Nashwa Rockingster
Media 160
April 15, 2015
Blog 3:
I chose the shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho. The sound in relation to the scene evokes in the audience a sense of fear and unease. The visual aspect of the scene in relation to the sound showcases a sense of uncertainty. The film was shot in what most people would determine black and white but if one wants to take it a step further you can say the film looked gray. I bring up the color gray because gray brings about a level of uncertainty. In the shower scene the audience didn't know what was about to happen until the door opened and the knife came out, there was a sort of suspense Hitchcock placed before the eyes of his audience. The different angle shots served to showcase to the audience all the ways in which Marion Crane (Janet Leigh's character) was vulnerable. Hitchcock could've just put the camera on Marion Crane's face but this would not be effective for it would not allow for his audience to become Marion Crane in that moment. Of all the different angle shots Hitchcock shot in, the shot where the drain becomes Marion Crane's eyes was the most revealing. In other words, the opened eye serves to show how we're watching Crane and in a way Crane is watching us. Hitchcock kept the audience engaged from beginning to end.
