What makes PSYCHO
A thriller?
The key to all good thrillers is fear.
Thrillers use the primal fears of people to create a ‘thrilling’ movie. Fear of darkness, enclosed spaces, being alone, being followed and fear of animals such as spiders, these irrational fears are the foundation that directors build their films on.
But just as equally important are the conventions of thrillers, the basic guidelines if u like. E.g. characters, scene, setting, audio, lighting, camera work and editing.
The main characters of most thrillers is usually a woman, unless character driven behind the bad guy. Portrayed as helpless, vulnerable, small build, pretty, blonde; these are the main features of your average main character of thrillers. Hitchcock portrayed his female main character, ‘Marion Crane’, in just the same way. Small, blonde, pretty and vulnerable. The other main character and the villain of psycho ‘Norman Bates’ is shown at first to the audience as a kind, helpful man. A little on the peculiar side, which makes him seem a bit unnerving, and gives off the impression that there’s a lot more going on under his skin than he would wish to publicize. Hitchcock, using his brilliantly warped mind, built Norman from this into a twisted psychopath. Creepy and unnerving in every scene by only having to say a few words. A bird stuffing, unstable ‘man’ with an unhealthy relationship with his mother, claiming that ‘ a mans best friend is his mother’.
A thriller?
The key to all good thrillers is fear.
Thrillers use the primal fears of people to create a ‘thrilling’ movie. Fear of darkness, enclosed spaces, being alone, being followed and fear of animals such as spiders, these irrational fears are the foundation that directors build their films on.
But just as equally important are the conventions of thrillers, the basic guidelines if u like. E.g. characters, scene, setting, audio, lighting, camera work and editing.
The main characters of most thrillers is usually a woman, unless character driven behind the bad guy. Portrayed as helpless, vulnerable, small build, pretty, blonde; these are the main features of your average main character of thrillers. Hitchcock portrayed his female main character, ‘Marion Crane’, in just the same way. Small, blonde, pretty and vulnerable. The other main character and the villain of psycho ‘Norman Bates’ is shown at first to the audience as a kind, helpful man. A little on the peculiar side, which makes him seem a bit unnerving, and gives off the impression that there’s a lot more going on under his skin than he would wish to publicize. Hitchcock, using his brilliantly warped mind, built Norman from this into a twisted psychopath. Creepy and unnerving in every scene by only having to say a few words. A bird stuffing, unstable ‘man’ with an unhealthy relationship with his mother, claiming that ‘ a mans best friend is his mother’.
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