Show How Hitchcock Achieves This In The Shower Scene Of 'Psycho'.

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Ben Shepherd

'I don't care about the subject matter, I don't care about

the acting, but I do care about the pieces of film and the photography and all the technical ingredients that makes

the audience scream'. (Alfred Hitchcock).

Show How Hitchcock Achieves This In The Shower Scene Of 'Psycho'

Alfred Hitchcock, known across the globe for his famously shocking and revolutionary films. Hitchcock had an exceptional talent to make a piece of film, add some techniques and make it the most shocking piece of film in its time. In particular 'Psycho' was an incredibly outrageous film, which with all of its techniques blended together, working like a well-oiled machine, really did make the audience scream.

Hitchcock has an intriguing way of bringing the audience through the story line to the Bate's Motel. Hitchcock splits the narrative into two plot lines; the first is almost just a means of getting the audience to the action.

The second plot line crushes the audience's expectations and leaves them feeling a sense of unknown, and insecurity. The first plot line runs through Marion stealing the money, this creates the audience do not immediately assume