The description of this film (posted on IMDB) : A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood escapes on a mindless rampage while his doctor chases him through the streets.
The budget for this film was an estimated $320,000
Gross
$47,000,000 (USA)$60,000,000 (Worldwide) ( 1978)
AUD 900,000 (Australia) ( 1979)
$782,277 (Germany)
HKD 450,139 (Hong Kong) ( 1979)
SEK 2,298,579 (Sweden)
The opening of this film, is a classic 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. The opening shows how Michael becomes a killer.
The camera shot at first is a point of view shot(Michael's 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.
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 P.O.V. and can see everything around him rather than the person him self.
We continue to assume the killer is an adult untill after the murder takes place and he is unmasked outside by a doctor, to reveal that the killer is actually a child.
This is a medium shot and then it changes into a crane shot and directs its self into the night sky, this could resemble the passage of time.
See Steph Martins Blog for more opening research.
Copyright Holder
Falcon International ProductionsProduction Companies
- Compass International Pictures
- Falcon International Productions
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