Thursday, 20 October 2011

Famous Shower Scene From Psycho


This is a side view of the woman, in the background the walls and doors are white which signifies the purity and innocence of the woman, this is ironic because is could signify that she has not fully lived her life and is soon going to be taken away from her. She is checking that the door is closed to ensure privacy before she gets into the shower, this also emphasizes irony because a man will soon appear to disrupt her privacy and kill her.


This is a low angle shot of the water falling down on the woman's face, this shot allows us to see what she sees  in her perspective, this makes us feel the same emotions as the woman and will later on emphasize sympathy for the woman when she dies as we have seen life in her eyes or as her.

This shot emphasizes the 'bad guy' character as he is in dark shadowed colour, portrayed as mysterious but also negatively as he is a dark silhouette in a light atmosphere, this same technique is also used later on in the podcast when this man stabs her, her blood is the dark colour in the light atmosphere. The darkness in the light of the room shows evil to make us feel on edge as someone is coming, the man is holding a knife which immediately clocks 'danger'. However, the darkness and shadow of the person shows mystery.



This close up shot of a hand signifies the woman desperately gasping for help, this portrays the woman holding onto her last hope life, but when her hand drags along the wall and onto the floor, the audience knows that she has no hope left. The woman is weakening, she has no or little strength left and is desperate to live.



This is a high angle shot of the plug hole which portrays the woman's life being washed away, it is literally going down the plug hole.



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