In the Parlor scene from Hitchcock’s Psycho‚ where Marion and Norman are talking during her first and last night at the hotel‚ the mise-en-scene expresses the true nature and‚ to a certain extent‚ the intentions of both characters. The illumination in this scene adds to the movies suspense and significance‚ the props foreshadow what’s to come‚ as well as what is said by Norman. This scene is where the viewers are introduced to Norman Bates and his strange life‚ and allowing them realize that there’s
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THE SHINING The key to a great movie is using cinematography to control the mood and tone of a piece in order to affect the viewers’ feelings. In Stanley Kubrick’s "The Shining"‚ the cinematographer manipulated the lighting to create a certain mood and cast of light onto the scenes. Since lighting is the key to cinematography‚ it can have a major impact on a films narrative. During the scene of The Shining‚ entitled "Great Party‚ Isn’t It?" the cinematographer used light to put emphasis
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depict police settings in the different kinds of media. The Japanese anime TV show titled Psycho-Pass‚ released in 2012‚ depicts a seemingly utopic society in the 2110s dealing with deviant individuals. The way the characters adapt to a society that controls crime heavily is a clear example of Robert Merton’s Strain Theory‚ which explains how people adapt to attain‚ or reject‚ the various goals set by society. Psycho-Pass shows the principles of Merton’s Strain Theory when showing how the different main
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adult and child. In Psycho‚ we find Norman Bates‚ who is not able to come of his age as an adult‚ though pretending to be one. [Norman struggles a lot to emerge out of his childhood trauma just like Marnie. Elizabeth Ramsy states that the child figure thus occupies an ambiguous liminal space “that threatens as it unites ideas of domesticity” (Olson 6). ] Wetmore in his article‚ “Psycho without a cause: Norman Bates and Juvenile Delinquency Cinema” compellingly argues that Psycho has many tropes common/characteristic
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created through the writing and performed through acting. The combination of these factors give each film its own original style. Three films that distinctively create a unique style due to the directing‚ writing and acting are Psycho‚ Breathless and No Country for Old Men. Psycho deviates from a typical movie in the sense that the main character dies relatively early in and then the film switch focuses entirely. Also the unexpected twist at the end was the first of its kind. These elements are all part
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Cinematic brilliance can be defined in many ways. Some filmmakers‚ like Hitchcock or Kubrick‚ are obsessive planners who create meticulous blueprints in their minds. Others prefer more organic methods -- cutting loose with the camera in an attempt to catch lightning in a bottle‚ whether it be an actor’s spontaneous gesture‚ a sudden reflection of the light‚ or the inexplicable poetry of a single moment in time. Throughout his brilliant career behind the camera‚ Conrad Hall‚ ASC‚ had a keen eye
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“The Shawshank Redemption” uses a very unique style of cinematography in order to capture the audience‚ with each film technique having a purpose to fulfill. The part of the movie that will be discussed is the scene where the main character “Andy” breaks out of the prison. This is a very significant scene as it symbolizes many things‚ Including the most important of which‚ is freedom. In The Shawshank Redemption‚ the use of long takes‚ close ups‚ and slow zooms toward the characters make the story
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Personality theories: Sigmund Freud. Pennsylvania‚ USA: Shippensburg University Psychology Department. Retrieved July 9‚ 2005 from http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/freud.html Harron‚ M. (Director). (2000). American Psycho [Motion Picture]. USA: Lions gate Films. Putman‚ D. (2000). American Psycho movie review. USA: All-Reviews.com. Retrieved July 9‚ 2005 from http://www.all-reviews.com/videos/american-psycho.htm
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Rachel Gonzalez November 30‚ 2010 “ Psycho “ Psycho is a suspense horror film made in 1960 by Alfred Hitchcock. When Alfred wanted to produce this film‚ Paramount did not want to produce it and refused to provide the budget that Hitchcock received from them for previous films with the studio. No one thought the film would be a success‚ so Hitchcock took matters into his owns hands and set a budget of less than 820‚000 dollars. The film is about a young women named Marion Crane who steals
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Psycho is told as a “character vs character” and “character vs self” story with both internal and external conflicts. How it is told is actually really interesting. The story is split into two parts and the protagonist changes during the story from Marion to Norman. The story starts with a real estate secretary named Marion Crane‚ who wants to marry her boyfriend Sam‚ but he could not afford it because of his debt. So her external conflict is that she wants to marry him‚ but he won’t until they
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