serial Killer

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Psycho

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How a Killer is Born in a Hitchcock Film

Film analysis doesn 't require a philosophy of deep thought , but merely requires the participation of the viewer . In films the audience will witness aspects of their own lives played out the actions , emotions and scenery draw from the viewer their frame of reference . The art of film can be analyzed through specific scenes and the meaning they have in reality . For instance in the cult film Psycho the

viewer is placed in third person point of view mainly focusing on the story of Norman Bates The audience becomes part of the film because of the intrigue the writer , director and actors bring to the screen . The feeling of loss of meaning is very prevalent in the duration of the film the antics of love , exploit , desire in the viewer and in the end of the film is well orchestrated by the director Alfred Hitchcock . That is the purpose of filmmaking , to begin a story and have the audience become so engrossed in its unfolding that they lose a sense of themselves in proportion to reality and completely step into the film , the character 's triumphs and misdeeds become the audience member 's own guilt , and as the story progresses , the audience forgets their own selves in to better become part of the caste of characters in the script . The following will analyze Psycho as directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock creates his scene through the use of different camera angles . In his other films as well as Psycho , he makes good use of the camera shooting from an aerial vantage point and he uses elements of the scene to be incorporated in the shot (Arnold paragraph three . This is seen in Dial M ' for Murder in which the camera does an aerial angle from the ceiling and shoots Wendice and Captain Lesley (or Swann discussing blackmail and the chandelier is used to be incorporated into the scene and it is used in Psycho in which the camera angle depicts Norman Bates and Marion Crane are having a conversation in Bates taxidermy room and the camera shoots through the animals from a downward angle in to create for the scene a sense of foreshadowing . Thus the animals are a symbol of the emotions of the woman they foreshadow her death and eventual ownership through her death to Norman Bates

One element that Hitchcock utilizes in this movie is a symbol the phone . The phone is not only used as a transference of scenes but also as a revealing factor of the character the characters reveal their true intentions on the phone , their feelings , their desires , and it is with the phone that the plot progresses forward and things about the other characters are revealed to each other , such as Marion 's boyfriend trying to get a hold of her , and the police detective 's phone . Hitchcock uses other...