Halloween
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0220-0242 (22 seconds)
An extreme long shot that tracks into the house to the front door where the next scene starts
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0220-0242 (22 seconds)
An extreme long shot that tracks into the house to the front door where the next scene starts
Friday 13th
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0000-0026 (26 seconds)
An extreme long shot aimed at the moon, the camera pans to the left to perfect darkness and then down too an extreme long shot of the campsite
Pyscho
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0013 - 0105 (52 seconds)
Multiple extreme long shots over the city which pan and then crossfade between each other, each crossfade the camera gets closer and closer to the window. It has a total of 5 shots until it reaches the window and zooms in then pans around the room setting the scene to what is about to follow.
All of these opening sequences share similar features, for example they all open with extreme long shots that establish and set the scene, they show the location, most opening shots in slasher movies span about 20-25 seconds with the obvious exception of Psycho(Alfred Hitchcock)(1960) which is 52 seconds.
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