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The camera goes from the perspective of Lila to eye match on the house multiple times as the music builds as she is getting closer. This was an anticipated moment where the audience almost can't wait to see what is inside. Throughout the whole film it has been such a mystery and audiences usually fear the unknown greatly in horror films. This scene could have been looked at as not very noteworthy however it stood out to me and had a great impact.
What other scenes stood out to you in the aspect of anticipation in Psycho?
I agree that a large element within this film was anticipation. The constant waiting for someone to be stabbed and killed. Alfred Hitchcock accomplished this in many different techniques such as lighting and music. To answer your question, when there is a shadow approaching behind the shower curtain in the shower scene, when Detective Milton Arbogast is walking up the stairs of the mansion, and when mother's skeleton is slowly turning around in the chair to face Lila Crane.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of your points. I think that another element that adds to the anticipation and scare factors is darkness. I felt that whenever it was dark outside, there was a greater chance of something bad happening. I have always associated darkness with negativity, so this comes into play in this case. It is less likely for someone to be murdered in broad daylight, and maybe psychopaths have a preference for the time and place that they want to kill their victims. But then again, it is hard to predict the ways that a psychopath goes about their killing processes. Anyhow, darkness makes any situation scarier, and it was especially spooky in the film when it was dark outside and the camera showed the house looming in the darkness, filled with the unknown.
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