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Suspense in the eyes of the viewer Scene analysis Thesis: In my chosen scene the director, Alfred Hitchcock, expresses Norman’s personality as a predator, in a way that gives the viewer feelings of suspense and insecurity. Chosen Scene: Conversation 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.…

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…

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…

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 written as a…

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…

Wording, clothing, and sex were some of the most reoccurring problems the Production Code Administration had with Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film Rear Window. Throughout their communications, the PCA and the filmmakers discuss scenes that have subtle sexual undertones, risqué costumes, and wordings that the PCA found to be unacceptable. The correspondence between the filmmakers and the PCA begin around November 1953 and go on until around April 1954. Most of the letters are between Paramount…

several of techniques to reveal the film, is the parlor scene. The shot-by-shot analysis of the parlor scene is characterized by dialogue, lighting, symbols, and the four-quadrant rule. These techniques give us insights into the personality of Norman Bates,…

Dayo. 9-2 Casablanca From caterpillar to butterfly, you can undergo drastic changes, even within a short period of time. Film Noirs are Hollywood crime dramas that use lighting and deep dark shadows to portray the complicated moral nature of the subject.Casablanca in a great example of this, with many lighting techniques, this movie aids in making the audience cognizant of each character's transformation. First of all, as usual, when the lead female actress comes on scene for the…

In the film, Psycho, Norman Bates is observed manifesting behaviors and dependencies on his mother that existed when she was alive, thus showing the audience how he is regressing to an earlier period in life where he didn’t have to deal with the current circumstances. Actions that Norman Bates takes to preserve the image of an earlier period in his life, such as his childhood, and how he detaches his consciousness from the existent world beyond the Bates motel, all help elucidate upon his key…

Psycho. A movie that will never really leave your mind and may possibly haunt you for the rest of you life. This 1960 thriller/horror film was directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. If you are a fan of interesting, suspenseful, and just plain good movies, this is a wonderful choice. It is full of twists, turns, and unexpected events one after another. Psycho was one of the best films I have watched because it kept my attention the whole time, and I was never bored. The storyline centers…