Psycho

Psycho is an action thriller, which was released in 1960, it is a very old film. The director is Alfred Hitchcock.

As Psycho is a very old film, its all in black and white, this makes it very dark and shadowy, adding to the tension. Psycho is set in an ordinary village and house, which makes it very realistic situations. The house its set in is very dark and looks haunted, haunted houses are very common in horror and thriller movies. In the house all the objects have dark shadows, which creates a creepy surrounding. Also in the house on the wall there is a bird  which is a significant feature as it looks over the characters as they talk.

During the film, there is a participant view when the characters are having a conversation. This is effective as the audience can see in the eyes of the charcter and it puts the audience on edge as it seems like it is happening to them.

There is a lot of ambient sound, with the bad weather and very loud and heavy rain. This builds up the tension in the background. The music in the background is very sudden and creepy, the music at the start ia very fast, which causes suspence.                                                                    
                                                                                              

The props in the background involve a skulls, which shows the creepy and horror aspects. Due to the gruesome murder of the lady, this film links in to horror. Psycho is a thriller because its shadowy and not as gory as the other thrillers.