Wednesday 14 January 2015
Friday 9 January 2015
Psycho - Film Scene Analysis
These are the opening credit sequence for Psycho. The film,
originally from 1960, was made in black and white. Accompanied by a menacing
theme song, it could be said that the text ‘PSYCHO’ splitting in multiple
directions, is almost similar to the way Norman kills his victims- with
multiple stab wounds.
This image show Norman, peeking (voyeurism) through the hole
in his office, where earlier, he was speaking to Marion. Through this hole, he
can see Marion getting undressed ahead of the infamous shower scene. Whilst
this scene connotes, almost a sense of perversion, it also shows on Norman’s lust
for women, and the complex situation with ‘mother’. The light reflected on Norman’s eye, might
reveal something sexual about Norman & Marion, but his overwhelming desire &
lust forces him to murder Marion.
The final scene in Psycho, where we see that Norman is in
fact ‘Mother’ Hitchcock, uses Chiaroscuro; Shades, shadows and silhouettes
through the use of the hanging light on the ceiling, reflecting light off the
door & Norman, poised to kill Lila before being wrestled to the ground by
Sam.
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