This week's movie was the famous Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I am a fan of horror movies, but don't get to watch them often. I had never previously watched Psycho so was pretty excited. After having watched it, I realized it wasn't the level of scary I was expecting, but nonetheless, was still a good film to watch.
One thing that stands out about this movie, is the fact the main character is killed halfway into the movie. This got me thinking, what if Marion isn't the main character. What if the main character was someone else. So I started going through each character on who could be the true main character. The one character who made the most sense was Norman Bates. If you think about it, he was the last character shown in the movie. If Norman didn't exist you wouldn't have a plotline, to begin with. Also, Marion wasn't special. She wasn't the only victim of Mr. Bates. There were countless others before and even one after.
Another aspect of this movie that we talked about in class is the editing of shots. The usage of both fast-paced editing and long shots has a good balance. In the shower scene, the shots started long and as Norman came into the bathroom and killed, the shots were rapid. After, the shots got longer and longer panning out of the bathroom, showing the money, and out the window. Again this pattern happens at the very end of the movie. When the sister and boyfriend are being told what had happened and explaining Norman's condition, the shots aren't as rapid but they do change quickly. Then the final long shot leading down the hallway and panning to Norman with the voice over.
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