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A 5 page paper which discusses
themes and elements within Hitchcock's "Psycho," "Vertigo," and "Rear Window."
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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fear and terror in the viewer, playing on many vulnerable aspects of mankind through many different cinematic elements. His work was, and is, very subtle in this approach, and as
such is also subtle in presenting the viewer with a look at some of the most intimate weaknesses of mankind as well. Some of these weaknesses, and cinematic presentations, presented
in Hitchcock films are those which address voyeurism, suspense, nurturing, ethical dilemmas, appearance vs reality, relationships, psychology, different performance, materials, dialogue, mise en scence, cameras angle, sounds, pace of remake,
reflection (eye, mirror,windows), exposure, introspection. In the following paper we examine some of these themes as they are found in specific films by Hitchcock. The films discussed and analyzed are
"Psycho," "Vertigo", and "Rear Window." Psycho Of all the films being discussed, this film is the most illustrative of the themes under discussion. It is a film that is
filled with the most horrific and deviant conditions of man. It is a story of one man who is consumed by all the themes being addressed. We see ethical dilemmas
as Norman Bates argues with the existence of his mother. We are presented with many other elements of cinematic presentation through the use of eyes, camera angles (such as the
shower scene), and a real solid play on the psychological. Norman Bates is, perhaps first and foremost, a man who is a voyeur. We note that he is a
man who is consumed by watching the woman who has taken a room at the motel. He watches her, secretly, and obviously has some incredibly deviant behavior attached to his
viewing, which is often presented through camera angles and various perspectives. It is not like the voyeurism found in "Rear Window" for there are far more serious psychological problems roving
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