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    Pyscho is a very popular film which released on January 12th 1960 in Hong Kong and was directed by the famous Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock had said that one of the reasons why he shot Pyscho as a back-and-white film was because he thought that the murder scene might have been too intense for the audience to watch . So going back to the shower scene, it is one of the most prominent and iconic scenes shot in all cinemas. The scene begins when we can see one of the leading actresses Marion Crane…

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    Norman is a lonely shy young man when Marion first meets him at the hotel. When Norman first meets her he's very quiet and shy with his words and really thinks and hesitates with his words, I think he's not wanting to embarrass himself. Were suppose to feel bad for him cause all he has is his…

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    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…

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    Alfred Hitchcock Suspense

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    between Marion and Norman during Marion’s meal. “We all go a little mad sometimes” https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Nv88ASiLmgk The first argument backing up my thesis involves examining the Cinematography within the scene. Right from the moment that they sit in the office Norman is portrayed as the dominant character in the room. This is first done with a low angle shot. Hitchcock then uses medium shots to portray the characters. A great way that Normans personality is…

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    Holy Mother of.... I don't know. Something huge. I can not believe Bates Motel. I first want to say, I won't spoil anything for anyone that hasn't watched the show yet. So don't be afraid to finish reading this post. But OMG!!! What a freaking AMAZING Season finale!!!!!! If you have never watched the show, you need to cancel all your plans for an entire weekend and binge watch the f*ck outta that show. If for any reason, then the fact that Max Thieriot is an actor in it, and is HOT AS…

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    Norman Bates in Psycho, Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs, and Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre were all horror movie characters inspired by one man. According to A.K. (2007), that man was Ed Gein. Born August 27, 1906, Edward Theodore Gein was raised on a farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Gein suffered through a traumatic childhood, considering he had a violent drunk as a father and a fanatical Lutheran as a mother. Since his mother was devoutly religious, he was taught by her…

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    Minimum Wage Law

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    Oklahoma has a minimum wage law based on the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Oklahoma’s law does not specify a dollar amount, but is tied to the federal minimum. Oklahoma’s minimum wage law affects business with at least 10 full-time workers and businesses with annual sales total of $100,000 or more. Certain people are exempt from Oklahoma’s minimum wage law, these include workers that receive tips, high school and college students, and some disabled workers. In 2000, the minimum wage in…

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    Methodology The research method chosen for the present project is discourse analysis. Such methodological approach to the subject of this dissertation, FCKH8.com’s viral activity, would allow me to view the processes that allow the company to construct the identity of an activist-minded ethical consumer amongst their audience. The unity of commercially driven strategy and strife for “good cause” is observed to be a relatively new phenomenon in consumer culture, and the analysed material, being…

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    isolated, but derrannged character - Norman Bates. The uncomfortable combination of both sympathy and disgust is slowly revealed through Bates ' history and the events that change him during the movie. Using sound, camera angles, and reorganisation of the generic conventions of horror films, Hitchcock constructed Bates ' character in a way that kept the audience in suspense as to whether he was truly a monster or just a young man suffering mental-instability. Norman Bates was originally…

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    to cleanse herself by taking a shower she in the process gets stabled to death. Hitchcock planned this scene out well because the film is in black and white and you cannot identify the person who committed the stabbing. Later it turns about to be Norman bates who attacks…

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