ALFRED HITCHCOCK
An inspiring, influential, 1960's film maker and producer who specialised in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After watching Psycho, I realised why Alfred Hitcock was highly inspired by many. Psycho left the audience in suspence through out the whole movie. What I love about Alfred Hitchcocks' movies are his use of shot types. There are a few excellent shots in Psycho which create a big impact on the audience, making them feel part of the shot and empathise with the characters. One of the shots which inspired me the most is where Marion enters the creepy house where 'the mother' stays. She sees Norman running to the house and runs to the basement stairs. The camera here is in the corner of the room, showing both Marion looking through the bars on the stairs and Norman entering through the door. This long shot emphasises on how close the two characters are yet neither of them can see the other one. We can see both characters and therefore feel nervous and empathise with Marion, hoping she is not caught my Norman. This shot is very well done, and creates a perfect eerie sense to the film.
Some behind the scene gossip!
In the famous 'shower scene,' Hitchcock used chocolate instead of ketchup, in place for the blood. The ketchup was too thin and therefore they needed something more visible and thicker- chocolate! Because the movie was in black and white, the colour of the blood didn't matter.
An inspiring, influential, 1960's film maker and producer who specialised in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After watching Psycho, I realised why Alfred Hitcock was highly inspired by many. Psycho left the audience in suspence through out the whole movie. What I love about Alfred Hitchcocks' movies are his use of shot types. There are a few excellent shots in Psycho which create a big impact on the audience, making them feel part of the shot and empathise with the characters. One of the shots which inspired me the most is where Marion enters the creepy house where 'the mother' stays. She sees Norman running to the house and runs to the basement stairs. The camera here is in the corner of the room, showing both Marion looking through the bars on the stairs and Norman entering through the door. This long shot emphasises on how close the two characters are yet neither of them can see the other one. We can see both characters and therefore feel nervous and empathise with Marion, hoping she is not caught my Norman. This shot is very well done, and creates a perfect eerie sense to the film.
Some behind the scene gossip!
In the famous 'shower scene,' Hitchcock used chocolate instead of ketchup, in place for the blood. The ketchup was too thin and therefore they needed something more visible and thicker- chocolate! Because the movie was in black and white, the colour of the blood didn't matter.CHARACTERS
Anthony perkins - Norman Bates
Janet Leigh - Marion Crane
Vera Miles - Lile Crane
John Gavin - Sam Loomis
Martin Malsam - Milton Arbogast
LOCATIONS
The house where the mother lives.This building follows the conventional horror elements: A detatched, creeky, wooden, decripit looking large house. We only see the outside of the house untill past half way through the film. This makes the house seem more mysterious. The audience always hear 'the mother' screaming from the house every time Norman enters it. Towards the end, we see 'the mothers' bedroom, where everything is left preserved the way it would if someone was still living in it.
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