Psycho: The shower scene and relation to our own production

 

'Psycho' is one of the best known horror thrillers today and this is particularly portrayed in its famous 'shower scene'.

Psycho determines its genre of horror particularly in this scene. These screen shots show the classic scene in full, the scene contains a mixture of tense music to involve the audience and heighten the impact of the scene through emphasis on the sound. The music quickly sharpens as the blade appears to involve the audience as well. The scene uses an array of shot types to keep the killer hidden and also to show the full impact of his/her attack through blood and the final demise of the protagonist. The shots used in the scene give a 'delirious' aspect to the scene which adds to the tension further as we want to know who the killer is its so fast paced to the beginning of the film, it is also surprising and makes it truly stand out for its shock factor and high tension made by the music, props as well as shot types.

 The scene is a cult classic which has often been parodied in popular film culture and is the inspiration for a wide range of horror to date.

For our own film we have tried to incorporate similar aspects to the scene through a wide range of shots as well as a quick demise of the victim (played by Rowen Elliot) in which we will try and copy through a 'delirious' sequence and a ghosting effect so she can barely understand whats happening before the antagonists/masked ones pounce. This makes it feel more realistic also building high tension which will also be aided by very tense music that will sharply rise with the beginning of her death scene.