Psycho shower scene analysis

Psycho Shower Scene Analysis

This is one of the most famous movies scenes of all time . Alfred Hitchcock was able

to capture innocence , fear , hatred , and beauty all in a scene that lasted a little over two

minutes . Alfred Hitchcock brought realism to a grisly scene while using black and white

film

The scene , from the flushing of the toilet to the camera panning back to the bedroom

last a mere two minutes and twenty seconds . He uses 52 different camera shot

movements in the scene from the

time the future victim opens the shower curtain

The scene is set as the victim gets in the shower , there is no music used to set the

scene . The absence of music and the empty sounds of a bathroom set the scene

Hitchcock seeks to get the audience to let their guard down . There is no danger here . No

mood music leading up to anything bad . Just a girl getting in a shower There set used

echoes the sounds heard in everyone 's bathroom . A hollow sound - the metal rings

sliding along the shower curtain rod , the turning of the faucet . The sound of water hitting

tiles and a tub . A very innocent scene with no foreseen danger . Twenty three seconds

into the scene a shadow is seen through the shower curtain

There is still silence except for the sound of water running in a shower . The shadow

seen through the shower curtain looms larger . Suddenly the music starts as the shower...