How Does Alfred Hitchcock Manipulate The Audience

In .Psycho.. Essay, Research Paper

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock is thought to be, by most, the

greatest film director of all time.. He

was born in Leytonstone, London on13 August 1899.. He directed many great films such as The Lodger, The Birds,

Sabotage, Notorious, Rear Window, and of course one of his greatest

achievements ever, Psycho in 1960.. He

directed the first British sound film . Blackmail.. Alfred Hitchcock once said, . Audience reaction is more important

than the content of the film...

Throughout and before the playing of Psycho, Hitchcock manipulates the

audience in many ways.. The words that

Alfred Hitchcock said that illustrates manipulation in Psycho the most is

.Terror is often accompanied by suspense in the unfolding of a thrilling

narrative – or, to put it another way, a story which gives the reader a feeling

of terror necessarily contains a certain measure of suspense... We can really see in Psycho that this is

true, because all of the terror and surprise in the film is due to the building

of suspense, done by Alfred Hitchcock.Hitchcock first starts too manipulate the audience before

the screening of Psycho has even begun..

The short trailer manipulates the audience.s perception of what the film

contains, and what the genre of the film is..

Psycho is a thriller, but this is not what the audience suspect when

they watch the trailer.. Hitchcock manipulates the ideas that the audience have about

the themes and issues of Psycho.. One of

the main manipulation that occurs in the trailer is as Alfred Hitchcock gives

an image that Norman Bates. mother is alive..

He does this by describing Norman Bates as being dominated by his

mother.. This is not say the truth about

the mother being dead, but does not lie either.. Normans mother is dead, but is alive in the mind of Norman.. She is therefore dominating Normans

mind.. Alfred Hitchcock makes us infer

that the mother was alive throughout the film..

This manipulates the audience throughout the film.. The audience think that the mother is alive,

and therefore, she can potentially be the killer in the film.. She is the killer in the film, yet is not

the killer.. Hitchcock also makes some

scenes in the film sound so immense, that he is unable to describe it.. As he describes something, he talks really

fast, giving us an impression that it is a fast scene.. He also does not finish the sentences.. This makes the audience want to see what

really happens in the film.. .It’s difficult to describe the way.the twisting of the.

it.s too difficult to describe.When describing some scenes in the film, he uses hand

movements to show .twisting... This

makes us eager to see what happens..

When Alfred Hitchcock reaches some parts of the set, he makes some faces

and talks differently.. This makes the

audience infer that something important or something significant has happened

there.. This manipulates the audience

because they know something is going to happen, but do not know exactly what.. Music is also used to manipulate the audience during the

trailer.. Bernard Herrman composes the

main theme music used in Psycho.. This

music is very sinister, high pitched and has high tempo.. The music adds a lot of tension and suspense

in the audience. As Alfred Hitchcock walks around some parts of the set, music

will increase tempo, volume or will change..

In some parts of the set, sinister music is played.. This adds tension and also keeps the

audience in suspense because the audience knows that something will happen in

that part.. Throughout the film, Alfred Hitchcock manipulates the

audience most is by encouraging the audience to identify with the various

characters in different parts of the film..

The inciting incident of the film, when Marion steals the

money, is a great part of manipulation..

She steals the money that Cassidy used to buy the house.. We sympathise with Marion, because she

steals the money for a reason.. She

loves Sam, and he needs the money if they are to be together and get

married.. We sympathise with Marion

stealing the money, because she is in love, and the only ways for it to be like

that is if she steals the money.. Another reason why we sympathise with Marion stealing the

money is because we don.t feel sorry for Cassidy.. This is because he is very arrogant.. He boasts about having a lot of money, and tries to flirt with

Marion.. Cassidy is also very chauvinist

because the doesn.t respect Marion.. He

thinks that he can easily get her because of his money.. He also hints to Marion that he can do a lot

of money, trying to make her like him..

He also says . I never carry a

much as I can afford to lose. This tells us that he can afford to lose the money, and

because he is very wealthy and arrogant, it would be good to use the money for

a good cause.. If Marion stole t

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