The Dealer- Conor and George

Psycho analysis

psycho

In media studies, we have been watching the Alfred Hitchcock's film "the psycho"

Media Studies camera excercise

 We have made our own film in media studies, this task was for us to practice our skills when using the camera, and also to test our knowledge on what type of shot to use. Our group managed to do the majority of shots, however, we did not shoot every single shot type. In the beginning, we struggled to think of a storyline. This left us with a shorter amount of time to successefully film our short movie. In the end, we decided that I would be directing, Parveer would be the boss, Hassan would play his handyman, Jordan would be the worker, and George would be the camera man. However, due to some of our shots being major mishaps, we decided to re-take the first scene. Parveer was not in school at this point and so for that reason, I took over his role as the boss. 4

The first scene started with Jordan walking up the stairs and approaching the room in which his boss was in ( long shot ) and then had Hassan anticipating his arrival at the top of the stairs. Hassan then buzzed himself and Jordan into the room and showed him to his seat, opposite his boss. We filmed this with an over the shoulder shot so we did not reveal the identity of the boss. We then made the most of the sound effects made available to us. We used the sound of the clock to drown out our voices. We then had the boss give his handyman the instruction to take the worker outside. Then we have the tracking shot that happens after the fight scene involving Hassan and Jordan. This shot then leads into a crane shot overlooking the small confrontation that Hassan and Jordan have on the stairs. Then we have a low shot when we see Jordan and Hassan running from the foot of the stairs with them coming towards us.

Next is the Point of view shot ( POV ) this is where we see the events through Hassan's eyes. He walks towards a room where there is a crate in the door. Then Jordan hits Hassan with the crate and we have a rolling shot when Hassan falls down. Then we have another low tilted shot as we see Jordan look down at Hassan and say a few intimidating words before he walks off of the seen.