Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Practice mise-en-scene analysis:Psycho

Psycho Analysis

-medium close up of the woman as the scene opens

-black and white shows that it is an old horror movie

- low angle shot off the house uses shadows
  to make it scary

-bad weather makes it eerie

-goes back to medium shot creates tension by switching between the two

-music gets louder as he is about to enter the house which suggests something bad is about to happen, it increases as he is leading her further into the house

-a lot of shadows are used to make it look eerie

-medium close up is used on the two people as they are talking

-talking about the birds is foreshadowing that something bad is going to happen to her she could end up hurt like one of the birds

-as he is talking to her he strokes the stuffed bird which creates a creepy atmosphere

-starts asking personal questions which makes her not trust him 

-scratch and claw have connotations of struggle and violence

-she starts to look uncomfortable as he asks her more personal questions this is shown as he asks the questions she starts to move around as if looking for a way out of answering it

-low angle shots of him makes him look powerful and creepy could foreshadow that he is very important in the movies storyline

-smiles whilst talking about how someone died this shows that he doesn’t feel bad about what happen and could suggest that he had something to do with it

-close up of his face he isn’t blinking which creates an eerie atmosphere

-he starts to get angry you can tell by his facial expressions


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