The opening of this film, is a classic horror thriller opening. The modern day horrors tend to have a 'normal' setting and do not back track on the past of the film the very beginning of how it all started.
However this film does back track and they tell you and give you the background story of the horror. The opening shows how Michael becomes a killer.
The camera shot at first is a point of view shot(Michaels P.O.V) and you see him putting on a mask and going to the kitchen. This has an eerie affect to it, as you can't see the person however you can see what he sees. The effect on the camera is that we can see through the eye holes of the mask however we can still see the holes. It's quite a low angle shot, showing he's either small or looking down. This adding an childlike effect. When he reaches the kitchen. There is a medium shot of him opening the kitchen drawer and picking up a knife, which then goes to a medium close up of the knife, this signifies that the knife is significant to the plot. However Michael still goes unseen.
This gives the audience the killers point of view. This adding to the effect of the horror making the audience feel fear. This contributes as this film is a horror thriller, as our group wanted to film using this genre, it helped that we watched this as it will be use to us as we can be inspired and use the themes within our own film.
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