- Non diegetic music.
- Fade to black
- Dutch angle
- Credits
- Idents
- Narrative Enigma
- False Scare
- Intertextuality
- Post Modernism
- Exposition
- Anchorage
- Polysemy (withold info)
- Audio bridge
- Chase scene
- Slice n Dice
- Stalk n slash
- Scream Queen
- Genre Signifiers (Easily recognisable)
- Binary Opposites (Blonde Busty Fit girl dies first... Brunette Ugly Geek dies last.)
- Serif font in the titles (Usually Red)
- Fast pace editing.
- Short takes (Violence usually)
- Establishing shot.
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock 1960)
Box Office
Budget:$806,947 (estimated)
Gross:$50,000,000 (Worldwide)
In the film is was shot in black and white because of the blood censorship, they could get away with having it as X rating. At the time this was one of the highest ratings for a film however is equvalent to a 12A/PG now.
Also this film brought a great argument to film as it was the first film to ever show a flushing toilet because usually it is seen as disgusting in 1960.
Saul Bass was the creator of the famous title sequence in the 50's and 60's in Alfred HItchcock's film Phycho. The titles where created very cleaverly and have an animation of being "slashed" through by a knife which works well with the film. You can also see in on the film poster how the title has been slashed. Throughout the title sequence the main cast was in large font and the less known was smaller. Janet Leigh as Marion Crane was the highlighted cast as she was the most famous actor in the film at the time in 1960. Alfred Hitchcock was mentioned twice in the titles to identify the director with the film Auteur.
Opening Scene
In the opening shot it almost lasts 2 minutes long to establish the setting. It includes the following.
- Extreme Long Shot as the Establishing shot.
- Signifies the city setting.
- Panning/birds eye shot.
- Cross dissolve transition.
- Titles on screen provide exposition.
- Four panning shots
- Extreme long shot.
- Cuts off.
- Hand of fate.
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