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Psycho is a suspense–horror film written by Joseph Stefano and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This film was loosely adapted from Robert Bloch's
1959 suspense novel, Psycho. A majority of the movie was filmed in 1960 at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Psycho is about Marion Crane
(Janet Leigh), a secretary from Arizona who steals $40,000 from her employer's client. She takes that money and drives off to California to meet her
lover Sam Loomis (John Gavin) in order to start a new life. After a long drive, she pulls off the main highway and ends up taking refuge at an isolated
motel owned and managed by a deranged Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). In Alfred Hitchcock's film, Psycho, symbols, character and point of view
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This scene makes the viewer believe that she may be the possible psycho referred to by the title of the film. Another instance that manifests this
idea is when ever the camera is on Norman Bates. Though he seems polite and amiable towards Crane, the shadows on his eyes represent
something more dark and sinister about him. These creative uses of birds and eyes help make the film have more sharp twists and suspense by
subtlety hinting at fear and death. The characters of the film present another approach that shapes suspense in the film by making the audience
think that Norman Bates is a shy and caring, man who loves his mother no matter what. Bates is first introduced to the audience when he checks in
Marion Crane. He acts polite towards her even offers her dinner. She exits to her room and this is when the opinion that he viewers have of Norman
Bates changes. He voyeurs through a peephole into her room watching what she is doing and his actions become questionable. After the shower
scene he finds Crane dead on her bathroom floor. He hides the body because he cares for his mother that much. He continues to conceal the truth
even when a detective comes to question him. His mother kills the detective and he has to hide another body but his countenance changes as he hides
the second body. His eyes are darkened by the shadows on his face and he doesn't seem to be who he was in the beginning. He has a more sinister
quality and this is fully revealed when he tries to
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Essay about Good vs. Evil in Psycho
Psycho
"Psycho" is a classic suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock which features a central female protagonist, a seemingly ordinary young woman named
Marion Crane, who crosses paths with a dangerous mentally ill motel owner, Norman Bates. As their strange relationship develops, a dominant theme
of good versus evil is introduced to the audience through the use of characterisation, editing, mise–en–scene and various other media techniques.
From the outset, Hitchcock introduces an initial theme of good versus evil during the opening credits. The title scene could be seen as a reflection of
the personality of Norman Bates as the credits themselves are presented as fragmented titles which come together as one on the screen but then ... Show
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In a similar shot, only half of his face is shown and this clearly symbolises the fact that only one half of him can ever be fully good at any one time –
the other half will always remain evil. However, sympathy is also evoked for Norman in this scene as we see that his mother takes an instant dislike to
Marion – something which you would not normally see between two strangers. We see how close – and slightly strange – the relationship between
Norman and his mother and the unnatural dependence they have on each other, showing that Norman is trapped in his current situation and making
him seem like a good person. A similar effect is used throughout the scene in Norman's parlour by with the use of light and dark as the lighting
picks out significant features such as only one side of Norman's face and the underside of the owl's wings. The owl with its wings spread signifies
his mother controlling his mind and shows that she is ever present, although we never see her, even when he is behaving normally she will always be
inside his mind, therefore making the viewer feel sympathetic towards him as he has no control over his actions. Conversely, framing him next to an
owl may suggest that Norman is a predator and the owl is his equal. Like the owl, many other birds are featured in the parlour scene, linking back to
the recurring theme. Framing Marion next to them when she first enters the room makes her seem vulnerable and presents her as equal
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Alfred Hitchcock 's Motion Picture Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock's motion picture Psycho, released in 1960, contains peculiar placement of predatory birds and other fowls with corresponding lines
regarding birds from Norman Bates, the primary antagonist. Throughout the movie, various references concerning birds are can be drawn through the
use of bird's eye view camera angle, location names, and character names. As the movie begins, the first camera angle used is bird's eye view. Viewers
venture, bird–like, into Marion Crane's apartment complex where she and her lover, Sam Loomis, are conversing about their desire to get married.
Marion's last name, Crane, seems to symbolize her character in a physical way like an actual crane: migratory and defenseless. Like the crane
resides in a typically marshy area, Marion's eventual final resting place is in a marshy swamp near the Bates Motel. After Marion steals $40,000
from her employer's client to pay off Sam's debt, she runs away from her home, Phoenix. Like the mythological bird, the city of Phoenix comes to
represents Marion's death and rebirth as she leaves her innocent secretarial job behind for a better life with Sam. Although these references to birds are
subtle and can remain unnoticed, there are other references in the movie that are entirely noticeable. In this film, the reference to birds in the parlor
and the motel room serve as a visual motif for Norman's conflict with his mother, other women, and himself. The most obvious reference to birds takes
place in the
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Who Is Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho?
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) is definitely one of the films that everyone knows, if not the whole film, at least for the infamous shower scene. The
film elicits different interpretations and responses from viewers. What two of which, Raymond Durgnat and Robin Wood, took away from the film are
quite different. In Durgnat's essay "Inside Norman Bates," he dissects key scenes from the entire film in chronological order. His analysis of the film is
from a mise–en–scГЁne viewpoint, including a lot of visual descriptions of key shots in the film. Following the scene descriptions, Durgnat interprets
the character's inner monologue through metaphors. For example, following the iconic shower scene, Norman goes on to hide all the evidence
connecting
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Comparing Hitchcock's Psycho: Novel And The Movie
Psycho: Novel and the Movie
Psycho is a terrifying horror novel and a movie with a main character, Norman Bates. The novel "Psycho" was written in 1959 by Robert Bloch as it
struck fear into many people's mind. The movie of Psycho was produced and directed by Hitchcock and this thrilling and scary movie grabbed many
people's attention. Even though the movie was based on the original novel, the novel version and the movie version of Psycho had different ideas and
plot embedded. The movie strengthen and emphasize certain ideas and plot and by doing that it has abridged some parts also as film tries to balance the
cinematic uniqueness and the original story.
The plot is similar except how they open up the story. The film starts off differently
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Comparing Horror In Psycho And Stephen King's The Shining
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and Stephen King's The Shining both explore the theme of horror through the use of the key techniques; characterisation,
motifs, symbols and setting. The texts are about psychologically disturbed protagonists and the events that they are involved in. Psycho was published
in 1960 whereas the Shining was published in 1977, both timeworn novels. In Psycho, Bates is unable to contain the guilt of murdering is mother and
therefore, murders those who he feels sexually attracted to. However, in The Shining, Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic
accepts a position to be caretaker of the Overlook Hotel with his wife and son Danny. Danny's psychic powers allow him to see the hotel's horrific
past, as the snowstorm leads to the hotel becoming isolated, supernatural forces influence Jack's sanity and lead his family in great danger. The
Shining's Jack Torrance and Psycho'sNorman Batesare psychotic murders who through different circumstances develop their murderous person. Both
characters developed their murderous traits through childhood memories. Jack developed his through multiple bashings from his father and his alcohol
addiction however, Norman developed his through his mothers' teachings and the feeling of neglect. Norman and ... Show more content on
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Both texts use mirrors to signify characters duplicity, false identities, distorted reality and fractured personalities. In Psycho, after Marion steals cash,
Hitchcock frequently juxtaposes her with her reflection. In The Shining however, mirrors are often used when portraying Jack's imagination. The use
of mirrors allows the characters to be in a separate world from reality. In The Shining and Psycho, mirrors are convientally placed in every part where
the protragonist acts strange, for example when Wendy is attempting to run away from Jack in The Shining and the pretext before Norman kills Marion
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Abnormal Psychology in Film: Psycho Essay
The film I chose to watch is the original Psycho, filmed in 1960 and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The stars of the cast included Anthony Perkins,
Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Martin Balsam. (IMDB.com, 2006) The story begins about a young woman named Marion Crane from
Arizona who is fed up with her life and longs to marry her boyfriend, Sam. Unfortunately, the couple has little money and cannot marry. One Friday
afternoon, she is asked to deposit forty–thousand dollars for her boss. Seeing the money as an opportunity to start a new life with her lover, she takes
off for California with the money. She ends up becoming tired from the drive and pulls into the Bates Motel. Unfortunately for Marion, the owner of the
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Initially named multiple personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder usually forms as a "complex mental process that provides a coping
mechanism for individuals confronting painful and/or traumatic situations." (Wikipedia.org, 2006) With this in mind, it is rather easy to see how the
disorder would have formed in Norman's case. It can be assumed that Norman was very jealous for his mother's attention. When she was about to
re–marry he decided to murder her to prevent losing his mother's attention. After realizing the extent of his action, Norman then emulated his mother,
eventually developing dissociative identity disorder. Instead of losing his mother forever, he made her a part of him by adding her to his psyche.
Norman also digs up his mother and semi–preserves her using his taxidermy skills. Norman's developmental process of the disease is nearly word for
word from the DSM–IV. He uses it as a coping tool for the odd and traumatic experience of taking his mother's life. In the film, Norman did not
receive any treatment for his mental disorder. Instead, he was secluded in a cell. In the last scene of the movie, he is shown sitting in his cell with his
mother's persona having completely taken over his mind. His mother is muttering random nothingness as the movie fades out. In real life, treatment of
dissociative identity disorder is not a simple matter. It is such a complicated disorder that there aren't any direct methods of
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Film Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho'
Film Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" Introduction "Psycho" (1960) is based on a novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film
was directed by Hollywood legend, Alfred Hitchcock. The screen play was written by Joseph Stephano and based on the real life crimes of serial
killer, Ed Gein. The film stars Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, John Gavin and Vera Miles. The film garnered four academy award nominations and
widely regarded as one of Hitchcock's best films. It spawned two sequels, a prequel, a remake and even a television show. Synopsis The story begins
with Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and her lover, Sam Loomis (John Gavin) who are conducting an illicit affair. Marion is portrayed as a respectable
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Shocked, Lila and Sam realize that the only way to find out the truth is to go to the motel themselves. Posing as a married couple, Sam and Lila
check into the motel and search Marion's room, where they find a scrap of paper stuck in the toilet with "$40,000" written on it. While Sam distracts
Norman, Lila sneaks into the house. Sam suggests to Norman that he killed Marion for the money so he could buy a new motel. Realizing Lila is not
around, Norman knocks Sam unconscious and rushes to the house. Lila sees him approaching and hides in the cellar where she discovers a woman
sitting in a rocking chair with her back to her. She calls to the old woman–and discovers that it is in fact a mummified corpse. Seconds later, Norman
rushes in wearing his mother's clothes and a wig and brandishing a knife. He tries to attack Lila, but Sam subdues him just in time. After Norman's
arrest, a forensic psychiatrist tells Sam and Lila that Norman's dead mother is living in Norman's psyche as an alternate personality. After the death of
Norman's father, the pair lived as if they were the only people in the world. When his mother found a lover, Norman went insane with jealousy and
murdered them both. Consumed with guilt, Norman "erased the crime" by bringing his mother back to life in his own mind. He stole her corpse and
preserved the body. When he
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Bates Motel Episode
Bates Motel is going to change a lot of things this week on season 4 episode 3 when Norma Bates decides to tie the knot. She will do anything she
can to make sure that her son Norman gets the treatment he needs and getting married is the only way to get insurance fast. Dread Central shared a
preview of the upcoming episode ofBates Motel and what fans can expect to see. The new episode of Bates Motel is called 'Til Death Do Us Part.
BATES MOTEL Episode 403 Clip & Preview Video https://t.co/NQQK3V2ECb pic.twitter.com/7pO3gNaukz– Daily Dead (@DailyDeadNews) March
18, 2016 Here is the details A&E shared about this new episode of Bates Motel. Norma (Vera Farmiga) and Romero (Nestor Carbonell) take a big step
together, but neither knows what
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The Only Reason I Asked Is That I Think It'S Neat That
The only reason I asked is that I think it 's neat that you worked with him on the Christmas film and now you 're both on When Calls the Heart. Yes,
Paul 's so wonderful. He 's really a fun guy. He keeps things super light–hearted on set. He 's always telling jokes. And it 's really funny because when
we are on the set of A Wish for Christmas, I was mentioning to him that he should ask his agent to get him up for When Calls the Heart. I thought
he 's be so perfect on the show. And he was like, "I would love to be on that show, are you kidding?! Set back in time, horses!" And we talked about
it jokingly, and the next thing you know, Paul Greene 's on the schedule. I was like, "I just knew it!" I knew that he would perfect in Hope Valley!
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I forgot that was you!" {laughs} That 's what I love about our community, especially up here in Vancouver. Everyone up here is so connected, and
everyone knows one another. Christy is phenomenal. She is doing such great work. She and Lacey are friends. They 've worked together a
number of times. I had a blast working with her, Lacey, and Paul. A Wish for Christmas was such a phenomenal movie. I had so much fun! It
would be awesome to have you come up some time. You know everybody anyway. I know what you mean. My problem sometimes is that I know
the actor and forget their character 's name. Oh, that 's a common problem on set. As an actor on set, you are two names. The crew 's supposed to
refer to you by your real name, but then sometimes when you 're really going for it, especially the director, they 'll just call you by your character
's name 'cause they 're thinking in terms of the narrative. So at all times, you respond to two names. Oh, I understand that. It 's mainly with my
mother who cannot keep all my actor friends straight. But she does know you as Nurse Faith. Aw, that 's very sweet. You 'll have to give her a big
"hello" from me. I definitely will. In fact, I think when we watched A Wish For Christmas, I wasn 't looking right at the screen, and I think she
recognized you before I did. Really? Wow! That 's hard to do because we 're all in period
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Psychology Of The Movie Psycho
The movie Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1960. When Psycho was first released they implemented a rule that no one could come into
the movie late, and I guess that was a thing that happened a lot back then. People were just like "I got a few minutes, let me go into this movie, I don't
care if it started." But they were having none of that with Psycho. Once the movie started the doors were closed, no one was allowed in. In the
previews they asked the audience to not divulge any of the secrets of the movie to their friends or family after they see it. And audiences obeyed,
they didn't go out and blabber about it like people do these days. You could not get away with that today, but audiences were cool back then.
Because they didn't let the audience in after the movie started, they didn't allow critics to watch the movie ahead of time either. The critics had to go
with the audiences on opening day to see the movie. They were not happy about that because they were being treated like peasants, like any other
viewer. I guess they thought they were better than everybody else, as some critics actually gave them bad reviews basically because they didn't get a
special screening. Even before audiences watched the movie, their psychological needs start to be met as hype and suspense is built with the secrets
people need to keep. The suspense is kept up throughout the movie from Marion's get away and death, to the twist at the end.
The plot of this is we are introduced to
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Psycho Film Analysis
"Film Art" defines traditional classical Hollywood cinema as "fictional filmmaking . . . dominated by a single tradition of narrative form" (Bordwell,
Thompson, "Film Art", 100). Psycho set the bar for suspense films with its spine–tingling twists and turns that kept the viewer guessing. The film took
traditional elements of classical Hollywood cinema to a higher degree. Camera shots, use of space on and off camera, and character's characteristics all
led the viewer on a wild cinematic ride unheard of at the time.
Films use casual agents to direct the flow of the narrative through their desires and goals. There is a known protagonist and antagonist. In Psycho, there
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Another would be when Lila goes to Sam looking for Marion a week after she disappears. The important scenes are played out: Marion and her lover,
Marion's work, Marion's apartment, the car dealership, the Bates Motel where Marion meets Norman and loses her life, Lila going to Sam then meeting
Milton Arbogast, the Arbogast's investigation at the motel, and when Sam and Lila go to the motel.
The mise–en–scene helps to define and obscure scenes in Psycho with color, lighting, camera angles, props, and music. The opening scene is a
panoramic view of Phoenix with a date indicated so the viewer knows when the events first unfold. Pan then to Marion with her divorced lover,
Sam, in a hotel room where they are discussing marriage and Sam's lack of money. This answers the 'why' behind Marion's choice to steal. Colors
and tones like black/white or light/dark represent good and bad. Filmed in black and white really enhances this contrast. Before Marion steals the
money, she is wearing white underwear, puts on a light dress and has a white purse equating with good. In her apartment after she steals the money,
Marion is wearing black underwear, puts on a gray dress and uses a black purse equating with bad. When she and Norman are in the parlor behind the
office, their clothes are similar in tonal color indicating they are similar. Back lighting and accent lighting help set the dramatics of the scene. Norman
is positioned in a
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The Bird Motif Of Hitchcock 's Films Revisited
Robin Wood, in Hitchcock's Films Revisited, argues that much of the meaning that the audience derives from Psycho involves spectatorship through
character development.1 What makes Psycho such a timeless film is its intricate and extensive use of symbols. One symbol never really takes
precedence over the other, and are largely left up to the viewer's interpretation. Psycho's symbols have not been discussed in great detail based on the
information presented in the readings thus far this semester, but this dissertation will attempt to illuminate the purpose of at least one of these symbols:
that of the bird. Hitchcock uses the bird both obviously and ambiguously throughout the film. These instances, which are primarily psychological and
sexual in nature, are developed through the film's two central characters, Marion Crane and Norman Bates, and reveal fundamental truths about the
psyche and about human nature in general. The bird motif, despite being a central element of Hitchcock's films, was developed before the action of
the film even commences. This film was based off of a book, of the same name, by Robert Bloch. In the novel, the central female protagonist's name is
Mary, and in the film, it is Marion. Both women, however, share the same last name: Crane.2,6 Cranes, like Marion herself, "spen[d] much of their
time in self–directed activities to maintain life."3 Marion lives very much in her own microcosm, with a noncommittal man and a mundane office job
as its stars.
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Bates Motel Research Paper
It's Friday and only three days before Halloween. Before you settle down for your regular TV programing, check your local listings to see what shows
are on that offer a bit of a Halloween twist. From baking shows to sitcoms, everyone is getting ready to offer a little bit of a scare. 'Will & Grace'
revival real? Cast in talks to bring show back For fans of "Will & Grace" the showed ended years ago and tears were shed over the parting of ways.
Now the rumors of the return of the sitcom has fans every excited. As the fans have been warned this is show in the preliminary stages, it's looking to
be the real deal and could be aired in the not–too–distant future. Here's to hoping this really happens! It would lovely to see these characters on TV...
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They make the area look like it needs to look and spre no expense in doing so. Perhaps that's why the lobby of the science building at Queens college
is so amazing. Students who use the building for classes have taken to social media to report the lobby was made into a foreign airport for "The
Americans". From what it looks like, it's quite an amazing feat that brings another country to America. Plus, there is another similarity: Everyone at this
fake foreign airport is standing in line
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Duality In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock's groundbreaking masterpiece 'Psycho' starring Anthony Perkins; as Norman bates and Janet Leigh; as Marion Crane, broke barriers
of film in the 1960s. This film captivates audiences with its nail–biting suspense, shocking plot twists and carefully crafted themes. The repetition of
motifs construct the audiences view on duality, how each person can possess the contrast between good and evil. Criminality draws in character
interest with the use of mise–en–scene. Mental illness is brought into light also through mise–en–scene showing the twisting relationship between
characters.
Hitchcock's use of motif effectively portray the theme of duality; the contrast of two concepts, in this film that is good and evil. Norman Bates
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Marion Crane lives a hard life, working for a stubborn boss and only seeing the man she has fallen for during her 'lunch breaks'. Marion is given
$40,000 to take to the bank as a deposit, but instead Marion packs her bag and takes the money to live with Sam (her boyfriend); showing criminality
by Marion stealing money. Before Norman enters the room the dialogue of Norman and his mother are heard through mise–en–scene "Mother, oh god
mother, blood... blood", then Norman running down the stairs into the room, fear in his face. In the scene where Norman discovers and cleans up after
Marion's tragic fate, the audience are positioned as bystanders; seeing what occurs but unable to interfere. This scene shows criminality by Norman
covering up a murder and disposing of evidence (money) both against the law; the audience can see this through mise–en–scene. Carefully placed
camera angles of medium shot and close up (money) shot draws the interest in this scene, the idea that Norman has done this before are clear with
his precision in cleaning up the evidence. The medium shot when Norman first enters the room shows a picture frame with a bird falling down,
linking to the motif of birds and how Marion 'Crane' has died and two birds have fallen. The close up shot of Norman with Marion's blood on his
hands links to the
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Psycho, By Alfred Hitchcock
"We all go a little mad sometimes," and that could possibly be exactly how many feel after watching Psycho, released in 1960, and directed by
Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock took a different route in terms of plot and structure for the typical Hollywood style. Psycho, like a young child never
stops asking questions, it leaves us in a state of doubt and unbelief. It is classic horror, with the numerous jump scares leaving us at the edge of our
seat, as every moment passes. Yet in the beginning, it 's seems to portray a rather classic form in a sense, a near–Aristotelian story. A woman who
appears to be the main character in love, who is then faced with a problem, not enough money to marry her love, who then steals money to help build a
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Let's get this clear about the only certainty that was in Psycho, was the first couple seconds of the movie when it displayed the location and the date.
Everything else known to be "true" later on ended in a twist. For example, take the cover of Psycho, at first glance many may assume that Marian
Crane, the woman on the cover, is ultimately the main character, the protagonist, the hero. If the cover didn 't help out the opening scene was revealed
two characters a man (Sam) and a woman (Marian) who appear to be in love. We have identified the main character Marian and we have identified
the problem or goal a protagonist must achieve in a movie, obtain money so Marian and Sam can get married. Then we see Marian at work, where a
rude, self–pleasing, arrogant, rich man enters bargaining about himself and his daughter 's wedding. Marian is then presented with a task deliver the
money to the bank. Hitchcock has successfully set the bait and hooked the audience into backing Marian in any decision. She's doing it for love right,
and the jerk has plenty of money anyway. After watching the entire movie I began to realize the true brilliance ofAlfred Hitchcock, because, of course
everyone loves a hero good, let 's kill her 40 minutes into the movie and this is where things became interesting the structure of the film. Doubt begins
to creep into the minds of the
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Film Films Of Alfred Hitchcock
Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Humans have an insatiable urge for entertainment, part of which is often satisfied through watching movies. Whenever a movie is written and
subsequently produced, there are a couple of themes that accompany it. Though all movies have a significant amount of simulated actions, many of the
themes do occur in the real life. Writers tend to have a particular thought to develop into a plot, which is often inspired by real–life events. Then, when
a movie is being written and produced, the relevant personnel decide which genre to adopt. Horror, science fiction and action are some of the
categories for movies. In this paper, the focus lies on a 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film, Psycho where a theme comprising of violence, sex ... Show more
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As noted with the other movies, there is hardly a film with a single theme; many have more than even two, and Psycho is no exception. Even though
it has a number of these, this paper, as already indicated will primarily focus on sexuality, violence and phallic of proxy. When Crane decides to
vanish with her employer's money, the boss unfortunately, sees her. Consequently, this causes her to be nervous, and makes wrong decisions in the
process. After overcoming the seemingly opposition fronted by a police officer who finds her asleep, Crane continues to a motel called Bates motel,
belonging to a Mr. Norman Bates(Smith, p14).
Up to that point, one can see several themes including that of symbolic economy. First, when Crane decided to steal the money, the financial pressure
she was experiencing catalyzed the decision. It is not always that horror movies are used in relation to money–related issues, and especially in matter of
debts. Yet, movies have a way of affecting people in a number of positive ways especially when the plot resonates with the normal life. According to
Breslin (p.176), the media, especially through the movies influence and influence the human behavior significantly. When showing a woman who
decides to elope with the employer's money, the Psycho captures the mind of the viewers as it related with the cases they face each day.
The issue of symbolic economy in the movie is not limited to the theft
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Psycho Analysis
The movie Psycho was filmed in 1960 by Alfred Hitchcock. The movie focuses on a woman named Marion Crane. It starts when she steal 40,000
dollars from her boss to run away with her boyfriend. It's late and she decides to check into a motel, the Bates Motel. At the motel, she encounters a
middle–aged man named Norman Bates. He becomes morbidly obsessed with her. But he then kills her...dressed as his dead mom. There is a show
that acts as a prequel to Hitchcock's masterpiece; Bates Motel. It is focused on Norman Bates and his mother, Norma Bates whereas the movie is
focused on Marion Craine. Bates Motel is a very well written show, with great acting, and is filled with a ton of textbook psychology. There are very
many different subplots in the show, but this paper is strictly going to analyze Norman and his relationship with his mother. It goes very in–depth about
the very troubling relationship between a son and mother, and how it led to Norman developing a dangerous persona of his mom. You could even say
that Norman has an Oedipus conflict. An Oedipus conflict is apart of one of the psychosexual stages thought of by Sigmund Freud. He believed that
during the age of 3–6, a child developed feelings for the parent of the opposite sex. And the only way to get over that feeling was to identify with his
father. His Oedipus conflict would go on to never be resolved because his father was abusive. The series starts off after Norman hits his father in
the head with a blender, killing him. His mom covers it up and makes it look like an accident to "protect" Norman. His father had been very abusive
to him and his mother. Child abuse is said to be one of the most common causes of many mental illnesses. In this case, the abuse caused him to
dissociate, or go off into his own little world where he felt safe in. It was very traumatic for a young Norman and his mother. People who tend to
experience very traumatic things together have a stronger bond than those who don't. Norman and his mother are so codependent on each other that it's
toxic.
It is very apparent that Norman has a Dissociative Identity Disorder, also known as Multiple Personality Disorder. DID is when more than one different,
distinct personalities take
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Bates Motel Case Study Psychology
After leaving viewers screaming for more in its Season 3 finale, "Bates Motel" will return for its fourth season to churn more psychodrama shock for
its fans. When Bates Motel season 3 ended, Freddie Highmore's Norman Bates had transformed into a full–blown psycho, scaring his mother Norma
Bates even more. While Norman had been unable to accept his real situation, Norma's fear for his son is starting to be realized, and death is waiting
for her somewhere along the road, according to Movie News Guide (MNG). The fourth season of Bates Motel will present a darker personality for
Norman, who will be admitted to a mental institution. Viewers will also witness the growing distance between Norma and Norman, the report relays.
Executive producer Kerry
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Movie Review : ' Psycho '
The American cult classic, Psycho, is a film that centers on the disturbing encounter between a secretary who is in hiding and a motel owner by the
name of Norman Bates. The film has many psychological twists and turns playing on the mental stability of Bates and how he handles his mother,
who is also mentally ill herself. It is the window that is shown throughout the movie that draws the viewer to figure out what is exactly on the other
side. The window is what we see that begins the story of Norman Bates and his mental issues. The movie opens on the city of Phoenix with buildings
dominating the camera view. The camera goes past the window and then returns to it making it the primary focus. It is such a random shot that then
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Voyeurism appears to be a recurring theme throughout the movie as there are many instances where a window is present or being used in a scene.
Another important scene is when Marion pulls up to Bates Motel and sees a female silhouette, or what she thinks is a female, in the window of the
grotesque mansion on the hill. Even though the mansion is considered scenery, it can also be considered a main "character". It towers over the motel
and its presence is constantly beckoning the motel guests. In just looking at the mansion, it has many windows that appear to be frequently 'watching'.
The window is an opening through which many things are seen and heard.
The window is repetitive throughout the movie which only means that it is very substantial to the specific scene at hand. For instance, Norman's
reflection is shown in the window when he brings Marion something to eat revealing a side of his face that is never shown by the camera. It is the
side of his face that is never really shown by the camera. It is then explained in so many words and wit that this is the side of his body that is taken
over by Mother as he tells Marion that 'she' is not quite herself this evening.
Everyone is familiar with the saying "The eyes are the window to the soul". The windows that are shown throughout the movie are the eyes that are
continuously watching everything and everyone. It is the window that reveals Norman as Mother pacing back and
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Theme Of The Birds By Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho is a classic horror/thriller directed by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock made in 1960. It followed Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), who stole
$40,000 in order to be with her lover, and stopped at the Bates Motel, owned by the psychotic split–personality Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), along
the way, and is murdered by Bates, which catalyses an investigation into Norman and his mysterious mother.Psycho explored in–depth the psychosis of
its characters and how it connected to KГјbler–Ross model of grief, and utilized filmmaking techniques, such as mise–en–scГЁne and motifs, to
demonstrate this characteristic of its characters.
Hitchcock demonstrated his auteurism in his use of a bird–focused motif, a recurring theme in not only Psycho but also his other works, The Birds
(1963) in particular, and demonstrated this motif through use of mise en scГЁne. Norman Bates was a hobbyist taxidermist, and took particular interest
in birds. His office was decorated with stuffed birds of both predator and prey. In close–up shots of the conversation between Norman and Marion
Crane (a bird name), Norman was often framed with a predatory bird in a low–angle shot, designed to make him appear intimidating. Marion, on the
other hand, was framed alongside prey birds in a high–angle shot, which showed her defenselessness. This filmmaking technique signified the
juxtaposition between Norman and Marion, where Marion was weak preyed upon by the powerful predatory Norman Bates. This relationship is
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Violence In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock's, Psycho, is a black and white psycho–horror film with gothic influences, set in the cities of Phoenix, Arizona and Fairvale,
California. It was released in 1960 and at the time was extremely groundbreaking in terms of the violence and sadistic nature of the film. Before
Psycho was released, films did not have the amount of violence and that appalling aspect that the film presents. Hitchcock's film changed the horror
genre and even created its own sub–genre in psycho–horror. The film stars Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, Anthony Perkins asNorman Bates, Vera miles
as Lila Crane, and John Gavin as Sam Loomis. The audience follows the path of Marion Crane who steals a sum of money in order to help out her
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Crane crosses path with small inn keeper Norman Bates in Fairvale, California who offers her dinner as she is the only one staying at the inn. As
they get to know each other we see a slightly odder side of Mr. Bates come out especially regarding his mother who Ms. Crane heard him having an
altercation with. Ms. Crane is then murdered by a jealous Ms. Bates while she is taking a shower. In the meantime, a detective by the name of
Milton Arbogast is hired to track Ms. Crane down and retrieve the money. He eventually comes in contact with Mr. Bates at the Bates Motel
where Marion Crane was staying, after trying to come in contact with Norman's mother, detective Arbogast is murdered by Ms. Bates as well and
when he does not report to Lila Crane, Marion's sister, and Sam Loomis, Marion's lover they become worried. They go talk to the sheriff about Mr.
Bates and find out that his mother was killed years before, by suicide, when Norman was a boy. It is revealed to the audience beforehand that Mr.
Bates actually murdered his mother and her lover and has been suffering from dissociative identity disorder and posing as Ms. Bates the whole time.
Having their suspicions, they go to check on the detective and are made aware that Ms. Bates was in fact dead and it was Norman the whole
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Essay on Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock
A running theme that is presented to the audience in Psycho is the opposition that exists between good and evil. This is shown throughout the movie
among the different characters. Examples can also be taken from conflicts within the characters. Certain conflicts and how the characters deal with
them and each other are what shape the structure of the movie. The perception that the audience receives of the characters change throughout the
movie by the different conflicts that arise. These conflicts show the audience many sides of good and evil portrayed by the different characters.
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At this point the audience is drawn towards Marion's flight. They want her to succeed. Her goals have become the viewers' goals. With Marion, the
audience loses all power of rational control, and discovers how easily a "normal" person can lapse into a condition usually associated with neurosis.
After her encounter with the cop, Marion quickly loses her ability to think rationally. She starts to imagine conversations, and knows that Sam will
never accept the money. This fact itself shows that her sense of logic is gone. A rationally thinking person would have realized that she would never
get away with the crime. As Marion drives on into darkness rain begins to fall heavily. The viewers' begin to feel as Marion does, hopeless and weary.
Her endless journey takes a turn due to an illumination on the side of the road.
Marion exits her car at the Bates motel and finds a deserted office. She then turns to discover a large Transylvanian type house on the hill above the
motel. A shadow is seen walking past an upstairs window, then a young man is then seen running down the stairs to greet her. He introduces himself as
the proprietor of the motel, Norman Bates. As he is checking her in the two begin to converse. Norman finds out that Marion is very hungry. He offers
to fix her dinner in the kitchen of the house on the hill. He shows her to her room and tells her to make herself comfortable. He said he would return
once dinner was done. As
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Hitchcock's Psycho Essay
Hitchcock's Psycho
Psycho first hit our screens in 1960 directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It faced major controversy, as it was different. Horror films before this were more
unrealistic and gruesome. Psycho was a groundbreaking film of the horror genre. It was more realistic the events could happen in reality. Censorship
was very strict at this time. Film standards agencies censored films showing sex before marriage, nakedness, violence and gore. Fortunately, Hitchcock
overcame these restrictions in many ways. He used a series of shots to film the shower scene instead of continuous shot. He used chocolate sauce for
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This hugely increased the despair and shock, the feeling of loss even when a character is brutally murdered. Straight away Hitchcock begins to build
our sympathies for Marion Crane. He uses several cinematic techniques to create a mise–en–scene. Mise–en–scene is everything a viewer can see
within a certain frame and consists of many aspects. For instance, Hitchcock uses a high–angle, mid range establishing shot to put Marion in her
context, and highlight her vulnerability. The music forpsycho is critical to the film as a whole. Each time a character is killed, when the murderer
emerges from their hiding place, the high–pitched music strings up the jumpy rhythm, before the rest of the instruments join in. The music sets the
tone for almost all the scenes. The shower scene, in which Marion is fatally stabbed, would be nowhere near as effective without its music. Music is
also the key to the film due to its ability to build up expectations within the audience and create large amounts of tension and suspense.
Another example of sound is Hitchcock's use of voice over. For instance, as Marion drives away with the money she ha stolen, she imagines
conversations between the people she has left behind and their reactions to her faults. Hitchcock also uses sound, which doesn't complement the image
that we see. Whilst the on screen
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho: The Story of Norman Bates Essay
Throughout cinema, there has always been space in our hearts for the gore and intrigue that come from horror films. Though they come with different
plots, there remains "the monster", the character that brings along disgust, horror, suspense, and even sympathy. In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960),
our monster is Norman Bates, the boy next door. This was one of the first times in American cinema that the killer was brought home, paving the way
for the future of horror movies. According to Robin Wood in "An Introduction to the America Horror Film" (183
–208), Bates follows the formula of the
Monster being a human psychotic. This is conveyed through his normal façade portrayed with his introduction, the audience's ambivalence, the use of
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Though we are disturbed at the evil things he is doing, we feel a sense of sympathy towards him. We feel for him because of how his mother had
treated him. We in turn teach our sub consciousness to start blaming the mother for all the murders that have been committed, just like Norman does.
Both Norman's façade of normality and our ambivalence towards his character verifies him as a quintessential psychopath. Norman's psychotic
ways are also revealed through Hitchcock's use of motifs. His repeated use of birds have an underlying meaning of Norman's dangerousness. His
hobby is avian taxidermy and in numerous shots birds are displayed in the background. A shot of when the mise en scene evokes his eerie connection
towards his hobby is in the parlor. The parlor is decorated with his stuffed trophy birds mounted on the walls or on stands– an enormous predatory,
nocturnal owl with outstretched wings, and a raven. Both owl and raven are in frame lurking behind Norman and representing his concealed
character. Like the owl, he is a predator, in full attack mode on Marian. He also doesn't wait until the daytime to kill her, he slays her in the shower at
night like a nocturnal psychopath. As if with the raven's knife like beak, Norman murdered Marian, following in the footsteps of killing when it is
easiest. Another figure that Wood describes to adding on to the psychotic
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Analysis Of The Movie ' Marion Crane '
Marion Crane leaved Phoenix she isn't married, but wants to move with her boyfriend, however money is a big dilemma for both of them until her
boss client drop on her desk $40,000 to close a deal and she decide to runaway to California and meet her boyfriend, but after look suspicious for
sleeping on the side of the road the first night, she decided to take the back roads next day to avoid police and she stopped at "Bates Motel" the second
night where she meets Norman Bates, that owns the place and look really friendly, but it is obvious that he has issues with his mother.
Overview of the Film
Themes:
Money
$40,000 that Marion stole from her boss and put her in the Motel. The money shows on numerous scenes, but at the end money is just money
Birds
Norman office is full of birds all stuffed and he shows big passion for what he does and even compare Marion with the birds, but then contradicted
himself on what he is saying.
Mother
Norman's mother is in charge of everything, she owns the hotel and have total control of Norman's life.
Voyeurism
Norman intentional put Marion in room 1 to be able to spy on her when she was undressing and getting ready to go to bed.
Bathroom
The most important and long scenes happened in the bathroom, even the clue that assure that Marion stays in "Bates Motel".
Mental illness
Norman Bates suffers from personality disorder and can't distinguish on what he does or what his mom does or make him do.
Serial Killer
At the end we find out the Marion
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Psycho Social Psychology
Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock is a horror movie. This movie was released in 1960, and it is 109 minutes long. The plotline of the movie Psycho is that
a young employee, Marion Crane run away after stealing $40,000 from her office and get murdered in a motel where she was spending a night due to
the strong storm. The motel was owned by a young man named Norman Bates, and he was living with his invalid mother in an old house next to the
motel. It is not revealed that Norman's mother is invalid until Lila(Marion's sister) and Sam(Marion's boyfriend) decides to go to the motel in search of
Marion. Lila and Sam initially hired a private detective to search Marion, but unfortunately, the detective also got killed in the motel when he found out
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For example, since the dominant setting of the movie is Norman Bates house and motel, and it is located in an isolated place which suggests that it is
a horror and mystery movie. Moreover, the isolated setting tells us the character of Norman is lonely and he is more likely to be affected by a
psychological disease.
The choice in Mise–En–Scene in terms of lightning and shooting angle in the shower scene where Marion was killed is very interesting. For
example, when the killer was trying to kill Marion, the killer's face was not shown because of the choices made in lighting and shooting angle, which
leaves the audience in suspense about the killer's identity. Also, the choices made in dressing the murderer as an old lady convince the audience to
believe that it is Norman's mother who has killed Marion.
The shower scene is very long and it is pivotal to the movie because it is a mixture of horror, suspense, and mystery. Most of the shots in the shower
scene are close–up shots, including the shots of the shower water and shots of Marion's body which includes but not limited to her legs before the
murder and her back, face, and hands after the murder. These close–up are intended to feel emotions and create suspense for the audience. Apart from
this, the shower scene shows continuity cutting because different shots are taken and edited to show a consistency of the scene in the
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Norman Bates In Psycho
The Essence of Psychological Innocence In Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho, Norman Bates is portrayed as a serial killer. Many would imply the notion
that Norman is guilty due to the multiple killings he performed throughout the film; however, Norman Bates is innocent. Suffering from Dissociative
Identity Disorder (DID)– or multiple personality disorder– Bates' uncontrollable and horrendous acts of murder [are his] cries for help. In the same
fashion, Bates' lack of social interaction alongside his mother's influence both play grand roles in his inability to properly interact with people.
Moreover, in Bates' twisted childhood, he depended strongly on his mother for "social interaction.". The moment Norman matricide his mother he
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In the film, he talks about taking care of his mother when he was having a conversation with Marion Crane, Norman states to Marion "I don't hate her; I
hate the illness," meaning he loves her, but he is aware of the mental toll that she has put him through. He was hinting that his mother was not normal or
that he wasn't himself. Marion suggested that maybe he should committed her to a mental institution. Norman immediately shut that idea down by
stating, "If you love someone, you don't do that to them," he fights his mother mentally, but he treats her like his lover. In his mind it was the mental
version of her not allowing him to come out of the house and interact with other women that sparked his Dissociative Identity Disorder. She used her
son as a substitute lover and her hatred for any women that could take Norman away is what triggered his disorder. In his mind he thinks he is his
mother, and he thinks he switches roles. Bates looks caring, innocent and helpful, but in reality, he is mentally ill, mother–obsessed, and
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Bates Motel Analysis
A young woman pulls into a motel, somewhere in California. It's raining. She checks in, alone, and settles for the night. Once in the room, the woman
then undresses and turns on the shower. As she showers, a suspenseful violin music starts playing and she's surprised by what seems to be an old lady
holding a knife, who violently pulls aside the shower curtain. The woman screeches. The attacker then stabs the naked woman multiple times until she
lies dead in the bathtub.
Does this scenario sound familiar to you? Then you've probably seen or heard of "Psycho", Alfred Hitchcock's chef–d'oeuvre. The master of suspense
1960 film and Robert Bloch's book of the same name became the inspiration for the new A&E television series "Bates Motel," a contemporary prequel
to Hitchcock's movie that debuted March of last year. The series depicts Norman Bates and the story behind the shower killer's bizarre personality, his
murders, and his sick relationship with his mom, which explains the aftermath we see in Psycho.
Bates Motel gives us the privilege of watching talented Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates and English actor Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates. You'll
probably remember Highmore as Charlie Bucket in the 2005 reworking of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," where he shares the big screen with
Johnny Depp – who supposedly endorsed him for the role – or Peter Davis in "Finding Neverland" (2004), his most acclaimed performance. In Bates
Motel, Highmore shows a deeper acting of an obscure
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Editing In Psycho
The 1960 film Psycho includes one of the most well–known murder scenes to ever be filmed by Alfred Hitchcock. Through the use of editing
Hitchcock was able to draw his audience in and make them feel as if they were there in room watching every event unfold before their own two
eyes. Critical analysis of the killing of Marion Crane will include analysis of the editing and camera angels used in her final moments of her life. This
scene has been reviewed thousands of times and is still today considered ahead of its time. Hitchcock composed Marion Crane's murder using the three
attributes of editing to draw the scene together and make it look like a particularly vicious, these three attributes are of course: creating meaning
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Crane was attacked while staying in the Bates Motel by an unknown female character, who was originally presented to the audience as female. We later
find out is actually Norman Bates, the motel owner. Norman Bates, however, in this scene was not "Norman Bates" he was actually "Mother."
"Mother" was a second personality the Norman had adopted after his actual mother died. "Mother" was an alternate personality no one was aware of
until the ending, in which Norman acting for "Mother"is caught in the act of committing another murder. In the scene where "Mother" kills Marion she
sneaks into Marion's motel room while she showers and surprises her. Then stabs her to death, and then leaves her to bleed out in the bathtub.
"Mother" acts in a wildly, animalistic fashion during this scene, which is aided by the style in which Hitchcock films and edits his
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Psycho Movie Analysis
The movie that I chose to do my movie review over is Psycho. In this movie a young woman, Marion, is having a sexual relationship with this man
that she does not know is married to another woman. Marion works for a company doing the financial needs, and one day she is given a suitcase
that is she is suppose to take to the bank for her boss. She ends up stealing the money, leaving town and booking her way to see her lover. A few
incidences happen to her while she makes her way to her man, but it is when she gets to the Bates Motel that things start to get psychology weird.
When she reaches the hotel there is a man there by the name of Norman Bates. Norman is not normal at all, he is struggling from a multiperson
disorder and inability to know wrong and right. He tells the Marion that his mother is alive and living in the house but really she is dead, he had
killed her previously. He goes into details to Marion about his relationship with his dead mother. Marion, is very intrigued and happy to hear what
Norman has to say about his and his mother relationship, but tells Norman she needs to get herself ready for the man she had come to see. As Marion
organizes herself and makes her way to the shower, Norman is in the hotel office, through a hole in the wall behind a hanging picture, watching her get
undressed. He watches for a solid five minutes before the scene changes to him running at the shower curtain swinging a knife and killing Marion.
During this part of the movie, you
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What Is Hitchcock's Psycho?
Psycho is a thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock released in 1960. The film featured a talented cast including Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates,
who has a complicated relationship with his mother, and Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, who is on the run. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho passes the test
of time through creative use of pacing and revealing of information crucial to the story being told. Hitchcock's McGuffin of $40,000 dollars set up
the climax of the movie brilliantly and serves as internal conflict for Marion. Marion steals the $40,000 dollars instead of bringing it to the bank as
she was instructed by her boss. She did this to pay off her boyfriend's debt, as learned at the very beginning of the film. Her countless imaginary
conversations
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Psycho Movie Psychology
The suspenseful TV series, Bates Motel, shocked a multitude of Hitchcock fans last May with the death of Norma Bates. It was well known from the
1960 film, Psycho, the death of the beloved lead actress was inevitable from the start, but the bold move of how early it actually was has left many
anticipating the return of the fifth season. The creation of such a mind–boggling TV prequel to Hitchcock's 1960 hit film, Psycho, was well thought out
through its grand acting performances from both lead actor and actress (Highmore and Farmiga), its artful directing taste, and its insanely insightful
character development. There are a few questions that arise about how realistic it is and how the setting doesn't line up with the original movie. All in
all, it is a thrilling, thought–provoking show that lets the audience see how Norman Bates's personality disorder actually developed over time.
Many may remember the movie, Psycho, as the classic horror film that had an iconic shower–stabbing scene. The movie is about an eerily creepy man
named Norman Bates who at times believes he is his deceased mother, Norma Bates. When he is Norma, he murders beautiful women that check into
the Bates Motel. The TV series is set as a prequel to Psycho and begins in the modern day with a seventeen–year–old sweet and charming ... Show more
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The ultimate end game is to have Norman where he can't distinguish his hallucinations from reality just like in Psycho. The show builds up this
process season after season taking Norman from the sweet kid he is to a serial psychopathic murderer. The audience is given a chance to watch as his
blackouts grow to be just darkness to his mother talking to him to him actually becoming his homicidal mother. This concept is so engaging yet so
tragically ominous, that one is left feeling a mix of emotions by the end of each
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Tension in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Essay
Tension in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
When Psycho was first released in cinemas in 1960, audiences all over the world were shocked. They were shocked that something as sexually
explicit, for that era, was being screened in hundreds of cinemas. Although audiences of the modern day are used to violence and sex scenes, the
audiences of the 60's reacted in different ways. Some people viewed Psycho as a cinematic brilliance but other critics gave the film many bad initial
reviews. This is because Hitchcock was extremely secretive in the making and publicity. He did not allow critics' to see the film at special screenings.
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This boldly suggests that she has turned the corner from being a good girl to a bad girl.
The use of mirrors signifies the chaos/evil theme, which Hitchcock favors. The scene where Marian holds up the money beside the mirror in the Bates
motel's toilets, shows Hitchcock's idea of the innerself and private self being shown in the reflection of the mirror. We are shown that Marian is
uncertain of the situation. However when we see a reflection of Norman Bates in a window, it implies that although he has a nice outer persona, he must
have a darker innerself.
Hitchcock uses weather to a great advantage. It is a great atmosphere–maker as whenever we see the Bates House, it is always in shadow, whether it's
raining or sunny. The weather makes it gloomy and sinister. At Marian's arrival at the motel, the rain blinds her way so she has no choice but to stop at
that particular motel. Perhaps if it hadn't been raining she wouldn't have stopped and thus not met her dreadful demise.
The house is always shot in cloud or gloom like a haunted house. The use of lights in the house adds atmosphere because from the outside it gives the
impression of waiting and watchful eyes. Bates house is always shot from a low angle, this makes the steps up to the house seem never–ending. This
maintains tension as we don't know when
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Bates Motel Character Analysis
Show review: Bates Motel Characters: Norman Bates: He is a nice kid in the beginning of season one but things start to get a little.. Psycho Norma
Bates: Norman's mother, husband died, Loves her son norman than anything or anybody (norman loves her the same, maybe more) Sheriff Romero:
Sheriff of the scary town they all live in, (spoilers don't read if you like the show so far) eventually gets into a relationship with Norma and has off
emotions about the newer norman (psycho) Emma: School girl who finds interest in Norman and eventually starts working at the motel, she has an
illness that makes her lungs fill up with mucus and needs lung transplants. She carries a tank with her. Dylan Massit: Norman's other son, Norman's
half brother.
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Mary Crane In The Film Psycho
The main character of Psycho is Mary Crane who starts as a nice real estate office worker but when she is supposed to take $40,000 in cash to the bank
she runs off to help pay off her lover's debt to his ex–wife. She stops at a hotel to stay the night but is killed by the hotels owner's mother. This is one
of the biggest plot point in the movie because it starts the search for her that leads the other characters to the hotel to figure out where she went. A
detective is given the case to find her to get the $40,000 from her and the detective, Milton Arbogast, follows Mary's sister, Lila Crane, to Mary's
lover, Sam Loomis, because Lila thinks that Sam is hiding Mary's. When Lila is talking to Sam about Mary Detective Arbogast walks in and explains...
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So, the sheriff said he probably found the money and ran off with it and that Sam and the detective were just seeing things. The sheriff said he
would look at the motel in the morning and when Sam and Lila meet the sheriff again he had already gone to the motel and didn't see anything. So,
Sam and Lila weren't amused by this result and went to inspect the motel themselves. After Sam distracted Bates, Lila went up to the house to look
for Bates' mother but couldn't find her. When Bates realized what was happening he ran up to the house and Lila had to hide so she went in the
cellar and found what she thought was Bate's mother in there but when she turned it around it was just a rotting corpse. Then Bates came running
into the room with a knife dressed as a woman trying to kill Lila. Sam stopped him and held him down for the police to arrive. This is the biggest
plot point in the movie because you realize that the mother had been dead for years and Bates was acting like his mother and killing people. Bates
believed he was his mother and that anytime Bates was attracted to a girl his mother would kill her because the girl could take Bates away from
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A Review of Psycho Essay
A Review of Psycho
He was known to his audience as the 'Master of Suspense' and what Hitchcock mastered was not only the art of making films but also the task of
taming his own mad imagination Hitchcock told his stories through intelligent plots, witty dialogue and a spoonful of mystery and murder. In doing
so, he inspired a new generation of filmmakers and revolutionized the thriller genre, making him a worldwide legend. His brilliance was sometimes
too bright: He was hated as well as loved, oversimplified as well as over analyzed. Hitchcock was eccentric, demanding, inventive, impassioned and he
had a great sense of British humour.
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He checks up on her and asks if she is OK. I think most people would if you saw this woman sleeping in her car on the side of a main road. The
Sheriff suggests that the she should have slept in a Motel and he asks her why she didn't. When Marion leaves it appears as if the Sheriff is following
her but its just Marion's paranoid imagination as the Sheriff turns off at an exit along the freeway. It's the money that does it!
As she has been told by an authority of the law she, unusually, does what he says. I say unusually because in this day and age... well. It start to get
dark again and it starts to rain. Whilst she is driving she catches a glimpse of a sign for the Bates' Motel and pulls into it. When she gets out of her
car she waits, knocking at the door of the Motel's office. In the house on the hill there is figure moving around and it peeps out of the window, like a
little old lady but not. The figure comes rushing down quickly to let Marion the soaked rat into the office for a room. The man who greets her
introduces himself as Norman Bates, the proprietor of the Bates Motel. He starts to gas on like an old woman and Marion, not wanting to talk and just to
sleep, tries to end the conversation. Unfortunately for her Norman offers her some sandwiches and milk, very homely and thoughtful you must say. She
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Analysis Of Alfred Hitchcock's Film Bates Motel
When looking at the Netflix production of their show named Bates Motel, they examine the early life of the main character Norman Bates. It is a
spinoff of Alfred Hitchcock's film Bates Motel from the 1960's. During this show, we see the first murder of Norman is his father, and as the show
goes on overtime you can see the different phycological problems of Norman develop into Schizophrenia where he suppresses the murders that he
commits in his mind making him dissociated with his crimes and never showing remorse (Schmalleger, 2012). When doing our reading this week, it
discussed that some violent dissociated killers would return to the crime or show up at the victims grave site, and this is what made me think of this
show to answer this question.
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Essay Dualism in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho
The characters in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) each have a dual nature that is masterfully portrayed through character development and use of
mirrors throughout the film. The very first shot in Psycho is zooming in from an open view of the city where it is a bright and sunny day. As the shot
zooms in further and further it comes into a dark and shaded room that shows Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and Sam Loomis (John Gavin) having an
affair in a undisclosed hotel. This is dualistic image is just one example of many that Hitchcock has placed in this film. Marion Crane is the first main
character that is focused upon for the first half of Psycho. "All that Marion Wants, after all, are the humble treasures of love, marriage, home, and ...
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Marion's death is very symbolic and dualistic in a multitude of ways. "The fact that Marion is nonetheless murdered after her self–realization suggests
that neither she nor the society that produced her is recuperable" (Gottlieb, Brookhouse 362) [Christopher Sharrett 362] Once Marion had made that
fatal mistake to become a criminal, she was destined to die as a criminal, with no chance of salvation. This is very dualistic of the ending of the
frontier, which was right around the time Psycho was produced. "the movement of the film is steadily downward and inward, away from the feeling of
daylight, abundance, and expanse to a nightmarish claustrophobia that exteriorizes the unconscious mind." (Gottlieb, Brookhouse 362) [Christopher
Sharrett 362] The image of the West being a gigantic open expanse was coming to an end and Hitchcock showed that the frontier was finished and
there was no chance of it coming back. Hitchcock places a large amount of dualism between the characters of Marion, Sam, Norman Bates (Anthony
Perkins), and Lila Crane (Vera Miles). "The first couple, Sam and Marion, engenders the second, Norman and Marion: Norman has thus taken the
place of Sam. Yet he has actually, diegetically speaking, taken the place of Marion, given the mirror dialectic between the sexes and their psychic
structurations." (Deutalbaum, Poague 357) [Bellour 357] The couple of Marion and Sam never got a chance to be married, but as the film goes
through the
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  • 1. Alfred Hitchcock Manipulates the Audience to Build... Psycho is a suspense–horror film written by Joseph Stefano and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This film was loosely adapted from Robert Bloch's 1959 suspense novel, Psycho. A majority of the movie was filmed in 1960 at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Psycho is about Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a secretary from Arizona who steals $40,000 from her employer's client. She takes that money and drives off to California to meet her lover Sam Loomis (John Gavin) in order to start a new life. After a long drive, she pulls off the main highway and ends up taking refuge at an isolated motel owned and managed by a deranged Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). In Alfred Hitchcock's film, Psycho, symbols, character and point of view are three literary ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This scene makes the viewer believe that she may be the possible psycho referred to by the title of the film. Another instance that manifests this idea is when ever the camera is on Norman Bates. Though he seems polite and amiable towards Crane, the shadows on his eyes represent something more dark and sinister about him. These creative uses of birds and eyes help make the film have more sharp twists and suspense by subtlety hinting at fear and death. The characters of the film present another approach that shapes suspense in the film by making the audience think that Norman Bates is a shy and caring, man who loves his mother no matter what. Bates is first introduced to the audience when he checks in Marion Crane. He acts polite towards her even offers her dinner. She exits to her room and this is when the opinion that he viewers have of Norman Bates changes. He voyeurs through a peephole into her room watching what she is doing and his actions become questionable. After the shower scene he finds Crane dead on her bathroom floor. He hides the body because he cares for his mother that much. He continues to conceal the truth even when a detective comes to question him. His mother kills the detective and he has to hide another body but his countenance changes as he hides the second body. His eyes are darkened by the shadows on his face and he doesn't seem to be who he was in the beginning. He has a more sinister quality and this is fully revealed when he tries to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. Essay about Good vs. Evil in Psycho Psycho "Psycho" is a classic suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock which features a central female protagonist, a seemingly ordinary young woman named Marion Crane, who crosses paths with a dangerous mentally ill motel owner, Norman Bates. As their strange relationship develops, a dominant theme of good versus evil is introduced to the audience through the use of characterisation, editing, mise–en–scene and various other media techniques. From the outset, Hitchcock introduces an initial theme of good versus evil during the opening credits. The title scene could be seen as a reflection of the personality of Norman Bates as the credits themselves are presented as fragmented titles which come together as one on the screen but then ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In a similar shot, only half of his face is shown and this clearly symbolises the fact that only one half of him can ever be fully good at any one time – the other half will always remain evil. However, sympathy is also evoked for Norman in this scene as we see that his mother takes an instant dislike to Marion – something which you would not normally see between two strangers. We see how close – and slightly strange – the relationship between Norman and his mother and the unnatural dependence they have on each other, showing that Norman is trapped in his current situation and making him seem like a good person. A similar effect is used throughout the scene in Norman's parlour by with the use of light and dark as the lighting picks out significant features such as only one side of Norman's face and the underside of the owl's wings. The owl with its wings spread signifies his mother controlling his mind and shows that she is ever present, although we never see her, even when he is behaving normally she will always be inside his mind, therefore making the viewer feel sympathetic towards him as he has no control over his actions. Conversely, framing him next to an owl may suggest that Norman is a predator and the owl is his equal. Like the owl, many other birds are featured in the parlour scene, linking back to the recurring theme. Framing Marion next to them when she first enters the room makes her seem vulnerable and presents her as equal ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. Alfred Hitchcock 's Motion Picture Psycho Alfred Hitchcock's motion picture Psycho, released in 1960, contains peculiar placement of predatory birds and other fowls with corresponding lines regarding birds from Norman Bates, the primary antagonist. Throughout the movie, various references concerning birds are can be drawn through the use of bird's eye view camera angle, location names, and character names. As the movie begins, the first camera angle used is bird's eye view. Viewers venture, bird–like, into Marion Crane's apartment complex where she and her lover, Sam Loomis, are conversing about their desire to get married. Marion's last name, Crane, seems to symbolize her character in a physical way like an actual crane: migratory and defenseless. Like the crane resides in a typically marshy area, Marion's eventual final resting place is in a marshy swamp near the Bates Motel. After Marion steals $40,000 from her employer's client to pay off Sam's debt, she runs away from her home, Phoenix. Like the mythological bird, the city of Phoenix comes to represents Marion's death and rebirth as she leaves her innocent secretarial job behind for a better life with Sam. Although these references to birds are subtle and can remain unnoticed, there are other references in the movie that are entirely noticeable. In this film, the reference to birds in the parlor and the motel room serve as a visual motif for Norman's conflict with his mother, other women, and himself. The most obvious reference to birds takes place in the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. Who Is Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho? Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) is definitely one of the films that everyone knows, if not the whole film, at least for the infamous shower scene. The film elicits different interpretations and responses from viewers. What two of which, Raymond Durgnat and Robin Wood, took away from the film are quite different. In Durgnat's essay "Inside Norman Bates," he dissects key scenes from the entire film in chronological order. His analysis of the film is from a mise–en–scГЁne viewpoint, including a lot of visual descriptions of key shots in the film. Following the scene descriptions, Durgnat interprets the character's inner monologue through metaphors. For example, following the iconic shower scene, Norman goes on to hide all the evidence connecting ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Comparing Hitchcock's Psycho: Novel And The Movie Psycho: Novel and the Movie Psycho is a terrifying horror novel and a movie with a main character, Norman Bates. The novel "Psycho" was written in 1959 by Robert Bloch as it struck fear into many people's mind. The movie of Psycho was produced and directed by Hitchcock and this thrilling and scary movie grabbed many people's attention. Even though the movie was based on the original novel, the novel version and the movie version of Psycho had different ideas and plot embedded. The movie strengthen and emphasize certain ideas and plot and by doing that it has abridged some parts also as film tries to balance the cinematic uniqueness and the original story. The plot is similar except how they open up the story. The film starts off differently ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Comparing Horror In Psycho And Stephen King's The Shining Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and Stephen King's The Shining both explore the theme of horror through the use of the key techniques; characterisation, motifs, symbols and setting. The texts are about psychologically disturbed protagonists and the events that they are involved in. Psycho was published in 1960 whereas the Shining was published in 1977, both timeworn novels. In Psycho, Bates is unable to contain the guilt of murdering is mother and therefore, murders those who he feels sexually attracted to. However, in The Shining, Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic accepts a position to be caretaker of the Overlook Hotel with his wife and son Danny. Danny's psychic powers allow him to see the hotel's horrific past, as the snowstorm leads to the hotel becoming isolated, supernatural forces influence Jack's sanity and lead his family in great danger. The Shining's Jack Torrance and Psycho'sNorman Batesare psychotic murders who through different circumstances develop their murderous person. Both characters developed their murderous traits through childhood memories. Jack developed his through multiple bashings from his father and his alcohol addiction however, Norman developed his through his mothers' teachings and the feeling of neglect. Norman and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Both texts use mirrors to signify characters duplicity, false identities, distorted reality and fractured personalities. In Psycho, after Marion steals cash, Hitchcock frequently juxtaposes her with her reflection. In The Shining however, mirrors are often used when portraying Jack's imagination. The use of mirrors allows the characters to be in a separate world from reality. In The Shining and Psycho, mirrors are convientally placed in every part where the protragonist acts strange, for example when Wendy is attempting to run away from Jack in The Shining and the pretext before Norman kills Marion in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Abnormal Psychology in Film: Psycho Essay The film I chose to watch is the original Psycho, filmed in 1960 and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The stars of the cast included Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Martin Balsam. (IMDB.com, 2006) The story begins about a young woman named Marion Crane from Arizona who is fed up with her life and longs to marry her boyfriend, Sam. Unfortunately, the couple has little money and cannot marry. One Friday afternoon, she is asked to deposit forty–thousand dollars for her boss. Seeing the money as an opportunity to start a new life with her lover, she takes off for California with the money. She ends up becoming tired from the drive and pulls into the Bates Motel. Unfortunately for Marion, the owner of the motel, Norman... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Initially named multiple personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder usually forms as a "complex mental process that provides a coping mechanism for individuals confronting painful and/or traumatic situations." (Wikipedia.org, 2006) With this in mind, it is rather easy to see how the disorder would have formed in Norman's case. It can be assumed that Norman was very jealous for his mother's attention. When she was about to re–marry he decided to murder her to prevent losing his mother's attention. After realizing the extent of his action, Norman then emulated his mother, eventually developing dissociative identity disorder. Instead of losing his mother forever, he made her a part of him by adding her to his psyche. Norman also digs up his mother and semi–preserves her using his taxidermy skills. Norman's developmental process of the disease is nearly word for word from the DSM–IV. He uses it as a coping tool for the odd and traumatic experience of taking his mother's life. In the film, Norman did not receive any treatment for his mental disorder. Instead, he was secluded in a cell. In the last scene of the movie, he is shown sitting in his cell with his mother's persona having completely taken over his mind. His mother is muttering random nothingness as the movie fades out. In real life, treatment of dissociative identity disorder is not a simple matter. It is such a complicated disorder that there aren't any direct methods of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. Film Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' Film Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" Introduction "Psycho" (1960) is based on a novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film was directed by Hollywood legend, Alfred Hitchcock. The screen play was written by Joseph Stephano and based on the real life crimes of serial killer, Ed Gein. The film stars Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, John Gavin and Vera Miles. The film garnered four academy award nominations and widely regarded as one of Hitchcock's best films. It spawned two sequels, a prequel, a remake and even a television show. Synopsis The story begins with Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and her lover, Sam Loomis (John Gavin) who are conducting an illicit affair. Marion is portrayed as a respectable and moral woman and Loomis... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Shocked, Lila and Sam realize that the only way to find out the truth is to go to the motel themselves. Posing as a married couple, Sam and Lila check into the motel and search Marion's room, where they find a scrap of paper stuck in the toilet with "$40,000" written on it. While Sam distracts Norman, Lila sneaks into the house. Sam suggests to Norman that he killed Marion for the money so he could buy a new motel. Realizing Lila is not around, Norman knocks Sam unconscious and rushes to the house. Lila sees him approaching and hides in the cellar where she discovers a woman sitting in a rocking chair with her back to her. She calls to the old woman–and discovers that it is in fact a mummified corpse. Seconds later, Norman rushes in wearing his mother's clothes and a wig and brandishing a knife. He tries to attack Lila, but Sam subdues him just in time. After Norman's arrest, a forensic psychiatrist tells Sam and Lila that Norman's dead mother is living in Norman's psyche as an alternate personality. After the death of Norman's father, the pair lived as if they were the only people in the world. When his mother found a lover, Norman went insane with jealousy and murdered them both. Consumed with guilt, Norman "erased the crime" by bringing his mother back to life in his own mind. He stole her corpse and preserved the body. When he ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. Bates Motel Episode Bates Motel is going to change a lot of things this week on season 4 episode 3 when Norma Bates decides to tie the knot. She will do anything she can to make sure that her son Norman gets the treatment he needs and getting married is the only way to get insurance fast. Dread Central shared a preview of the upcoming episode ofBates Motel and what fans can expect to see. The new episode of Bates Motel is called 'Til Death Do Us Part. BATES MOTEL Episode 403 Clip & Preview Video https://t.co/NQQK3V2ECb pic.twitter.com/7pO3gNaukz– Daily Dead (@DailyDeadNews) March 18, 2016 Here is the details A&E shared about this new episode of Bates Motel. Norma (Vera Farmiga) and Romero (Nestor Carbonell) take a big step together, but neither knows what ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. The Only Reason I Asked Is That I Think It'S Neat That The only reason I asked is that I think it 's neat that you worked with him on the Christmas film and now you 're both on When Calls the Heart. Yes, Paul 's so wonderful. He 's really a fun guy. He keeps things super light–hearted on set. He 's always telling jokes. And it 's really funny because when we are on the set of A Wish for Christmas, I was mentioning to him that he should ask his agent to get him up for When Calls the Heart. I thought he 's be so perfect on the show. And he was like, "I would love to be on that show, are you kidding?! Set back in time, horses!" And we talked about it jokingly, and the next thing you know, Paul Greene 's on the schedule. I was like, "I just knew it!" I knew that he would perfect in Hope Valley! ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... I forgot that was you!" {laughs} That 's what I love about our community, especially up here in Vancouver. Everyone up here is so connected, and everyone knows one another. Christy is phenomenal. She is doing such great work. She and Lacey are friends. They 've worked together a number of times. I had a blast working with her, Lacey, and Paul. A Wish for Christmas was such a phenomenal movie. I had so much fun! It would be awesome to have you come up some time. You know everybody anyway. I know what you mean. My problem sometimes is that I know the actor and forget their character 's name. Oh, that 's a common problem on set. As an actor on set, you are two names. The crew 's supposed to refer to you by your real name, but then sometimes when you 're really going for it, especially the director, they 'll just call you by your character 's name 'cause they 're thinking in terms of the narrative. So at all times, you respond to two names. Oh, I understand that. It 's mainly with my mother who cannot keep all my actor friends straight. But she does know you as Nurse Faith. Aw, that 's very sweet. You 'll have to give her a big "hello" from me. I definitely will. In fact, I think when we watched A Wish For Christmas, I wasn 't looking right at the screen, and I think she recognized you before I did. Really? Wow! That 's hard to do because we 're all in period ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Psychology Of The Movie Psycho The movie Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1960. When Psycho was first released they implemented a rule that no one could come into the movie late, and I guess that was a thing that happened a lot back then. People were just like "I got a few minutes, let me go into this movie, I don't care if it started." But they were having none of that with Psycho. Once the movie started the doors were closed, no one was allowed in. In the previews they asked the audience to not divulge any of the secrets of the movie to their friends or family after they see it. And audiences obeyed, they didn't go out and blabber about it like people do these days. You could not get away with that today, but audiences were cool back then. Because they didn't let the audience in after the movie started, they didn't allow critics to watch the movie ahead of time either. The critics had to go with the audiences on opening day to see the movie. They were not happy about that because they were being treated like peasants, like any other viewer. I guess they thought they were better than everybody else, as some critics actually gave them bad reviews basically because they didn't get a special screening. Even before audiences watched the movie, their psychological needs start to be met as hype and suspense is built with the secrets people need to keep. The suspense is kept up throughout the movie from Marion's get away and death, to the twist at the end. The plot of this is we are introduced to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. Psycho Film Analysis "Film Art" defines traditional classical Hollywood cinema as "fictional filmmaking . . . dominated by a single tradition of narrative form" (Bordwell, Thompson, "Film Art", 100). Psycho set the bar for suspense films with its spine–tingling twists and turns that kept the viewer guessing. The film took traditional elements of classical Hollywood cinema to a higher degree. Camera shots, use of space on and off camera, and character's characteristics all led the viewer on a wild cinematic ride unheard of at the time. Films use casual agents to direct the flow of the narrative through their desires and goals. There is a known protagonist and antagonist. In Psycho, there are two protagonists with no clearly defined antagonist. One ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Another would be when Lila goes to Sam looking for Marion a week after she disappears. The important scenes are played out: Marion and her lover, Marion's work, Marion's apartment, the car dealership, the Bates Motel where Marion meets Norman and loses her life, Lila going to Sam then meeting Milton Arbogast, the Arbogast's investigation at the motel, and when Sam and Lila go to the motel. The mise–en–scene helps to define and obscure scenes in Psycho with color, lighting, camera angles, props, and music. The opening scene is a panoramic view of Phoenix with a date indicated so the viewer knows when the events first unfold. Pan then to Marion with her divorced lover, Sam, in a hotel room where they are discussing marriage and Sam's lack of money. This answers the 'why' behind Marion's choice to steal. Colors and tones like black/white or light/dark represent good and bad. Filmed in black and white really enhances this contrast. Before Marion steals the money, she is wearing white underwear, puts on a light dress and has a white purse equating with good. In her apartment after she steals the money, Marion is wearing black underwear, puts on a gray dress and uses a black purse equating with bad. When she and Norman are in the parlor behind the office, their clothes are similar in tonal color indicating they are similar. Back lighting and accent lighting help set the dramatics of the scene. Norman is positioned in a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. The Bird Motif Of Hitchcock 's Films Revisited Robin Wood, in Hitchcock's Films Revisited, argues that much of the meaning that the audience derives from Psycho involves spectatorship through character development.1 What makes Psycho such a timeless film is its intricate and extensive use of symbols. One symbol never really takes precedence over the other, and are largely left up to the viewer's interpretation. Psycho's symbols have not been discussed in great detail based on the information presented in the readings thus far this semester, but this dissertation will attempt to illuminate the purpose of at least one of these symbols: that of the bird. Hitchcock uses the bird both obviously and ambiguously throughout the film. These instances, which are primarily psychological and sexual in nature, are developed through the film's two central characters, Marion Crane and Norman Bates, and reveal fundamental truths about the psyche and about human nature in general. The bird motif, despite being a central element of Hitchcock's films, was developed before the action of the film even commences. This film was based off of a book, of the same name, by Robert Bloch. In the novel, the central female protagonist's name is Mary, and in the film, it is Marion. Both women, however, share the same last name: Crane.2,6 Cranes, like Marion herself, "spen[d] much of their time in self–directed activities to maintain life."3 Marion lives very much in her own microcosm, with a noncommittal man and a mundane office job as its stars. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. Bates Motel Research Paper It's Friday and only three days before Halloween. Before you settle down for your regular TV programing, check your local listings to see what shows are on that offer a bit of a Halloween twist. From baking shows to sitcoms, everyone is getting ready to offer a little bit of a scare. 'Will & Grace' revival real? Cast in talks to bring show back For fans of "Will & Grace" the showed ended years ago and tears were shed over the parting of ways. Now the rumors of the return of the sitcom has fans every excited. As the fans have been warned this is show in the preliminary stages, it's looking to be the real deal and could be aired in the not–too–distant future. Here's to hoping this really happens! It would lovely to see these characters on TV... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... They make the area look like it needs to look and spre no expense in doing so. Perhaps that's why the lobby of the science building at Queens college is so amazing. Students who use the building for classes have taken to social media to report the lobby was made into a foreign airport for "The Americans". From what it looks like, it's quite an amazing feat that brings another country to America. Plus, there is another similarity: Everyone at this fake foreign airport is standing in line ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Duality In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Alfred Hitchcock's groundbreaking masterpiece 'Psycho' starring Anthony Perkins; as Norman bates and Janet Leigh; as Marion Crane, broke barriers of film in the 1960s. This film captivates audiences with its nail–biting suspense, shocking plot twists and carefully crafted themes. The repetition of motifs construct the audiences view on duality, how each person can possess the contrast between good and evil. Criminality draws in character interest with the use of mise–en–scene. Mental illness is brought into light also through mise–en–scene showing the twisting relationship between characters. Hitchcock's use of motif effectively portray the theme of duality; the contrast of two concepts, in this film that is good and evil. Norman Bates (portrayed ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Marion Crane lives a hard life, working for a stubborn boss and only seeing the man she has fallen for during her 'lunch breaks'. Marion is given $40,000 to take to the bank as a deposit, but instead Marion packs her bag and takes the money to live with Sam (her boyfriend); showing criminality by Marion stealing money. Before Norman enters the room the dialogue of Norman and his mother are heard through mise–en–scene "Mother, oh god mother, blood... blood", then Norman running down the stairs into the room, fear in his face. In the scene where Norman discovers and cleans up after Marion's tragic fate, the audience are positioned as bystanders; seeing what occurs but unable to interfere. This scene shows criminality by Norman covering up a murder and disposing of evidence (money) both against the law; the audience can see this through mise–en–scene. Carefully placed camera angles of medium shot and close up (money) shot draws the interest in this scene, the idea that Norman has done this before are clear with his precision in cleaning up the evidence. The medium shot when Norman first enters the room shows a picture frame with a bird falling down, linking to the motif of birds and how Marion 'Crane' has died and two birds have fallen. The close up shot of Norman with Marion's blood on his hands links to the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. Psycho, By Alfred Hitchcock "We all go a little mad sometimes," and that could possibly be exactly how many feel after watching Psycho, released in 1960, and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock took a different route in terms of plot and structure for the typical Hollywood style. Psycho, like a young child never stops asking questions, it leaves us in a state of doubt and unbelief. It is classic horror, with the numerous jump scares leaving us at the edge of our seat, as every moment passes. Yet in the beginning, it 's seems to portray a rather classic form in a sense, a near–Aristotelian story. A woman who appears to be the main character in love, who is then faced with a problem, not enough money to marry her love, who then steals money to help build a future... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Let's get this clear about the only certainty that was in Psycho, was the first couple seconds of the movie when it displayed the location and the date. Everything else known to be "true" later on ended in a twist. For example, take the cover of Psycho, at first glance many may assume that Marian Crane, the woman on the cover, is ultimately the main character, the protagonist, the hero. If the cover didn 't help out the opening scene was revealed two characters a man (Sam) and a woman (Marian) who appear to be in love. We have identified the main character Marian and we have identified the problem or goal a protagonist must achieve in a movie, obtain money so Marian and Sam can get married. Then we see Marian at work, where a rude, self–pleasing, arrogant, rich man enters bargaining about himself and his daughter 's wedding. Marian is then presented with a task deliver the money to the bank. Hitchcock has successfully set the bait and hooked the audience into backing Marian in any decision. She's doing it for love right, and the jerk has plenty of money anyway. After watching the entire movie I began to realize the true brilliance ofAlfred Hitchcock, because, of course everyone loves a hero good, let 's kill her 40 minutes into the movie and this is where things became interesting the structure of the film. Doubt begins to creep into the minds of the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Film Films Of Alfred Hitchcock Films of Alfred Hitchcock Humans have an insatiable urge for entertainment, part of which is often satisfied through watching movies. Whenever a movie is written and subsequently produced, there are a couple of themes that accompany it. Though all movies have a significant amount of simulated actions, many of the themes do occur in the real life. Writers tend to have a particular thought to develop into a plot, which is often inspired by real–life events. Then, when a movie is being written and produced, the relevant personnel decide which genre to adopt. Horror, science fiction and action are some of the categories for movies. In this paper, the focus lies on a 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film, Psycho where a theme comprising of violence, sex ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... As noted with the other movies, there is hardly a film with a single theme; many have more than even two, and Psycho is no exception. Even though it has a number of these, this paper, as already indicated will primarily focus on sexuality, violence and phallic of proxy. When Crane decides to vanish with her employer's money, the boss unfortunately, sees her. Consequently, this causes her to be nervous, and makes wrong decisions in the process. After overcoming the seemingly opposition fronted by a police officer who finds her asleep, Crane continues to a motel called Bates motel, belonging to a Mr. Norman Bates(Smith, p14). Up to that point, one can see several themes including that of symbolic economy. First, when Crane decided to steal the money, the financial pressure she was experiencing catalyzed the decision. It is not always that horror movies are used in relation to money–related issues, and especially in matter of debts. Yet, movies have a way of affecting people in a number of positive ways especially when the plot resonates with the normal life. According to Breslin (p.176), the media, especially through the movies influence and influence the human behavior significantly. When showing a woman who decides to elope with the employer's money, the Psycho captures the mind of the viewers as it related with the cases they face each day. The issue of symbolic economy in the movie is not limited to the theft ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Psycho Analysis The movie Psycho was filmed in 1960 by Alfred Hitchcock. The movie focuses on a woman named Marion Crane. It starts when she steal 40,000 dollars from her boss to run away with her boyfriend. It's late and she decides to check into a motel, the Bates Motel. At the motel, she encounters a middle–aged man named Norman Bates. He becomes morbidly obsessed with her. But he then kills her...dressed as his dead mom. There is a show that acts as a prequel to Hitchcock's masterpiece; Bates Motel. It is focused on Norman Bates and his mother, Norma Bates whereas the movie is focused on Marion Craine. Bates Motel is a very well written show, with great acting, and is filled with a ton of textbook psychology. There are very many different subplots in the show, but this paper is strictly going to analyze Norman and his relationship with his mother. It goes very in–depth about the very troubling relationship between a son and mother, and how it led to Norman developing a dangerous persona of his mom. You could even say that Norman has an Oedipus conflict. An Oedipus conflict is apart of one of the psychosexual stages thought of by Sigmund Freud. He believed that during the age of 3–6, a child developed feelings for the parent of the opposite sex. And the only way to get over that feeling was to identify with his father. His Oedipus conflict would go on to never be resolved because his father was abusive. The series starts off after Norman hits his father in the head with a blender, killing him. His mom covers it up and makes it look like an accident to "protect" Norman. His father had been very abusive to him and his mother. Child abuse is said to be one of the most common causes of many mental illnesses. In this case, the abuse caused him to dissociate, or go off into his own little world where he felt safe in. It was very traumatic for a young Norman and his mother. People who tend to experience very traumatic things together have a stronger bond than those who don't. Norman and his mother are so codependent on each other that it's toxic. It is very apparent that Norman has a Dissociative Identity Disorder, also known as Multiple Personality Disorder. DID is when more than one different, distinct personalities take ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Bates Motel Case Study Psychology After leaving viewers screaming for more in its Season 3 finale, "Bates Motel" will return for its fourth season to churn more psychodrama shock for its fans. When Bates Motel season 3 ended, Freddie Highmore's Norman Bates had transformed into a full–blown psycho, scaring his mother Norma Bates even more. While Norman had been unable to accept his real situation, Norma's fear for his son is starting to be realized, and death is waiting for her somewhere along the road, according to Movie News Guide (MNG). The fourth season of Bates Motel will present a darker personality for Norman, who will be admitted to a mental institution. Viewers will also witness the growing distance between Norma and Norman, the report relays. Executive producer Kerry ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. Movie Review : ' Psycho ' The American cult classic, Psycho, is a film that centers on the disturbing encounter between a secretary who is in hiding and a motel owner by the name of Norman Bates. The film has many psychological twists and turns playing on the mental stability of Bates and how he handles his mother, who is also mentally ill herself. It is the window that is shown throughout the movie that draws the viewer to figure out what is exactly on the other side. The window is what we see that begins the story of Norman Bates and his mental issues. The movie opens on the city of Phoenix with buildings dominating the camera view. The camera goes past the window and then returns to it making it the primary focus. It is such a random shot that then becomes ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Voyeurism appears to be a recurring theme throughout the movie as there are many instances where a window is present or being used in a scene. Another important scene is when Marion pulls up to Bates Motel and sees a female silhouette, or what she thinks is a female, in the window of the grotesque mansion on the hill. Even though the mansion is considered scenery, it can also be considered a main "character". It towers over the motel and its presence is constantly beckoning the motel guests. In just looking at the mansion, it has many windows that appear to be frequently 'watching'. The window is an opening through which many things are seen and heard. The window is repetitive throughout the movie which only means that it is very substantial to the specific scene at hand. For instance, Norman's reflection is shown in the window when he brings Marion something to eat revealing a side of his face that is never shown by the camera. It is the side of his face that is never really shown by the camera. It is then explained in so many words and wit that this is the side of his body that is taken over by Mother as he tells Marion that 'she' is not quite herself this evening. Everyone is familiar with the saying "The eyes are the window to the soul". The windows that are shown throughout the movie are the eyes that are continuously watching everything and everyone. It is the window that reveals Norman as Mother pacing back and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. Theme Of The Birds By Alfred Hitchcock Psycho is a classic horror/thriller directed by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock made in 1960. It followed Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), who stole $40,000 in order to be with her lover, and stopped at the Bates Motel, owned by the psychotic split–personality Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), along the way, and is murdered by Bates, which catalyses an investigation into Norman and his mysterious mother.Psycho explored in–depth the psychosis of its characters and how it connected to KГјbler–Ross model of grief, and utilized filmmaking techniques, such as mise–en–scГЁne and motifs, to demonstrate this characteristic of its characters. Hitchcock demonstrated his auteurism in his use of a bird–focused motif, a recurring theme in not only Psycho but also his other works, The Birds (1963) in particular, and demonstrated this motif through use of mise en scГЁne. Norman Bates was a hobbyist taxidermist, and took particular interest in birds. His office was decorated with stuffed birds of both predator and prey. In close–up shots of the conversation between Norman and Marion Crane (a bird name), Norman was often framed with a predatory bird in a low–angle shot, designed to make him appear intimidating. Marion, on the other hand, was framed alongside prey birds in a high–angle shot, which showed her defenselessness. This filmmaking technique signified the juxtaposition between Norman and Marion, where Marion was weak preyed upon by the powerful predatory Norman Bates. This relationship is ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. Violence In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Alfred Hitchcock's, Psycho, is a black and white psycho–horror film with gothic influences, set in the cities of Phoenix, Arizona and Fairvale, California. It was released in 1960 and at the time was extremely groundbreaking in terms of the violence and sadistic nature of the film. Before Psycho was released, films did not have the amount of violence and that appalling aspect that the film presents. Hitchcock's film changed the horror genre and even created its own sub–genre in psycho–horror. The film stars Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, Anthony Perkins asNorman Bates, Vera miles as Lila Crane, and John Gavin as Sam Loomis. The audience follows the path of Marion Crane who steals a sum of money in order to help out her lover who is struggling ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Crane crosses path with small inn keeper Norman Bates in Fairvale, California who offers her dinner as she is the only one staying at the inn. As they get to know each other we see a slightly odder side of Mr. Bates come out especially regarding his mother who Ms. Crane heard him having an altercation with. Ms. Crane is then murdered by a jealous Ms. Bates while she is taking a shower. In the meantime, a detective by the name of Milton Arbogast is hired to track Ms. Crane down and retrieve the money. He eventually comes in contact with Mr. Bates at the Bates Motel where Marion Crane was staying, after trying to come in contact with Norman's mother, detective Arbogast is murdered by Ms. Bates as well and when he does not report to Lila Crane, Marion's sister, and Sam Loomis, Marion's lover they become worried. They go talk to the sheriff about Mr. Bates and find out that his mother was killed years before, by suicide, when Norman was a boy. It is revealed to the audience beforehand that Mr. Bates actually murdered his mother and her lover and has been suffering from dissociative identity disorder and posing as Ms. Bates the whole time. Having their suspicions, they go to check on the detective and are made aware that Ms. Bates was in fact dead and it was Norman the whole ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. Essay on Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock A running theme that is presented to the audience in Psycho is the opposition that exists between good and evil. This is shown throughout the movie among the different characters. Examples can also be taken from conflicts within the characters. Certain conflicts and how the characters deal with them and each other are what shape the structure of the movie. The perception that the audience receives of the characters change throughout the movie by the different conflicts that arise. These conflicts show the audience many sides of good and evil portrayed by the different characters. One of the first impressions of evil in this movie is the character Tom Cassidy. His character is an affluent middle... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... At this point the audience is drawn towards Marion's flight. They want her to succeed. Her goals have become the viewers' goals. With Marion, the audience loses all power of rational control, and discovers how easily a "normal" person can lapse into a condition usually associated with neurosis. After her encounter with the cop, Marion quickly loses her ability to think rationally. She starts to imagine conversations, and knows that Sam will never accept the money. This fact itself shows that her sense of logic is gone. A rationally thinking person would have realized that she would never get away with the crime. As Marion drives on into darkness rain begins to fall heavily. The viewers' begin to feel as Marion does, hopeless and weary. Her endless journey takes a turn due to an illumination on the side of the road. Marion exits her car at the Bates motel and finds a deserted office. She then turns to discover a large Transylvanian type house on the hill above the motel. A shadow is seen walking past an upstairs window, then a young man is then seen running down the stairs to greet her. He introduces himself as the proprietor of the motel, Norman Bates. As he is checking her in the two begin to converse. Norman finds out that Marion is very hungry. He offers to fix her dinner in the kitchen of the house on the hill. He shows her to her room and tells her to make herself comfortable. He said he would return once dinner was done. As ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. Hitchcock's Psycho Essay Hitchcock's Psycho Psycho first hit our screens in 1960 directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It faced major controversy, as it was different. Horror films before this were more unrealistic and gruesome. Psycho was a groundbreaking film of the horror genre. It was more realistic the events could happen in reality. Censorship was very strict at this time. Film standards agencies censored films showing sex before marriage, nakedness, violence and gore. Fortunately, Hitchcock overcame these restrictions in many ways. He used a series of shots to film the shower scene instead of continuous shot. He used chocolate sauce for blood and he had a knife stabbing a melon to imitate the sound of the butcher knife ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This hugely increased the despair and shock, the feeling of loss even when a character is brutally murdered. Straight away Hitchcock begins to build our sympathies for Marion Crane. He uses several cinematic techniques to create a mise–en–scene. Mise–en–scene is everything a viewer can see within a certain frame and consists of many aspects. For instance, Hitchcock uses a high–angle, mid range establishing shot to put Marion in her context, and highlight her vulnerability. The music forpsycho is critical to the film as a whole. Each time a character is killed, when the murderer emerges from their hiding place, the high–pitched music strings up the jumpy rhythm, before the rest of the instruments join in. The music sets the tone for almost all the scenes. The shower scene, in which Marion is fatally stabbed, would be nowhere near as effective without its music. Music is also the key to the film due to its ability to build up expectations within the audience and create large amounts of tension and suspense. Another example of sound is Hitchcock's use of voice over. For instance, as Marion drives away with the money she ha stolen, she imagines conversations between the people she has left behind and their reactions to her faults. Hitchcock also uses sound, which doesn't complement the image that we see. Whilst the on screen ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho: The Story of Norman Bates Essay Throughout cinema, there has always been space in our hearts for the gore and intrigue that come from horror films. Though they come with different plots, there remains "the monster", the character that brings along disgust, horror, suspense, and even sympathy. In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), our monster is Norman Bates, the boy next door. This was one of the first times in American cinema that the killer was brought home, paving the way for the future of horror movies. According to Robin Wood in "An Introduction to the America Horror Film" (183 –208), Bates follows the formula of the Monster being a human psychotic. This is conveyed through his normal faГ§ade portrayed with his introduction, the audience's ambivalence, the use of ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Though we are disturbed at the evil things he is doing, we feel a sense of sympathy towards him. We feel for him because of how his mother had treated him. We in turn teach our sub consciousness to start blaming the mother for all the murders that have been committed, just like Norman does. Both Norman's faГ§ade of normality and our ambivalence towards his character verifies him as a quintessential psychopath. Norman's psychotic ways are also revealed through Hitchcock's use of motifs. His repeated use of birds have an underlying meaning of Norman's dangerousness. His hobby is avian taxidermy and in numerous shots birds are displayed in the background. A shot of when the mise en scene evokes his eerie connection towards his hobby is in the parlor. The parlor is decorated with his stuffed trophy birds mounted on the walls or on stands– an enormous predatory, nocturnal owl with outstretched wings, and a raven. Both owl and raven are in frame lurking behind Norman and representing his concealed character. Like the owl, he is a predator, in full attack mode on Marian. He also doesn't wait until the daytime to kill her, he slays her in the shower at night like a nocturnal psychopath. As if with the raven's knife like beak, Norman murdered Marian, following in the footsteps of killing when it is easiest. Another figure that Wood describes to adding on to the psychotic ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. Analysis Of The Movie ' Marion Crane ' Marion Crane leaved Phoenix she isn't married, but wants to move with her boyfriend, however money is a big dilemma for both of them until her boss client drop on her desk $40,000 to close a deal and she decide to runaway to California and meet her boyfriend, but after look suspicious for sleeping on the side of the road the first night, she decided to take the back roads next day to avoid police and she stopped at "Bates Motel" the second night where she meets Norman Bates, that owns the place and look really friendly, but it is obvious that he has issues with his mother. Overview of the Film Themes: Money $40,000 that Marion stole from her boss and put her in the Motel. The money shows on numerous scenes, but at the end money is just money Birds Norman office is full of birds all stuffed and he shows big passion for what he does and even compare Marion with the birds, but then contradicted himself on what he is saying. Mother Norman's mother is in charge of everything, she owns the hotel and have total control of Norman's life. Voyeurism Norman intentional put Marion in room 1 to be able to spy on her when she was undressing and getting ready to go to bed. Bathroom The most important and long scenes happened in the bathroom, even the clue that assure that Marion stays in "Bates Motel". Mental illness Norman Bates suffers from personality disorder and can't distinguish on what he does or what his mom does or make him do. Serial Killer At the end we find out the Marion
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  • 28. Psycho Social Psychology Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock is a horror movie. This movie was released in 1960, and it is 109 minutes long. The plotline of the movie Psycho is that a young employee, Marion Crane run away after stealing $40,000 from her office and get murdered in a motel where she was spending a night due to the strong storm. The motel was owned by a young man named Norman Bates, and he was living with his invalid mother in an old house next to the motel. It is not revealed that Norman's mother is invalid until Lila(Marion's sister) and Sam(Marion's boyfriend) decides to go to the motel in search of Marion. Lila and Sam initially hired a private detective to search Marion, but unfortunately, the detective also got killed in the motel when he found out that ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... For example, since the dominant setting of the movie is Norman Bates house and motel, and it is located in an isolated place which suggests that it is a horror and mystery movie. Moreover, the isolated setting tells us the character of Norman is lonely and he is more likely to be affected by a psychological disease. The choice in Mise–En–Scene in terms of lightning and shooting angle in the shower scene where Marion was killed is very interesting. For example, when the killer was trying to kill Marion, the killer's face was not shown because of the choices made in lighting and shooting angle, which leaves the audience in suspense about the killer's identity. Also, the choices made in dressing the murderer as an old lady convince the audience to believe that it is Norman's mother who has killed Marion. The shower scene is very long and it is pivotal to the movie because it is a mixture of horror, suspense, and mystery. Most of the shots in the shower scene are close–up shots, including the shots of the shower water and shots of Marion's body which includes but not limited to her legs before the murder and her back, face, and hands after the murder. These close–up are intended to feel emotions and create suspense for the audience. Apart from this, the shower scene shows continuity cutting because different shots are taken and edited to show a consistency of the scene in the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Norman Bates In Psycho The Essence of Psychological Innocence In Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho, Norman Bates is portrayed as a serial killer. Many would imply the notion that Norman is guilty due to the multiple killings he performed throughout the film; however, Norman Bates is innocent. Suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)– or multiple personality disorder– Bates' uncontrollable and horrendous acts of murder [are his] cries for help. In the same fashion, Bates' lack of social interaction alongside his mother's influence both play grand roles in his inability to properly interact with people. Moreover, in Bates' twisted childhood, he depended strongly on his mother for "social interaction.". The moment Norman matricide his mother he disconnected himself from the only social interaction that he had. Matricide is when a... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In the film, he talks about taking care of his mother when he was having a conversation with Marion Crane, Norman states to Marion "I don't hate her; I hate the illness," meaning he loves her, but he is aware of the mental toll that she has put him through. He was hinting that his mother was not normal or that he wasn't himself. Marion suggested that maybe he should committed her to a mental institution. Norman immediately shut that idea down by stating, "If you love someone, you don't do that to them," he fights his mother mentally, but he treats her like his lover. In his mind it was the mental version of her not allowing him to come out of the house and interact with other women that sparked his Dissociative Identity Disorder. She used her son as a substitute lover and her hatred for any women that could take Norman away is what triggered his disorder. In his mind he thinks he is his mother, and he thinks he switches roles. Bates looks caring, innocent and helpful, but in reality, he is mentally ill, mother–obsessed, and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 30. Bates Motel Analysis A young woman pulls into a motel, somewhere in California. It's raining. She checks in, alone, and settles for the night. Once in the room, the woman then undresses and turns on the shower. As she showers, a suspenseful violin music starts playing and she's surprised by what seems to be an old lady holding a knife, who violently pulls aside the shower curtain. The woman screeches. The attacker then stabs the naked woman multiple times until she lies dead in the bathtub. Does this scenario sound familiar to you? Then you've probably seen or heard of "Psycho", Alfred Hitchcock's chef–d'oeuvre. The master of suspense 1960 film and Robert Bloch's book of the same name became the inspiration for the new A&E television series "Bates Motel," a contemporary prequel to Hitchcock's movie that debuted March of last year. The series depicts Norman Bates and the story behind the shower killer's bizarre personality, his murders, and his sick relationship with his mom, which explains the aftermath we see in Psycho. Bates Motel gives us the privilege of watching talented Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates and English actor Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates. You'll probably remember Highmore as Charlie Bucket in the 2005 reworking of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," where he shares the big screen with Johnny Depp – who supposedly endorsed him for the role – or Peter Davis in "Finding Neverland" (2004), his most acclaimed performance. In Bates Motel, Highmore shows a deeper acting of an obscure ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. Editing In Psycho The 1960 film Psycho includes one of the most well–known murder scenes to ever be filmed by Alfred Hitchcock. Through the use of editing Hitchcock was able to draw his audience in and make them feel as if they were there in room watching every event unfold before their own two eyes. Critical analysis of the killing of Marion Crane will include analysis of the editing and camera angels used in her final moments of her life. This scene has been reviewed thousands of times and is still today considered ahead of its time. Hitchcock composed Marion Crane's murder using the three attributes of editing to draw the scene together and make it look like a particularly vicious, these three attributes are of course: creating meaning through collage, tempo, and timing.... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Crane was attacked while staying in the Bates Motel by an unknown female character, who was originally presented to the audience as female. We later find out is actually Norman Bates, the motel owner. Norman Bates, however, in this scene was not "Norman Bates" he was actually "Mother." "Mother" was a second personality the Norman had adopted after his actual mother died. "Mother" was an alternate personality no one was aware of until the ending, in which Norman acting for "Mother"is caught in the act of committing another murder. In the scene where "Mother" kills Marion she sneaks into Marion's motel room while she showers and surprises her. Then stabs her to death, and then leaves her to bleed out in the bathtub. "Mother" acts in a wildly, animalistic fashion during this scene, which is aided by the style in which Hitchcock films and edits his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. Psycho Movie Analysis The movie that I chose to do my movie review over is Psycho. In this movie a young woman, Marion, is having a sexual relationship with this man that she does not know is married to another woman. Marion works for a company doing the financial needs, and one day she is given a suitcase that is she is suppose to take to the bank for her boss. She ends up stealing the money, leaving town and booking her way to see her lover. A few incidences happen to her while she makes her way to her man, but it is when she gets to the Bates Motel that things start to get psychology weird. When she reaches the hotel there is a man there by the name of Norman Bates. Norman is not normal at all, he is struggling from a multiperson disorder and inability to know wrong and right. He tells the Marion that his mother is alive and living in the house but really she is dead, he had killed her previously. He goes into details to Marion about his relationship with his dead mother. Marion, is very intrigued and happy to hear what Norman has to say about his and his mother relationship, but tells Norman she needs to get herself ready for the man she had come to see. As Marion organizes herself and makes her way to the shower, Norman is in the hotel office, through a hole in the wall behind a hanging picture, watching her get undressed. He watches for a solid five minutes before the scene changes to him running at the shower curtain swinging a knife and killing Marion. During this part of the movie, you ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. What Is Hitchcock's Psycho? Psycho is a thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock released in 1960. The film featured a talented cast including Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, who has a complicated relationship with his mother, and Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, who is on the run. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho passes the test of time through creative use of pacing and revealing of information crucial to the story being told. Hitchcock's McGuffin of $40,000 dollars set up the climax of the movie brilliantly and serves as internal conflict for Marion. Marion steals the $40,000 dollars instead of bringing it to the bank as she was instructed by her boss. She did this to pay off her boyfriend's debt, as learned at the very beginning of the film. Her countless imaginary conversations ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. Psycho Movie Psychology The suspenseful TV series, Bates Motel, shocked a multitude of Hitchcock fans last May with the death of Norma Bates. It was well known from the 1960 film, Psycho, the death of the beloved lead actress was inevitable from the start, but the bold move of how early it actually was has left many anticipating the return of the fifth season. The creation of such a mind–boggling TV prequel to Hitchcock's 1960 hit film, Psycho, was well thought out through its grand acting performances from both lead actor and actress (Highmore and Farmiga), its artful directing taste, and its insanely insightful character development. There are a few questions that arise about how realistic it is and how the setting doesn't line up with the original movie. All in all, it is a thrilling, thought–provoking show that lets the audience see how Norman Bates's personality disorder actually developed over time. Many may remember the movie, Psycho, as the classic horror film that had an iconic shower–stabbing scene. The movie is about an eerily creepy man named Norman Bates who at times believes he is his deceased mother, Norma Bates. When he is Norma, he murders beautiful women that check into the Bates Motel. The TV series is set as a prequel to Psycho and begins in the modern day with a seventeen–year–old sweet and charming ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The ultimate end game is to have Norman where he can't distinguish his hallucinations from reality just like in Psycho. The show builds up this process season after season taking Norman from the sweet kid he is to a serial psychopathic murderer. The audience is given a chance to watch as his blackouts grow to be just darkness to his mother talking to him to him actually becoming his homicidal mother. This concept is so engaging yet so tragically ominous, that one is left feeling a mix of emotions by the end of each ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. Tension in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Essay Tension in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho When Psycho was first released in cinemas in 1960, audiences all over the world were shocked. They were shocked that something as sexually explicit, for that era, was being screened in hundreds of cinemas. Although audiences of the modern day are used to violence and sex scenes, the audiences of the 60's reacted in different ways. Some people viewed Psycho as a cinematic brilliance but other critics gave the film many bad initial reviews. This is because Hitchcock was extremely secretive in the making and publicity. He did not allow critics' to see the film at special screenings. Instead they had to see the film with the ordinary filmgoers after the release. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This boldly suggests that she has turned the corner from being a good girl to a bad girl. The use of mirrors signifies the chaos/evil theme, which Hitchcock favors. The scene where Marian holds up the money beside the mirror in the Bates motel's toilets, shows Hitchcock's idea of the innerself and private self being shown in the reflection of the mirror. We are shown that Marian is uncertain of the situation. However when we see a reflection of Norman Bates in a window, it implies that although he has a nice outer persona, he must have a darker innerself. Hitchcock uses weather to a great advantage. It is a great atmosphere–maker as whenever we see the Bates House, it is always in shadow, whether it's raining or sunny. The weather makes it gloomy and sinister. At Marian's arrival at the motel, the rain blinds her way so she has no choice but to stop at that particular motel. Perhaps if it hadn't been raining she wouldn't have stopped and thus not met her dreadful demise. The house is always shot in cloud or gloom like a haunted house. The use of lights in the house adds atmosphere because from the outside it gives the impression of waiting and watchful eyes. Bates house is always shot from a low angle, this makes the steps up to the house seem never–ending. This maintains tension as we don't know when ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. Bates Motel Character Analysis Show review: Bates Motel Characters: Norman Bates: He is a nice kid in the beginning of season one but things start to get a little.. Psycho Norma Bates: Norman's mother, husband died, Loves her son norman than anything or anybody (norman loves her the same, maybe more) Sheriff Romero: Sheriff of the scary town they all live in, (spoilers don't read if you like the show so far) eventually gets into a relationship with Norma and has off emotions about the newer norman (psycho) Emma: School girl who finds interest in Norman and eventually starts working at the motel, she has an illness that makes her lungs fill up with mucus and needs lung transplants. She carries a tank with her. Dylan Massit: Norman's other son, Norman's half brother. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. Mary Crane In The Film Psycho The main character of Psycho is Mary Crane who starts as a nice real estate office worker but when she is supposed to take $40,000 in cash to the bank she runs off to help pay off her lover's debt to his ex–wife. She stops at a hotel to stay the night but is killed by the hotels owner's mother. This is one of the biggest plot point in the movie because it starts the search for her that leads the other characters to the hotel to figure out where she went. A detective is given the case to find her to get the $40,000 from her and the detective, Milton Arbogast, follows Mary's sister, Lila Crane, to Mary's lover, Sam Loomis, because Lila thinks that Sam is hiding Mary's. When Lila is talking to Sam about Mary Detective Arbogast walks in and explains... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... So, the sheriff said he probably found the money and ran off with it and that Sam and the detective were just seeing things. The sheriff said he would look at the motel in the morning and when Sam and Lila meet the sheriff again he had already gone to the motel and didn't see anything. So, Sam and Lila weren't amused by this result and went to inspect the motel themselves. After Sam distracted Bates, Lila went up to the house to look for Bates' mother but couldn't find her. When Bates realized what was happening he ran up to the house and Lila had to hide so she went in the cellar and found what she thought was Bate's mother in there but when she turned it around it was just a rotting corpse. Then Bates came running into the room with a knife dressed as a woman trying to kill Lila. Sam stopped him and held him down for the police to arrive. This is the biggest plot point in the movie because you realize that the mother had been dead for years and Bates was acting like his mother and killing people. Bates believed he was his mother and that anytime Bates was attracted to a girl his mother would kill her because the girl could take Bates away from ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. A Review of Psycho Essay A Review of Psycho He was known to his audience as the 'Master of Suspense' and what Hitchcock mastered was not only the art of making films but also the task of taming his own mad imagination Hitchcock told his stories through intelligent plots, witty dialogue and a spoonful of mystery and murder. In doing so, he inspired a new generation of filmmakers and revolutionized the thriller genre, making him a worldwide legend. His brilliance was sometimes too bright: He was hated as well as loved, oversimplified as well as over analyzed. Hitchcock was eccentric, demanding, inventive, impassioned and he had a great sense of British humour. The story Psycho has an interesting plot. It starts off ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... He checks up on her and asks if she is OK. I think most people would if you saw this woman sleeping in her car on the side of a main road. The Sheriff suggests that the she should have slept in a Motel and he asks her why she didn't. When Marion leaves it appears as if the Sheriff is following her but its just Marion's paranoid imagination as the Sheriff turns off at an exit along the freeway. It's the money that does it! As she has been told by an authority of the law she, unusually, does what he says. I say unusually because in this day and age... well. It start to get dark again and it starts to rain. Whilst she is driving she catches a glimpse of a sign for the Bates' Motel and pulls into it. When she gets out of her car she waits, knocking at the door of the Motel's office. In the house on the hill there is figure moving around and it peeps out of the window, like a little old lady but not. The figure comes rushing down quickly to let Marion the soaked rat into the office for a room. The man who greets her introduces himself as Norman Bates, the proprietor of the Bates Motel. He starts to gas on like an old woman and Marion, not wanting to talk and just to sleep, tries to end the conversation. Unfortunately for her Norman offers her some sandwiches and milk, very homely and thoughtful you must say. She ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 39. Analysis Of Alfred Hitchcock's Film Bates Motel When looking at the Netflix production of their show named Bates Motel, they examine the early life of the main character Norman Bates. It is a spinoff of Alfred Hitchcock's film Bates Motel from the 1960's. During this show, we see the first murder of Norman is his father, and as the show goes on overtime you can see the different phycological problems of Norman develop into Schizophrenia where he suppresses the murders that he commits in his mind making him dissociated with his crimes and never showing remorse (Schmalleger, 2012). When doing our reading this week, it discussed that some violent dissociated killers would return to the crime or show up at the victims grave site, and this is what made me think of this show to answer this question. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 40. Essay Dualism in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho The characters in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) each have a dual nature that is masterfully portrayed through character development and use of mirrors throughout the film. The very first shot in Psycho is zooming in from an open view of the city where it is a bright and sunny day. As the shot zooms in further and further it comes into a dark and shaded room that shows Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and Sam Loomis (John Gavin) having an affair in a undisclosed hotel. This is dualistic image is just one example of many that Hitchcock has placed in this film. Marion Crane is the first main character that is focused upon for the first half of Psycho. "All that Marion Wants, after all, are the humble treasures of love, marriage, home, and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Marion's death is very symbolic and dualistic in a multitude of ways. "The fact that Marion is nonetheless murdered after her self–realization suggests that neither she nor the society that produced her is recuperable" (Gottlieb, Brookhouse 362) [Christopher Sharrett 362] Once Marion had made that fatal mistake to become a criminal, she was destined to die as a criminal, with no chance of salvation. This is very dualistic of the ending of the frontier, which was right around the time Psycho was produced. "the movement of the film is steadily downward and inward, away from the feeling of daylight, abundance, and expanse to a nightmarish claustrophobia that exteriorizes the unconscious mind." (Gottlieb, Brookhouse 362) [Christopher Sharrett 362] The image of the West being a gigantic open expanse was coming to an end and Hitchcock showed that the frontier was finished and there was no chance of it coming back. Hitchcock places a large amount of dualism between the characters of Marion, Sam, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), and Lila Crane (Vera Miles). "The first couple, Sam and Marion, engenders the second, Norman and Marion: Norman has thus taken the place of Sam. Yet he has actually, diegetically speaking, taken the place of Marion, given the mirror dialectic between the sexes and their psychic structurations." (Deutalbaum, Poague 357) [Bellour 357] The couple of Marion and Sam never got a chance to be married, but as the film goes through the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...