For next time (4/12): View Chicago Monday, April 5, 2010
For next time (4/12): View Chicago
Monday, April 5, 2010
Psycho- 1960
Monday, April 5, 2010
Psycho- 1960
Bernard HerrmannComposer
Alfred HitchcockDirector
Joseph StefanoScreenwriter
Robert BlochNovelist
John L. RussellCinematographer
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Good V. Evil and its dichotomy
Audience relating to and sympathizing with one character, then another.
Audience as voyeurs
Audience identifying with the danger
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Rationale for this opening?
Specific place and time
Random selection of people
This situation could be anyone’s
Establishes “us” asvoyeurs
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Food as a motif
Establishment of character dilemma and perhaps making a case for our sympathy.
Reference to a cheap hotel
lingerie
Narrative, character, theme and
motif elements
established here
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Foreshadow
Reference to her mother.
Character motivations
Marion- wants to get married
Sam- money problems
Also establishes sister as a factor
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Famous cameo.
Marion’s headache + thematic, charater & motivational references
Reference to her wedding
Reference to her mother
Reference to Marion’s sister
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Cassidy...motivations in the scene
“Happiness” in its association with money
Another wedding reference
“...oh, not you.”
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Marion’s dilemma...non-verbal suggestion
Lingerie
Camera tells the story
Self-reflection--mirror
Her dichotomy
As the audience, what is our
relationship with her at this point?
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Mise-en-scène |ˌmēz ˌä n ˈsen|is a French
term and originates in the theater. It means, literally, "put in the scene." For film, it has a broader meaning, and refers to almost everything that goes into the composition of the shot, including the composition itself: framing, movement of the camera and characters, lighting, set design and gen- eral visual environment, even sound as it helps elaborate the composition.
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What contributes to the Mise-en-scène in this clip?
2:00- 8:49
Also what do we learn from character interactionAs an audience how do we feel about Marion...Norman as the result of this scene
Discuss the parallels between Marion and NormanMonday, April 5, 2010
Shower Scene
90 + shot sequence
--Regarded as a defining cinematic moment--
Horrifically brings us, as audience members, into the scene.
Maybe not what we saw, but what we thought we saw.
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Saul Bass's storyboard
s for the Psycho shower scene
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Shower Scene
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Following the murder..... the remaining characters try to solve the mystery.
Sam & Lila
Arbogast
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A professional’s explanation......
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Final
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Trailer4:21
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