We listen to the music that makes us feel the way we want to feel. A broken relationship might crave for a love song. A bad day at work might suggest motivational music. Needing to let out some anger might cause a want for Heavy Metal. Whatever the case may be, we listen to music because it has the power to make us feel a certain way. The music even sometime gives us visual images just base on the rhythm and lyrics. We are, for the next 3-5 minutes, transported to another world where nothing else exists except for the music and our imagination. Good and proper execution of music in films will produce the similar effect. In the article “Psycho and the orchestration of anxiety,” Stephen Deutsch ventures into Hitchcock’s effort in producing Psycho
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Knowing that his audiences were probably expecting Psycho to be somewhat similar to his earlier films, Hitchcock ultimately shatters these expectations by revealing Marion Crane who is killed halfway through the film. It comes as a shock to the audience because directors rarely implicate this this theme during the 1960s. PSYCHO, having such a large controversial ground, forces Hitchcock to invest in the film himself using the same crew from his television series including many of the actors. Where sound is use to establish a sort of false reality, Hitchcock lean his focused towards making an impression on the viewer. He often uses sounds to heighten the emotional effects of the actors. For example, as Marion Crane begins her journey to California we can hear other characters’ voices. We get to see her state of anxiety and can feel how tense she is due to the background music that was pretty much related to the disturbing opening …show more content…
We actually see that Psycho focuses on the music from the start. There was a great contrast from the fracture credits from the beginning to the first scene where the main characters are cuddling in bed. The music changes from suspenseful, loud and fractious to a legato, soft and melodic melody. The soft harmonies make us relate to romance and we can feel that they are in love. As the story progress our anxiety grew with Marion as she sees her boss while driving and the music begins to get louder, faster and more fractious. The only way for us to get drawn into the movie is how well the film establishes its connection between fantasy and realism. The ordinary environment in PSYCHO such as the workplace, the highway, and the landscape tells the viewer that a situation like this can possibly happen in the real life and therefore eases our entrance to world of the main characters where we can involve ourselves in their situation. Such emotions are made more vivid with the proper implements of
Knowing that his audiences were probably expecting Psycho to be somewhat similar to his earlier films, Hitchcock ultimately shatters these expectations by revealing Marion Crane who is killed halfway through the film. It comes as a shock to the audience because directors rarely implicate this this theme during the 1960s. PSYCHO, having such a large controversial ground, forces Hitchcock to invest in the film himself using the same crew from his television series including many of the actors. Where sound is use to establish a sort of false reality, Hitchcock lean his focused towards making an impression on the viewer. He often uses sounds to heighten the emotional effects of the actors. For example, as Marion Crane begins her journey to California we can hear other characters’ voices. We get to see her state of anxiety and can feel how tense she is due to the background music that was pretty much related to the disturbing opening …show more content…
We actually see that Psycho focuses on the music from the start. There was a great contrast from the fracture credits from the beginning to the first scene where the main characters are cuddling in bed. The music changes from suspenseful, loud and fractious to a legato, soft and melodic melody. The soft harmonies make us relate to romance and we can feel that they are in love. As the story progress our anxiety grew with Marion as she sees her boss while driving and the music begins to get louder, faster and more fractious. The only way for us to get drawn into the movie is how well the film establishes its connection between fantasy and realism. The ordinary environment in PSYCHO such as the workplace, the highway, and the landscape tells the viewer that a situation like this can possibly happen in the real life and therefore eases our entrance to world of the main characters where we can involve ourselves in their situation. Such emotions are made more vivid with the proper implements of