Psycho

Setting
The setting of psycho is mainly in an abandoned motel in the middle of nowhere , the fact that it’s abandoned and hardy anyone goes their gives Norman Bates an ideal location for his horrific actions, no one will be around to see him hiding the bodies or hear the screams.

Character
Norman Bates the monster, crazy, mentally ill, he had two personalities his + his mothers.

Sound
Horror music it has like a heartbeat scenario to it, its like the sound of someones heart racing
Lighting
Dark with shadowy backrounds. But its a black and white film so the lighting doesn’t stand out much. when it’s day it’s light, when it’s night it’s dark, however most bad things that happen, happen at night.

Narrative Structure
The narrative structure of Psycho, follows the basic structure: an intro, then the inciting event where she steals the money and runs away, and act two she goes to the motel, meets Norman and gets murdered. The climax is when the sister and boyfriend go to the motel and look around and come across the mother/ or Norman pretending to be his mother, something no one ever expected, and then we see the epilogue of finding out what happens to Norman, he is captured however the ending is not what the audience expected.

Pace
The pace of the film is actually quite slow in almost all the shots, the bits with the stabbings, however, are quite fast paced, there are a lot of shots in such a short time, and this gives a certain dread, a chill to the scene, makes it cold, a simple murder with no emotional attachment.

SFX
Special effects in Psycho are definitely not a key feature, psycho is much more narrative based.