Psycho for Psycho

Psycho is a masterpiece that took the infamous Alfred Hitchcock and his crew 30 days to shoot, edit and produce. Psycho is said to have validated modern horror through its unique filming techniques.

Personally, I cannot get enough of this movie. From its insanely rich backstory, dedication from the director, to the acting provided by all of the cast members this movie will always be one of my favourites.

The effort that the production crew put into Psycho’s technicalities is absolutely phenomenal. The camera angles that Alfred Hitchcock sketched in the storyboards were so unique and fabulous. Anyone who watched Psycho can and will notice all of the hard work Hitchcock put into the shots. One of my favourite scenes in the movie where you can clearly see all of the hard work Hitchcock put into the camera framing is when Norman Bates and Marion Crane are sitting down in the motel lobby getting to know one another.  Throughout this scene, the camera takes turns showing each character individually throughout the painfully awkward conversation they are having. When the camera shows Norman Bates (played by Anthony Perkins—Perfect casting choice by the way! I never knew a folk singer could act like an insane young fellow as well as Perkins did) it was through an awkward low cantend angle. This gave me a set of un-ease when he appeared on screen as these angles occurred when the audience is just starting to get to know Norman. Now, if the audience members are as crazy as I am and like to analiyse the silly little things like camera angles, they will get an un-easy feeling about Norman Bates and suspicion from the audience members should arise. When the camera focus’ on Marion Crane (played by Janet Leigh) the use of level angles conveys to the audience that Marion is a very calm, proper lady. This is just one of the very many times that Alfred Hitchcock uses camera angling to portray his character, well, character.

Alfred Hitchcock knew what he wanted to be in the finished project from the first day of shooting. He knew what everything was going to look like and would not settle because of a no from anyone. He worked as hard as he could and his admirable work and effort he poured into his creation certainly payed off. I definitely recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys horror movies that have a bit of a twist.

#FunFactOfTheBlog -- When this movie was premiered in the theatres, there was a rule that Alfred Hitchcock enforced for the audience members. That rule is that everyone seeing the movie had to see it from start to end, that means that you could not buy a ticket after the movie had already started showing.

#FunFactOfTheBlog-- (#2) -- After seeing this movie, Walt Disney banned Alfred Hitchcock from Disney World because of (and I quote) "That disgusting film Psycho!"

Guess it just was not Walts cup of tea eh?

Anyways Adios,

Kait


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