Analysis of the Psycho Shower scene.

To begin with this scene appears in a dimly lit room of a mid-close up of a woman writing on a notepad. This shot does not last long as soon we follow the woman from a dimly lit room into a bright white bathroom. Using a tracking shot at a medium shot range we get a feeling of how enclosed the bathroom is giving the feeling of a sinister plan. As the woman enters the bathroom she walks over to the toilet and the camera cuts to a close up of some paper being thrown in it and flushed away. This creates a sense of eeriness as we are unaware if the paper is of any importance. At this time the woman prepares to get into the shower. Throughout this section light has been kept to a minimum outside the shower to show that the bathroom is a place of importance in the scene. In the bathroom the lighting mainly appears from the top left corner of the bathroom which highlights the womans face. The only sound so far is the diagetic sound of the toilet fluching. So far the 180 degree rule has not been broken.

We get a cut to a dfferent camera with a medium shot as the woman gets into the shower and turns it on. As the shower comes on we get a close up of the shower head in a first person perspective. From this shot we see how the woman feels enclosed and safe as the water surrounds her. We are given a mid close up shot as the camera pans from right to left increasing tension as through the blurry shower curtain we just make out the shape of a person outside the shower. As the person thrusts open the shower curtain we are given a first person perspective of both the killers and the victims views to close ups. Certain camera shots focus on elements such as the knife during stabs to create a sense of fear. Also there is a close up shot / zoom in of the woman's mouth to aid the feeling of fear and terror. A high angle shot gives an interesting combination as we see that the victim is clearly struggling against the killer as the killer is higher up than her. It also gives the impression that the killer is a low down member of society as the viewers are higher than the killer. Near the end of the stabbing there is a cutaway shot to some thunder clouds showing the violence and anger of the murder. The only diagetic sound during this section is the shower water whereas the non-diagetic sounds include the violins and cello's and also the stabs. When the killer appears the light seems to fade indicationg that the life of the woman is reaching it's end. The killer remains hidden in the identedy of their killer by facing their back to the light. The lighting on the knife indicates the danger of the weapon and seals the womans fate.

At the end of the stabbing we see a close up of the victim sliding down the wall of the shower. An extreme close up view of the eye dilating shows that the womans life is draining away and we are given a perspective shot from the woman of the killer walking off. The woman attempts to climb out of the shower but falls and dies half in, half out of the shower.