Psycho - 1960

Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate: 15

Camera:

– CUs
– Jump shots

Editing

– Fast paced editing – mirrors sound
– Slow paced editing creates curiosity and builds tension
– Short bursts of narrative – element of mystery

Sound

– Parallel sound
– Sinister backing sound
– Non-digetic sound - radio – continues once out of shot – adds continuity to the scene.

Mise en scene

– Black signifying danger
– White representing purity
– Knife signifies danger - deaths
– Cigarette – lighter – fire – danger - death
– Pink and white cake – innocent – sweet
– Clock – time – running out of time
– Blood washing down the plughole – injury - death

Special effects

– Black and white titles