Kora Lahm
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The film Psycho was made on September 8, 1960, by Alfred Hitchcock. Psycho was Hitchcock’s most successful film and it’s said to be the best horror film of all time. Most of the film focuses on Marion Crane, a Phoenix real-estate secretary. Marion was trusted by her employer to take $40,000 to the bank, but she sees the opportunity to take the money and start a new life. With the money, she leaves town and heads towards Sam’s California store. During a storm, she gets off the highway and goes to The Bates Motel. Norman manages The Bates Motel, and greets Marion when she enters. Norman is a quiet person who seems controlled by his mother.
Psycho was a low-budget film in black and white. Hitchcock had made multiple other films in color, but decided to make this one black and white. Hitchcock felt that color would be too distracting, and that black and white is more effective in a dark-themed film. I believe that during its time, it was a good idea to just do black and white, because that was the first time audiences saw a gory murder on film. If the film were in color, the audience could have been overwhelmed, or too disgusted by the gory scenes. Nowadays, Psycho could be seen as tacky to some people since color is all we’ve ever known. Psycho is still a great film, but for this time period, it may have been better in color. Marion Crane was the lead character, played by actress Janet Leigh. …show more content…
Marion was trusted by her boss to take $40,000 to the bank. She ended up keeping the cash for herself and fleeing. From the moment she took the cash, the fear and guilt began to grow inside her. All she wanted was to take control of her life and start over. She never did it just because she wanted to buy a few expensive things for herself. Since she was doing it to move on in life and not for selfish reasons, she seemed relatively innocent and even sympathetic. Marion understood the struggles of life and could sympathize with others going through their own struggles. The music in any film is just about the most important thing there is. Music can set the mood and tone of a scene. Without music, especially in horror films, you wouldn’t have as much fear, suspense, or even feeling of romance as you would with just the dialogue. In Psycho, the screeching violins really add to to the sense of fear, as well as the fast paced music during the car scene to show how rushed the situation was. The soundtrack is innovation and effective all around. One of the last parts of Psycho …show more content…
Back in the day, no one really understood or talked about mental illness, making this particular scene necessary to tie everything together. The explanation was that Norman Bates had murdered his mother and her lover 10 years prior, because of his jealousy. In order to preserve the illusion that his now-exhumed mother was still alive, Norman created an alternate personality. His mother personality is just as jealous and possessive as real Miss Bates had been, so when Norman felt attracted to another woman, the “Mother” would get furious and kill
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The film Psycho was made on September 8, 1960, by Alfred Hitchcock. Psycho was Hitchcock’s most successful film and it’s said to be the best horror film of all time. Most of the film focuses on Marion Crane, a Phoenix real-estate secretary. Marion was trusted by her employer to take $40,000 to the bank, but she sees the opportunity to take the money and start a new life. With the money, she leaves town and heads towards Sam’s California store. During a storm, she gets off the highway and goes to The Bates Motel. Norman manages The Bates Motel, and greets Marion when she enters. Norman is a quiet person who seems controlled by his mother.
Psycho was a low-budget film in black and white. Hitchcock had made multiple other films in color, but decided to make this one black and white. Hitchcock felt that color would be too distracting, and that black and white is more effective in a dark-themed film. I believe that during its time, it was a good idea to just do black and white, because that was the first time audiences saw a gory murder on film. If the film were in color, the audience could have been overwhelmed, or too disgusted by the gory scenes. Nowadays, Psycho could be seen as tacky to some people since color is all we’ve ever known. Psycho is still a great film, but for this time period, it may have been better in color. Marion Crane was the lead character, played by actress Janet Leigh. …show more content…
Marion was trusted by her boss to take $40,000 to the bank. She ended up keeping the cash for herself and fleeing. From the moment she took the cash, the fear and guilt began to grow inside her. All she wanted was to take control of her life and start over. She never did it just because she wanted to buy a few expensive things for herself. Since she was doing it to move on in life and not for selfish reasons, she seemed relatively innocent and even sympathetic. Marion understood the struggles of life and could sympathize with others going through their own struggles. The music in any film is just about the most important thing there is. Music can set the mood and tone of a scene. Without music, especially in horror films, you wouldn’t have as much fear, suspense, or even feeling of romance as you would with just the dialogue. In Psycho, the screeching violins really add to to the sense of fear, as well as the fast paced music during the car scene to show how rushed the situation was. The soundtrack is innovation and effective all around. One of the last parts of Psycho …show more content…
Back in the day, no one really understood or talked about mental illness, making this particular scene necessary to tie everything together. The explanation was that Norman Bates had murdered his mother and her lover 10 years prior, because of his jealousy. In order to preserve the illusion that his now-exhumed mother was still alive, Norman created an alternate personality. His mother personality is just as jealous and possessive as real Miss Bates had been, so when Norman felt attracted to another woman, the “Mother” would get furious and kill