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Extracts From Different Era's . .

Psycho (1960):


At The Beginning Of The Extract, The Audience Are Able To See A Women In A Car. The Shot Is Used As A Medium Shot To Be Able To Focus More On The Woman’s Facial Expressions. Both Low Key Lighting And Back Lighting Has Been Used To Create Dramatic Shadows. The Sound Track Being Played Is Classical To Therefore Create Suspense. As A Result, This Creates An Enigma For The Audience, To Keep Them Watching The Movie. There Is Sound Bridges Being Used As The Sound Appears Before The Actual Clip. Moreover, As You Keep Watching The Extract, There Is A Shot When The Whole Scene Is Pitch Black, Therefore Focusing More On The Genre Which Is A Thriller. There Is High Key Lighting Being Used When The Atmosphere Of The Film Changes. Therefore, The Audience Are Able To See That The Mood Of The Character Has Also Changed. Another Character Is Introduced In The Extract, When He Is Speaking To The Woman. Close Up Shots Are Being Used For The Audience To Focus On The Facial Expressions, In Order To See What They Are Feeling. There Is Also A Shot/Reverse Shot Being Used To Focus On The Main Character, As Well As The Man Who Keeps Appearing. Consequently, This Creates A Mystery For The Audience To Solve Considering Why The Woman Keeps Looking Back. Diegetic Sound Has Been Used As The Audience Are Able To Hear The Dialogue By The Characters. Lastly, A Point Of View Shot Is Also Shown When The Woman Is Driving Her Car. This Helps The Audience Imagine As If They Were Actually There.

Notorious (1946):


The Whole Extract Is Filmed In One Setting, Which Is A Bedroom. The Main Focus Is Upon The Characters Facial Expressions, Therefore There Is Only Medium Shots And Close Up Shots Used, For The Audience To Be Able To View The Characters Expressions And What There Feeling As Well As Catch A Glimpse On The Setting. Close Up Shots Are Used So The Audience Can View The Characters Emotions, For Them To Be Able To Know The Mood Of The Whole Scene And What The Characters Are Feeling. Mostly Low Key Lighting Has Been Used Throughout The Extract As Many Dramatic Shadows Have Been Shown. Moreover, A Lot Of Top Lighting Has Been Used So The Audience Are Able To Pick Up On The Characters Features. Throughout The Whole Scene There Is Only Diegetic Sound Used As It’s The Dialogue Being Spoken By The Characters. Moreover, There Have Been Both High And Low Angle Shots In The Extract, So The Audience Are Able To Focus On The Main Features. Therefore, This Enables Them To Feel What The Characters Are Feeling , And Position Themselves In That Situation.

The Key Differences Of Both Extracts Are That 'Psycho' Uses A Lot Of Different Shots In Order To Grab The Audience Attention In A Variety Of Different Ways. For Example, The Point Of View Shot Is Used So The Audience Can Imagine Themselves In The Characters Position. The Shot/ Reverse Shot Is Also Used As It Then Creates An Enigma For The Audience To Keep Questioning Themselves As To Why The Character Keeps Looking Back, Focusing On The Police Man In The Scene. However, 'Notorious' Just Uses Two Shots Which Are The Medium And Close Up Shot. This Is Because; This Scene Is The Particular Scene Which Focuses On The Characters Emotions. Therefore, They Haven't Used Many Different Shots But Just Two, To Then Get Their Point Across.