This is the Opening Title Sequence from
‘PSYCHO’. It introduces the word ‘PSYCHO’, then it suddenly breaks and distorts
just like you can see in this still image, the middle section then begins to
alternate from side to side creating movement. This connotes disorientation due to the fact that the word starts of
whole then breaks over and over. This is further backed up by some parallel music created with harsh and
unsettling violins. To me, I think this connotes
to the psychological background to certain characters, them being Norman and
Marion. It also connotes to the
split personality and schizophrenia and links to the real life serial killer Ed
Gein, who was arrested in 1957. It is in the dead centre of the frame
indicating its importance with using the rule
of thirds. This then turns into a montage
of different lines coming in from different angles and transitions introducing
the rest of the credits.
The visual clues in the title montage is already keeping you on your
toes, not knowing what is going to happen next, which very much replicates
Hitchcock’s “Master of Suspense” auteur
style a theory made by the critic Andrew
Sarris in his essay “Notes on the Auteur Theory in 1962”. Saul Bass's
credits are very unsettling and almost creates optical illusions in front of
you again linking very closely with the mind of Norman.
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