Halloween

Halloween, directed by John Carpenter, is a 1978 American independent slasher film set in the fictional suburban mid-western town of Haddonfield, Illinois, USA on Halloween. The central theme of the film is Myers' escape from a psychiatric hospital and his subsequent murder of a number of teenagers, whilst Dr. Loomis' attempts to track and stop him. Halloween is widely regarded as a classic among horror films, and as one of the most influential horror films of its era.

Common Conventions:

• Halloween uses many traditional horror conventions in order to scare viewers. These conventions include the sound, lighting editing and mise en scene. However, aswell as these conventions, there is one particular aspect used in the film which broke out from the stereotypical horror conventions and started of a new craze in the horror film genre; the way in which the opening of the film was shot.

Mise en Scene:

Sound:

Camera Movements/Shots/Angles:

Editing: