Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" came as a shock to many viewers and received a number of complaints due to the content and sexual explicitness. There was a lot on controversy that evolved around "Psycho" as before the film was released Hitchcock produced a trailer in which he stared in a as tour guide around the Bates' motel and house, he described everything very vaguely and pretended to be squeamish to reveal certain details, this gives the audience preconceptions about the film as it attracts them to see it and also Hitchcock also demanded a few rules had to be met at the showing of the film for example it was to be shown at certain times and nobody was to be admitted once the film had begun. These rules give the film an overall prestigious representation as so much trouble and small detail is contained in the realising of it. The master of suspense, Hitchcock changed the conventional narrative increasing the amount of tension while keeping the audience interested and on the edge of their seats.In "Psycho" Norman is presented as a fairly normal guy who lives at home with his mother. He is tall and has dark hair portraying a mysterious man. We the audience do not see Norman as a stereotypically attractive man but more lonely and
This scene manipulates time as it is played in "real-time" which is how long it would take in real life this draws the audience in and makes it a more realistic event and also emphasises the . He did this by playing with the audience's expectations by misleading them. The plughole signifies a vortex of darkness that she is being dragged into, the dark vortex being of Norman's. Marion Joins with Sam (The hero) to uncover the truth. Marion is portrayed physically the most dominant and confident out of the two of them as Norman is more shy and weak, he is presented like this as when the audience discover the true Norman is comes as a large shock as they didn't expect it. The audience expect Marion (Janet Leigh) to have the main role as she is a star and don't expect her to have a minor role and die at the beginning of the film. I think that the early killing of Marion was very affective and puzzled the audience and so they wouldn't be able to predict what would happen next. The blonde affect works well as I cant see a brunette having the same affect and gaining as much sympathy and emotional involvement. These are soon juxtaposed as Norman becomes the villain and Marion's sister Lila is seen as the princess (Blonde as well). In this film the shower scene is a key scene as it changes cinematic conventions, Marion has a transitional role which is not expected and is no longer the "Princess" as she is dead. When Marion is killed we see how Hitchcock has transgressed the rules. The audience seem to feel that Norman is very isolated and trapped due to his very dull view of the world "all in private traps". "Psycho" has a total of four disruptions (stealing of money, two murders, and an attempted murder) between these there is a constantly rising and falling rate in the tension, which keeps the audience interested it is only after the final disruption that the tension declines even though it does not ever return entirely back to normal as there is an open ending. In this film there is a large contrast between what the audience are aware of and what the characters are. so the audience may have sympathy for him.
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