Lack Of Music By Norman Bates Analysis

Lack of speech, lack of music at first, when Norman Bates walks in the camera focuses on the shadow behind the shower curtain and the music starts when Bates is revealed behind the curtain with a knife. The music starts (same sound as a curtain reel moving that screechy sound), when Marion Crane starts screaming it zooms in on her face. The camera flicks between the two characters showing that there is a struggle. Camera doesn’t show Bates’ face as it’s supposed to be a surprise as to who is the murderer. When Bates finally starts to stab Crane it flicks between him plunging the knife and her reaction and then including close ups of her body to show where she is being stabbed. The camera also moves between the two characters more to show how