Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho is a good example of a thriller. The surroundings give the audience an uneasy feeling which gives them a clue that something is going to happen. This film is a successful thriller as the man is the villain and there are several people who try to step in and be the hero but fail as a result to the villain's actions.
The tension builds up to the shower scene, where the woman is then brutally killed. The man at the Bates Motel gives the audience an uneasy feeling as he asks the woman many questions and watches her as she leaves to go to her room. The shower scene is shot from close up and medium angle but does not include any long shot angles, this makes us feel that we cannot see any of the surrounding outside the shot so are unaware of what might happen. While the woman is taking the shower, mostly digetic sounds can be heard, up until the man appears behind the shower curtain where music is played to emphasise the killing.
A particular interesting part of this scene is where the eye and plug hole are repeatedly shown. The eye symbolizes the plug hole, this is where the water is drained, in this case it represents the woman's death, her life being taken and drained away.
In this scene, as the woman dies, it is shot from a high camera angle. This portrays how vulnerable the victim is.
The shower scene also contains a lot of close up shots which change quickly, portraying how quick the killing is happening and how it ends in no time. It also creates more tension.
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