Psycho Questions

1. There are 39 shots used in the shower scene
2. 1st shot: Marion is washing her body
3. 2nd shot: Close up of shower head
4. 3rd shot: Marion rinses off
5. 4th shot: zoom in on Norman walking in the bathroom, the shower curtain is pulled away and he is holding a knife
6. 5th shot: Marion turning around and screaming
7. 6th shot: close up of Marion
8. 7th shot: extreme close up of Marion’s mouth
9. 8th shot: Norman holding the knife
10. 9th shot: Norman stabbing Marion
11. 10th shot: Medium shot of Norman holding the knife
12. 11th shot: Marion raises her arm
13. 12th shot: Marion is trying to fight back at Norman
14. 13th shot: Close up of Marion screaming
15. 14th shot: Overhead shot of Norman still stabbing Marion
16. 15th shot: Close up of Marion screaming
17. 16th shot: Overhead shot of Marion and Norman fighting
18. 17th shot: Medium close up of Norman holding the knife
19. 18th shot: Medium shot of Marion getting stabbed by Norman
20. 19th shot: Medium of Norman holding the knife
21. 20th shot: close up of Marion getting stabbed
22. 21st shot: Close up of Norman holding the knife
23. 22nd shot: Close up of Marion getting stabbed
24. 23 shot: Close of Norman holding the knife
25. 24th shot: Close up of Marion squinting her eyes as she is getting stabbed
26. 25th shot: Close up of Norman holding the knife
27. 26th shot: Close up of Marion’s stomach and her getting stabbed
28. 27th shot: Close up of Marion’s face
29. 28th shot: Shot of Norman’s arm and the knife
30. 29th shot: Close up of the side of Marion’s body and the knife stabbing her
31. 30th shot: Close up of Marion screaming as she gets stabbed
32. 31st shot: Shot of Marion’s feet and blood
33. 32nd shot: Close up of Marion’s face
34. 33rd shot: Medium close up of Marion’s face while she screams
35. 34th shot: Shot of her legs
36. 35th shot: Extreme shot of Marion grabbing onto the wall
37. 36th shot: Close up of her continuing to grab onto the wall
38. 37th shot: Norman exiting the bathroom
39. 38th shot: Close up of Marion slowly sliding down the shower wall

– I think Alfred Hitchcock choose to film the shower scene with quick shots to make the audience feel the suspense build

– The “shower scene” is famous because the way Hitchcock used the music to time with the frantic action in the scene and he used a female as the protagonist which was very rare in the 1960s.

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