Pyscho

Title: Pyscho

Director: Alfred Hitchcock



(Analysis)Camera – distance, angle, movement…
still, no movement of camera aroudn the screen. Stays put. Distance stays the same, and angle of camera aswell.

Effect/Analysis ^
As there is alot of other things happening in the shot the movemnet of the camera has to stay still as it would slowly make the audiences beliefs in the opening very optimisitc. Meaning that they might not be interested in watching the rest of the film itself. But by having calm steady camera movement it makes it easy to follow.

Editing – speed, style…
Fast, one after another, quite hard to follow. Style old fashioned (*1960 work)

Effect/Analysis ^
Quite distracting, although the music follows with the pace of the shots very hard to grasp. Not easy to see as its not clear.

Sound – effects
Very busy, quite loud. Same sorta thing repeated over and over without any sort of break.

Effect/Analysis ^
The effect of this is quite significant as it makes it quite a busy sort of atmosphere. Altthough its quite hard to follow, as the audience they've still got to bear in mind that after the opening is over, it will lead onto a smooth, less busy introduction of characters and location. In some ways this can be quite daunting but most of the time its affective as it increases the audiences attention, from being loud, quick and busy to calm quiet and slow.

Mise-en-scene – props, costume, setting, lighting, colour…
There are no props shown in shot, setting of the opening is a plain black wall like location. Surrounding with grey streaks coming across the screen. Colour is grim, and dark. Showing dullness. Mourning. Death.

Effect/Analysis ^
Sort of colours used, straight away bring to mind death etc, as it helps the audience to understand the purpose of the text.

Special Effects –
As its quite and old film *1960 special effects ar'ent as up to date as they are now in our century.

Effect/Analysis ^
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Titles – font, colour, placement, over black / over clip…
Titles stick to white. Beneath being a black background, boring but sophisticated.

Effect/Analysis ^
Shows plain device, causing music to be busy but visual imagery to be plain. Confusion occurs and makes the audience want to watch on..