In this scene from
Psycho where Norman has invited Marion in to have something to eat we are
presented with a low expressionist angle which gives Norman lots of power in
the shot as the audience feels that they are looking up at him it also places
the stuffed swooping owl who is placed in the top left corner of the mise-en
–scene, the owl symbolises the fate of Marion and its pose and position
symbolised the way that this fate is bearing down upon her. This is bought to the viewers’ attention when
Norman say’s that she ‘eats’ like a bird’. The painting in the center of the
mise-en-scene is’ Rape of Lucretia’ which depicts female innocence being taken.
This shows the weakness of Marion and also the tragedy that becomes of her.
This scene shows how Hitchcock had mastered the art of cinematography within
his films to create heavy and strong atmospheres.
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