Trailer analysis

                                                        Halloween Trailer Analysis

Iconography- The lighting in Halloween starts off with a Black & White sort of flashback, then the trailer comes into colour however the scenery is set at night time. After this, the trailer goes into the scene of the production and distribution company, this is done to give the audience some time to know who the film was produced by. One of the characters are wearing a Halloween mask and seems to be the killer, just links in with the film title, of Halloween being a evil day. The setting is middle class  people, due to the house being big, as film producers always go for the wealthy middle class people especially in horror films, also quite neighborhood not too many passer byes so that there isn't enough evidence and not too many people will know about anything happening. Props used was a knife, this a common prop in horror movies and a killer almost always has to be equipped with it. Furthermore  about the knife, the killer always seems to have a knife and also always seem to be going for the final girl; the Freudian idea of a knife is known as the "phallic" symbol. Horror/slasher films include dark lighting as well as chiarsocuro to mask the facial expressions of different characters as well as being set in dark areas during the night to build tension.

Narrative- Young boy called Michael who is bullied, however kills his bully and starts going on a killing spree , killing his family members apart from his mother and little sister. He is found guilty first degree murder and is put under the care of child psychologist Dr. Samuel Loomis. Fifteen years later he speaks to no one and escapes Smiths' Grove and goes back to his old house recovers the kitchen knife and a Halloween mask he stored under the floorboards the night he killed his older sister. That was Michael's motivation behind him causing horrific scenes of evil. In most horror films the killer normally has some sort of psychological problem, hence the reason why Michael was transfered to the child psychologist Dr. Samuel Loomis.

Sound- The trailer consists of a voice over, which gives the audience an insight on what the audience can expect in the film. Police sirens are incorporated at the start of the trailer with the flashback, this signifies straight away that something bad has happened, especially the fact that the child was at the back of the police car by himself. Another common sound used in most horror films and also in the Halloween trailer is silence, this creates tension and a sense of foreboading as well as the silence being developed through dialogue which is often fast paced and has a worried feel.