Film anaysis - halloween

This film has no credits. The film starts with a child in a clown mask stroking a rat. He is talking to the rat, which is diegetic sound, and there is a radio in the background, which is also diegetic. A close up of the rat is used in this shot with the boy in the background. It then cuts to his parents arguing down stairs. You can hear them talking and there is also a radio in the background. Because they are arguing the baby starts crying which is also diagetic sound. This shows that it’s a dysfunctional family, which would explain why the boy has troubles.

Then his sister comes down and talks to her parents who tell her to go and talk to her brother. They mainly use close-ups in this scene with shot reverse shot which we will use in our film opening if we use any dialogue. The camera is a bit wobbly in parts, which shows that it must have been done with a hand held steady cam.

When his sister goes up to him she teases him from behind the door, while he is washing blood off his hands and pocketknife.

This shows she has no idea what he is doing and it isn’t made clear who he has killed or cut. He then screams when his sister called him “a little shit”, this shows she bullies him and he doesn’t like it.

When he goes downstairs he tells his mother that his rat died and he had to flush him but this tells the audience that he killed him using his pocketknife. His father and sister then tease him about the rat’s death and his mother defends him. All the sound is diegetic and the shots are all close-ups. He then goes over to the baby and kisses it on the head which shows that he still has a strong relationship with the baby and his mother.