Psycho

Psycho

Psycho is a psychological- thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1960, starring Vera Miles, Janet Leigh and Antony Perkins. The storyline is based on a secretary who begins her journey after she steals a large amount of money from her employer, throughout her long journey she stops at a secluded motel which is owned by a very disordered man who accomponies her at dinner and get's talking to her. While she is at the hotel, she becomes a murder victim to the own Norman Bates, after she is brutally murdered Norman Bates does everything to clear the evidence. After not hearing from her sister and finding out that she has gone mising, Marion Crane attempts to look for her sister at the motel with her sister's former lover.



Alfred Hitchcock Psycho was pronounced as one of Hitchcock's best peice. This is because he was the first to present such a gruesome murder, in the 1960's films were very peaceful in the way they presented murder, psycho was known best for the murder scene. There were a variety of different angles used to make the murder look more realistic for the audience. CharactersIn most films, the audience usually get a feel as to who is the 'bad guy' and 'good guy'
however in this film, characters are are presented in a mysterious way. Alfred Hitchcock presented his characters in a very confusing way. In the beginning we gather that Norman Bates has a mysterious side to him, later on we learn that he has a personality disorder which makes him switch personalities between his mother and himself.

Shower Scene 

This was one of the most memorable scenes for it's gruesome, realistic detail on murder. At first it became an issue for the production company as they were not used to seeing such detailed murder scenes, in the shower scene the sound effects actually sound like someone is being stabbed and the screams are very realistic.

Second production meeting

Members: 
Manjit Ram

Casting:
Farwa Ahmed And Hamida Begum

I have thought about a wide range of choices for the plot of my thriller, I have now thought about my storyline.

Plot - A woman likes everything up to perfection and then she realises everything around her starts to go out of place, she feels confused as to whether she is seeing things or not however she is convinced that something mysterious is going on. Her best friend thinks she is going mad and seeing things.

Rope

Rope -  Rope is a thriller based film made in 1948 by Alfred Hitchcock. The main characters in this thriller are James Stewart, John Dall and Farley Granger. It is a very mysterious thriller movie.

Two friends strangle their classmate who they perceive as being 'inferior' to them and hide his body in their apartment and then invite his family and friends over for a gathering which is held for him. They are percieved in the movie as twisted superior men who are making a mockery of his death and celebrating the fact that they think they will get away with their classmates murder. Killing a man and getting away with it to feeds to one's own intelectual vanity is the kind of trick Hitchcock excels at. Throughout the film from the moment the young men kill the young man, they hide his body in a box in a room where the party is being held, this leads the audience left in anticipation on whether or not someone will open or notice the box.

The main story plot builds towards a climax.

Rope is a film which was made in 1948 about two men who strangle an old 'classmate' they perceive as being inferior to them. They choose to hide the body in a chest draw and host a party with the draw chest draw in the room where the party is being held, this adds a thrill and suspensive feel to the movie. During the film after they strangle their old classmate they attempt to hide their crime from the other guests, however one of the males who participated in the crime begins to get paranoid and worried that someone will find out.

Suspense At the beginning of Rope, the audience become aware of who the antagonists are, as the first scene consists of the two men killing their old class mate and hiding the body in a chest draw. This adds a suspensive feel to the audience from the beginning, it leaves them thinking throughout the whole film if someone will suspect anything and look inside the chest draw. In films such as Rope building tension in a key element as it keeps the audience interested and makes them want to watch further. The fact that the chest draw is in the room the party is being held adds to the suspense as it makes the audience feel that anyone in the room could discover the body at any time.

Mis-en-scene 
The main setting of this film was in an apartment, majority of the scenes throughout the film were shot in the front room where the party was being held. Mis-en scene plays a big role in how the scene was displayed. In the shot below, the audience see the woman in grey looking up at the male, this shows that the man has more authority and is more dominant than her. It was very typical back in the 1940's to portray the male as a more powerful figure, most films still do this.                                                                                




Narrative theories 
This film follows Todorov's narrative theory as it starts off on an equilibrium, the equilibrium is disrupted when the murder takes place. The next stage is the recognition of the disruption, this is when the guests at the party begin to suspect something is wrong and the two men are are up to something. In the end the new equilibrium is not established however the audience discover the two men were already wanted by police.

Location visit sheet

Location Visit Sheet

Location Visit Sheet Writer: Manjit Ram  Producer: Manjit Ram Director: Hamida Begum Date: 16/03/15

Rough Sketch/Explanation of location and key points to note Location 1: Outside manjit's house, farwa and manjit are walking to manjit's house  Location 2: Manjit's passage way - Manjit get's angry with farwa when farwa questions why she is getting angry over the shoes that were out of place Location 3: Kitchen and living room - Manjit is washing uo and someone walks past kitchen window - in the living room she notices a photo has gone out of place

Health and Safety Issues to note: Trip hazards over - could fall over  Rough floor over park Scene where manjit is looking for farwa's lipstick things on mantlepeice could drop

Potential Filming Problems : Camera could drop on a high angle scene  Camera could stop working in between a scene

Shot list