Psycho

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Psycho
The film Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock is a horror movie made in 1960. This movie portrays a deranged man named Norman Bates that owns a motel called “Bates Motel”; he eventually goes completely insane and turns to murder. The most famous scene in this film is the shower scene where Norman takes on his first murder of a woman named Marion in one of his motel rooms. In this movie there are very creative techniques used by Hitchcock such as the view of the camera, the variation of scenes, and the portrayal of the character’s situations as ‘normal’.
In the very beginning of the movie Hitchcock uses the camera’s subjective eye by panning over the city. The camera moves across the city and focuses more in on the buildings. Then it hesitates, giving the audience a chance to decided which window they would like to look through. Then the camera starts to zoom in and makes the decision for them. This interesting camera view builds up to introducing the character of Marion. In the room Marion is with a man named Sam, Marion makes a proposal and he rejects it, during this time the camera movement shows the intensity and emotions going on with the rejection and the sexual act that was insinuated.
There were a variety of scenes in the movie that made it very frightening. In the famous shower scene Hitchcock used symbolism for certain objects. He used the showers curtain in a way to portray the viewer’s private world. Then it shows the shot of the showerhead intending to show the cleansing of Marion, it then signifies that the intruder has entered making the viewer an involuntary part in her slaughter. There are also the scenes of the house by the motel that Norman lived in; the house was viewed as dark, gloomy, and creepy looking. Another interesting scene is when Norman is cleaning up after the murder of Marion. The way the view is shot it makes it look like the audience’s hands cleaning up the blood.
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