How Did Alfred Hitchcock Build Suspense In Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock's powerful, complex psychological thriller, Psycho (1960) is the "mother" of all modern horror suspense films - it single-handedly ushered in an era of inferior screen 'slashers' with blood-letting and graphic, shocking and killings. While this was Hitchcock's first real horror film, he was mistakenly labeled as a horror film director ever since he directed Psycho.
The master of suspense skillfully handle and guides the audience into identifying with the main character, luckless victim Marion, and then with that character's murderer named Norman.
When the shower scene starts in the film, the scene starts with the peaceful equilibrium: there is a noticeable lack of sound, as the shower turns on, we hear the continuous pattering of water in the bathroom, which gives us a clear understand that the female character is going to have difficulty in hearing …show more content…
So the director wanted to both the scene showing how Marion is relaxed and enjoying her shower but at the same time the tension was being created as soon as the silhouette of Norman was shown to keep the suspense and the tension going on,
As the shower turns on we can hear the constant pattering of water but except of that no sound can be heard. If the shower was turned off, she might have heard Norman coming inside the room by hearing the nob sound, and she could have prevented herself from the murder, but only if she had not taken a relaxed shower. So that explains that Marion didn’t have any doubt or idea about Norman being the murderer of her life.
The character appears to be completely oblivious to the world around her, as seems through the use of her facial expression, her facial expression and appearance of her body makes the audience see her mood and feeling in that scene that she is relaxed and tension free in the scene, but to also keep the tension going on the silhouette of Norman was
The master of suspense skillfully handle and guides the audience into identifying with the main character, luckless victim Marion, and then with that character's murderer named Norman.
When the shower scene starts in the film, the scene starts with the peaceful equilibrium: there is a noticeable lack of sound, as the shower turns on, we hear the continuous pattering of water in the bathroom, which gives us a clear understand that the female character is going to have difficulty in hearing …show more content…
So the director wanted to both the scene showing how Marion is relaxed and enjoying her shower but at the same time the tension was being created as soon as the silhouette of Norman was shown to keep the suspense and the tension going on,
As the shower turns on we can hear the constant pattering of water but except of that no sound can be heard. If the shower was turned off, she might have heard Norman coming inside the room by hearing the nob sound, and she could have prevented herself from the murder, but only if she had not taken a relaxed shower. So that explains that Marion didn’t have any doubt or idea about Norman being the murderer of her life.
The character appears to be completely oblivious to the world around her, as seems through the use of her facial expression, her facial expression and appearance of her body makes the audience see her mood and feeling in that scene that she is relaxed and tension free in the scene, but to also keep the tension going on the silhouette of Norman was