Psycho Analysis

Psycho

in this shot from psycho,  the shot is very light and the whiteness of the background and the paleness of her skins show her as being innocent and pure and that she doesn’t deserve to be murdered. This is also a mid-shot which shows the audience her expression and emotions on her face which she is dying.

This shot is a high angle shot; this is to show how vulnerable she is and to show the power of the killer because it’s like he is looking down on her while he brutally murders her. In this shot her nails are also very viable; her red nails could signify that he is a danger to the audience because they could be a signifier for blood. Most of the scene is all white; this would enhance the colour of the blood and make it more visible.

 

 

This shot of the plug is an extreme close up to signify that her blood is draining away just like her life is. This close up of the plug whole is a graphic match to the girl’s eye because it would create more of an uncomfortable effect because it would make the audience feel that they in with the film and gets them involved because they could feel that they shouldn’t be that close up to things.

 

 This shot is a cut away from the action ad is of the horrible stormy weather outside. This would match the mood of what is happening inside as it gives the miserable feeling which makes the audience feel miserable as well. This cuts away from the action while she is being killed because it breaks it up and makes it have fast pace and gives the audience the feel of the pace of the feeling.

This is a mid-shot; this shows her just peacefully having a shower. The shower is very loud and over powers the noise of the killer entering the room so she is oblivious to what is going to happen. The shower curtain shows the shadow of the killer but not clearly to show any details at all, this makes the audience more aware of what is going to happen that she is.

 

 

This shot is from the woman’s perspective of the killer walking away she is slowly dying, this makes the audience feel like they are more involved with the film and give it tension.  The shot is blurry because this is the way she is seeing from her eyes because she has no energy as she has just been stabbed which makes her eyes fill with water because of the shower. The outside world or neigh boroughs have no clue what has just happened because the shower would of bee to loud for anyone to see her screaming.

The shower is a diegetic noise because that is the sound that is in the scene when they are filming it because it is actually happening. The soundtrack is a non-diegetic sound because it has been edited in because it’s not playing when they are actually filming it and it’s not happening.

At the beginning the shots are very long because nothing exciting is happening but then when the action starts to happen the shots become faster to sync n with the stabbing from the killer.