Good Friend
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Marion Stole 40,000 dollars that is why she is guilty.
Her boyfriend wont get married because he wants to have his ex-wife get married again so he can stop paying alimony, and so he can pay off the debt he is already in.
You can tell she is paranoid of the police when she sells her car and gets a new one.
Norman is creepy when he invites Marion into his parlor and talks about how he loves to stuff birds, and starts petting them.
I think its weird that people couldnt stand to see blood in that time period, but I guess it understandable because our generation has almost become immune to the sight of it.
I think the score adds to the suspense because it has such an intense sharp noise that makes you want to screech when you hear it.
weather makes the movie seem very dark, and eerie, like a good horror should be.
I think he killed Marion because he believed his mother wouldnt of aloud such a thing, and because he was partly his mother, he wouldnt allow it either.
I think the private eye was a good man, and though I hated to see him killed it was necessary because if he hadnt died the movie wouldnt have had the same effect or ending as it did.
I think Hitchcock shows so much detail while cleaning to get the point across that Norman had done this before, and was use to the idea of cleaning up his “mothers” messes.
Eye Level Angle was used when Miss. Crane was talking with Norman when they first met to show Marion did not think she was above or below Norman.
Low Angle was used when the detective was looking up at the house to show how much higher the house was than him.
. Shallow Focus was used when the detective was in the house walking up the stairs to the mothers room. It was to show that the only important thing was the detective getting up those stairs.
. Jump Cut was used when Marions sister and her boyfriend were talking back and forth. Key Light was used when the detective was looking around Marions old room at the hotel.