Halloween (1978) - Opening Sequence

The opening sequence from Halloween, directed by John Carpenter in 1978, has made me think about the choices i need to make for my own opening sequence. For example what credits should I include in the opening 2 minutes of the film. Carpenter's film is unusual as it shows a large number of the credits at the start of the film before the narrative has begun and before we have been introduced to any characters. The affect of this can be quite boring for an audience and therefore for my own film i have decided i will scale down the number of credits within the opening sequence. It has also made me think about whether I want to cut away from the narrative in order to show credits or have them as part of the shot. In Halloween all the credits are shown before the narrative begins, a technique which would not be suitable for my own film as it limits the amount of action i can include in the first 2 minutes. After the credits, most of the opening sequence is filmed in one take and we do not cut away from the POV shot used for a long time. This idea is also not suitable for my film as it does not show that i can use a number of different camera shots and techniques however it did make me think about how i would present a backstory for the characters of my film. In order to make a decision on this i will need to conduct further research into the openings of films.