Psycho Famous Shower Scene
Psycho
Maxwell Schweiger
2. Analyze all of the sound effect from the Famous “shower scene”
A. visuals: Describe each visual as Marion steps into the shower until she hit the floor.
B. Vocals: Describe the sound Marion makes from the time she steps into the shower until she falls, slides the shower wall.
C. Sound effects: Describe the sound effects from the minute Marion enters the shower until the end of the scene.
D. Music: Discuss the corresponding visuals from the minute the music begins; the increase in volume, the decrease in volume, the end.
Alfred Hitchcock is a wonderful director and has made many amazing films. One of his most famous movies is Psycho (1960) and along with this famous movie came one of the greatest horror …show more content…
Even from the beginning on the scene you could tell something horrible was going to happen. Marion closes the door and takes off her night gown to get in the shower as the camera follows her. Once she’s in the shower she opens the soap and the camera is looking at her as if it was the wall where the shower head is. She turns on the water and looks as if it makes her relax instantly and starts to wash her body. The camera moves around to a spot where you can see her and the shower curtain. Then you can tell the door is being opened and someone is coming in. As the body starts to move toward the shower, the camera zooms in on that person that is trying to get too Marion. The shower curtain is then ripped open and there is instant grabbing and stabbing. Marion attempts to stop her but she seems far too weak. The camera uses quick changes to make the viewer feel even more uncomfortable because the audience can’t actually see the knife going into the victim. The attacker’s face is blacked out the only chance there is to see it but by the looks of the clothes it makes the audience believe it is the mother. As she is being attacked the camera is focused on the bath tub where all the blood is being washed down the drain. Once the “mother” leaves the bathroom the camera focuses on Marion up against the back wall and slowly sliding down and falls forward to her death. Some of the vocals made by Marion in this scene are once she fist
Maxwell Schweiger
2. Analyze all of the sound effect from the Famous “shower scene”
A. visuals: Describe each visual as Marion steps into the shower until she hit the floor.
B. Vocals: Describe the sound Marion makes from the time she steps into the shower until she falls, slides the shower wall.
C. Sound effects: Describe the sound effects from the minute Marion enters the shower until the end of the scene.
D. Music: Discuss the corresponding visuals from the minute the music begins; the increase in volume, the decrease in volume, the end.
Alfred Hitchcock is a wonderful director and has made many amazing films. One of his most famous movies is Psycho (1960) and along with this famous movie came one of the greatest horror …show more content…
Even from the beginning on the scene you could tell something horrible was going to happen. Marion closes the door and takes off her night gown to get in the shower as the camera follows her. Once she’s in the shower she opens the soap and the camera is looking at her as if it was the wall where the shower head is. She turns on the water and looks as if it makes her relax instantly and starts to wash her body. The camera moves around to a spot where you can see her and the shower curtain. Then you can tell the door is being opened and someone is coming in. As the body starts to move toward the shower, the camera zooms in on that person that is trying to get too Marion. The shower curtain is then ripped open and there is instant grabbing and stabbing. Marion attempts to stop her but she seems far too weak. The camera uses quick changes to make the viewer feel even more uncomfortable because the audience can’t actually see the knife going into the victim. The attacker’s face is blacked out the only chance there is to see it but by the looks of the clothes it makes the audience believe it is the mother. As she is being attacked the camera is focused on the bath tub where all the blood is being washed down the drain. Once the “mother” leaves the bathroom the camera focuses on Marion up against the back wall and slowly sliding down and falls forward to her death. Some of the vocals made by Marion in this scene are once she fist