ysisPsycho Final Analysis Joel Schain Film and Literature Period 3 10/2/12 Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho has been ranked as one of the top 10 best horror/suspense films of all time because of his unique way of filmmaking. Some of the many significant cinematic elements uses include internal diegetic sound‚ and dissolving. Internal diegetic sound was used throughout Hitchcock’s Psycho to create the illusion that Norman Bate’s mother was still alive. Only at the very end of the film do you find
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AS Film Studies. An Analysis of a film extract 1500 words. (30 marks) Choose a film‚ select a 3-5 minute sequence and analyse how one or more micro elements create meaning and provoke response from you and the audience. I have chosen the 1960’s movie ‘Psycho’ produced by Alfred Hitchcock. ‘Pyscho’ was a landmark movie that cost only $800‚000 to make‚ yet has earned over $40‚000‚000 worldwide‚ this is due to the fact that it pushed and broke the boundaries of the horror genre. The film received
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In the film Indochine‚ before Camille’s wedding‚ there is a shot of both Eliane and Camille sitting on a bench in front of a lotus lake in the Hue temple. To me‚ this shot is very beautiful and captivating. It is a long shot‚ slightly high angle‚ and it is shot directly from behind the two characters. It is a deep focus shot so we can see all that appears in the scene. The lightning is low in the foreground‚ caused by the roof overhead the two characters. In front of them is a lake filled with
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Professor Smith ! Intro to Film ! March 7‚ 2014 ! Symbolic Character Development in Psycho! ! ! The film Psycho has two main characters‚ one being Marion and the other being ! Norman Bates. Marion is the main character for the first half of the film and Norman Bates ! assumes the role of main character after Marion is murdered. In order to enhance Marion’s ! character‚ the Alfred Hitchcock uses mise-en-scene to symbolize Marion’s character change ! and indecisive choice to steal $40‚000 from
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Psycho Rhetorical Analysis There are many factors that contribute to making a film as a frightening as Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror film Psycho‚ without all of the typical gruesome scenes moviegoers are used to seeing. The timeless movie Psycho is a 1960 American psychological thriller about the encounter between Marion Crane‚ a secretary hiding out after stealing a large amount of money‚ and the schizophrenic motel owner Norman Bates‚ both of whom must deal with the guilt and surveillance
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Justin Hayden THE 107-270 Fight Club – Shot by Shot 1. Tyler (Norton) hangs up phone and jumps up‚ and turns away from the phone toward Tyler (Pitt) – WS – Normal angle – 2 seconds 2. Tyler (Pitt) sitting in a chair talking to Tyler (Norton) – MS – Normal angle – 1 second 3. Tyler (Norton) standing by bed talking to Tyler (Pitt) – MS – Normal angle – 2 seconds 4. Tyler (Pitt) sitting in a chair talking to Tyler (Norton) – MS – Normal angle – 3 seconds 5. Tyler (Norton) standing by bed talking
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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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‘Psycho’ Critical Film Analysis Feminist analysis Alfred Hitchcock is renowned as one of the single greatest pioneers behind modern film‚ particularly in suspense‚ horror‚ and sexual features of film such as forced voyeurism through one of his very own types of shots where one views the film through the eyes of one of the characters. Hitchcock is honoured as being an innovator in film through his specific and wide variety of shots and angles and innovative uses of film technology and lighting effects
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From the site: http://geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/7145/ By Esteban Mejia Mesa (2001) Psycho (1960) Perhaps no other film changed so drastically Hollywood’s perception of the horror film as did PSYCHO. More surprising is the fact that this still unnerving horror classic was directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ a filmmaker who never relied upon shock values until this film. Here Hitchcock indulged in nudity‚ bloodbaths‚ necrophilia‚ transvestism‚ schizophrenia‚ and a host of other taboos and got
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Psycho! Is Alfred Hitchcock the master of suspense? Alfred Hitchcock classic film “Psycho” was released in the Nineteen Sixties and it is still considered one of the pristine thrillers of all time. Hitchcock has often referred as “The master of suspense‚” for the ability to create tension in an audience rather than terror in an audience. Through out the film the director use many cinematic techniques such as mise-en-scene‚ motifs and careful editing to create a tense atmosphere which keeps
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