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Analyse how Hitchcock Uses a variety of presentational devices and visual images To disturb and shock the audience In the two murder scenes in Psycho.  

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Lewis Webb Year 10 Coursework Media: Pyscho Question: Analyse how Hitchcock Uses a variety of presentational devices and visual images To disturb and shock the audience In the two murder scenes in Psycho "Hitchcock stunned the world in 1960 with the horror film that pushed back the boundaries of acceptability. He wanted a reaction, and he got one. Audiences fainted, walked out and boycotted screenings but they wouldn't forget the horror that was Psycho." We have been studying the acclaimed thriller 'Psycho' produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In this essay I will be analysing the two murder scenes and how visual images, (images seen on screen that stick in the mind of the audience or have some greater significance), and careful presentational devices, (camera shots, sound, lighting etrc) have created this filming masterpiece. The film was released on June 16th 1960 and premiered in New York. Audiences across the world were...

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