FILM ANALYSIS : Trick or Treat - mise-en-scene, camera shots, sound and music

Film analysis of Trick or Treat

Director:   Charles Martin Smith

Box Office: $6,797,218 (USA)

Distributors: 

Arsenal Filmverleih (1987) (West Germany) (theatrical)

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) (1986) (USA) (theatrical)

Paramount Pictures Corporation (Canada) (Canada) (theatrical)

Castle Home Video (UK) (VHS)

Concorde Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Esselte CIC Video (Netherlands) (VHS)

Future Film (2004) (Finland) (DVD)

Lorimar Home Video (1987) (USA) (VHS)

NSM Records (2014) (Austria) (DVD)

Nea Kinisi Video (1988) (Greece) (VHS)

Nelonen (1999) (Finland) (TV)

Platinum Disc (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Transworld Video (1989) (Finland) (VHS)

Umbrella Entertainment (2002) (Australia) (DVD)

VCL Communications (West Germany) (VHS)

Warner Home Video (2009) (Japan) (DVD)

Warner Home Video (USA) (VHS)

 Mise-en-scene

This is the mise-en-scene in the opening shot of Trick or Treat. It is very similar to what we are going to produce as all of the details connote what the character is like, but in ours we are going to connote a quirky arty character instead of rock style music lover.

Camera Shots
The camera shots in this opening shot is also very important as they use a 

panning shot around the room at the start just like we want to do in our film. 

This will show more of the surround's which is typical in a social realist film. 

Sound and Music
In trick or treat we get rock music straight when the film starts until 5:48 seconds into the film. In our film opening we will also have music running over the top but it will be soft acoustic to start of with but then getting more upbeat as it progresses. There is also a voice over which we will do also as we can hear what they are thinking which helps the audience understand the film.