Chapter 5: Sound

There is only one song for the entire length of my movie and it is played over and over again throughout the entire movie.

1. The sound effects are not that dense and complex, they are more edited down and simplified. The only sounds that are actually in the movie are basic sounds such as stabbing, footsteps, wind, glass shattering, breathing, etc.
2. Silence is used to provide a high amount of suspense. Since it is almost completely silent right before Michael comes on-screen. It's almost like POW!, when he is thrust into a scene the music or sound effect starts.
3. The song used for the movie was written and performed by John Carpenter himself, in 5/4 time on a simple keyboard.
4. The only instruments that are used are a keyboard and possibly a synthesizer.
5. Music is used to provide a certain amount of creepiness to the movie, it is never played during a conversation, only during times of suspense.
6. The dialogue in the movie is very spare and functional, except for a few short speeches from Donald Pleasence.
7. Most character can display what they desire through their actions: such as struggling, screaming, running or walking.
8. There are a few swear words and also a few fancy words.

Chapter 3: Movement

1. Since there isn't really any fast-paced action in this movie, the action really isn't emphasized very much throughout. One stick out camera shot, is shot directly through the eyes of the killer, Michael Myers when he kills his older sister, Judith.
2. There are a few long shots in the movie, but most of them are medium shots, especially when Michael Myers is involved in the scene. The action is definitely quite slow-paced.
3. Some of the movements are definitely stylized, especially when Michael kills his victims. Some are also naturalistic, especially when the veteran actors are involved.
4. The camera movements are almost always very smooth, this was one of the first movies to use the steadicam. The camera was also very slow moving, when it moved at all.
5. There is no fast and slow motion, freeze frames or animation.

Chapter 8: Story

1. My movie does not have any kind of narrator.
2. The story of this movie tells itself through the actions and reactions of the characters on-screen.
3. Time is presented in chronological order over the span of Halloween night. Although, there is one flashback at the very beginnning of the movie, from then on it's chronological.
4. I believe the narrative to be realistic because something like this could actually happen in real life.
5. This movie is definitely a part of the horror/slasher genre. This movie started the slasher genre, so it evolved from this movie.
6. At the time that this movie was filmed, crime in the big cities was at a very high level. This movie just proved that point.