pumpkin signifying a murder or a killing, that something like that will happen later on in the film later on.
  • extreme long shot again panning the location
  • then again exposition telling the viewer the location and the date and year.
  • music stops when there is a close up on the woman's face, showing emotion on the womans face like somethings wrong.
  • it then follows the character with slight background music, it then stops and cuts to a youth with a mask on similar to the of Michael's mask, which is then a false scare and a signifier that Michael is back
  • The music starts again when the boy enters the house, a close up of the emotion on his face showing he is scared, and a shot from inside the building when he opens the door.
  • music gets louder and louder the further that he gets in the house, intensity builds.
  • camera following the boy round the house showing that stuff just isn't right.
  • A false scare again when the iron falls out of the cupboard.

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