This scene
from ‘Psycho’ uses a typical horror film convention; close up camera
shots. This type of shot allows the audience to connect with the character
within them, in this case Marion, and understand and read their facial
expressions easily. Marion’s face is greyly lit – this conveys the idea that
she is innocent, but due to the immoral situation she is in (stealing money),
darkness is caving in on her, symbolising the notion that she is not plain
innocent and vulnerable anymore and could be foreshadowing the bad events coming
her way. The night time, low key
lighting utilises pathetic fallacy to connote death and a fear of the unknown
leaving the audience feeling uneasy and curious. This scene is an indication of
how Hitchcock uses pathetic fallacy in ‘Psycho’ to generate a eerie
atmosphere even before the infamous shower scene montage.
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