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Analyzing ‘Psycho’ - Shower Scene!
Afreen Shahid 13T
HOW DOES HITCHCOCK CREATE SUSPENSE & HORROR?
By the use of different camera angles e.g. the close up zoom on the camera
curtain which depicts the dark figure holding the knife. This fills the scene with
suspense and tension as Marion is not aware of what is behind her and the use of
zoom also highlights the fact that something horrendous is about to occur.
There is another close up on her hand and a downward tilt which shows her
hand slowly falling. This symbolizes her last moment alive as the intruder stabs
her to death and this yet again raises suspension as we don’t know who the
murderer is.
Hitchcock also uses sound to portray the events happening in the scene for
example when she is taking a shower, there is no music but you can hear the
water from the shower and this may symbolize purification which may show she
is washing her sins away.
SUSPENSE & HORROR #2
When the intruder faces Marion, the music is suddenly high pitched
and very frantic, capturing the pain of Marion being stabbed
continuously by the intruder. Explicitly, we see Marion being stabbed
on the body but there are also some shots showing the killer
attempting to stab her.
Editing is very important in this scene because the audience should
know what exactly is going on at every moment for example when
Marion is being attacked, there were short cuts to her reaction and to
her killers and this yet again makes the scene more horrific to watch.
ROLE OF THE AUDIENCEOnly some scenes in which the camera shot is a point of view. This allows
the audience to be in Marion’s mind. One of these shots was in the shower
scene and it was an eye level shot of the actual intruder attacking her. This
emphasizes the fact that the audience are forced to be put into Marion’s
place and it actually feels like the intruder is attacking you which makes it
even more scarier.
There is some subjective treatment and this makes the audience fee more
involved as they can only see what Marion Crane can see at times.
However, there are also ordinary shots which is objective treatment due to
the fact that the camera is placed on Marion herself to depict her emotions of
being attacked which were fear and anger.
THE DEATH OF MARION CRANE
There is a big impact of killing Marion Crane in the first forty five
minutes of the film because it keeps the audience wondering what
would happen next without the actual leading lady in the film.
It also shows that there is more of a story behind the death and this
makes the film more interesting as it raises suspicion because the
murder still has to be solved by somebody.
This doesn’t really happen in other horror films I have seen for
example in the film ‘Saw’, there is always a survivor at the end who is
usually portrayed as the main actor. Without a main actor, the film
would seem pretty empty as the plot mainly revolves around them.