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Friday 18 March 2011

Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' (1960)

  • Equaliser style bars splitting the opening sequence words
  • Tries to end the affair and make it respectable
  • Sam paying off father's debt and ex - wifes maintanence
  • 50's style hair
  • Arizona (Deep South)
  • BBC style accent
  • Bosses collegue (Mr. Cassidy) gives Miss. Crane $40,000
  • Picture of her parents on her bedroom wall
  • Cosy Room
  • Music starts when money is on her bed
  • Stuffs the money into a small handbag
  • Boss stares at her after she lied
  •  Incidental music
  • She falls asleep whilst driving
  • Policeman routine check up on her car whilst sleeping
  • Alarmed when woken (shows anxiety and paranoia)
  • She tries to drive off
  • Sounding suspicious to policeman
  • Glazed over, wide eyes
  • Rigid, dead pan below eyebrows which are raised
  • Evil smirk on her face whilst she imagines the conversation between her boss and Mr. Cassidy
  • Norman being over friendly and caring
  • Taxidermist
  • 'A mother is a boy's best friend' - Odd saying
  • Threatening owl on the wall with outspread wings
  • Peep hole into her room
  • Birds on the wall
  • Biblical picture covers over the peep hole
  • Man in the bathroom slowly approaches curtain whilst she showers carelessly

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