Friday, March 26, 2010

Einstein and Hitchcock

Watch the clip from Battleship Potemkin. What film techniques does Eisenstein use in the Odessa Steps Sequence?

After watching the Shower Scene from Psycho, compare and contrast the film techniques. What makes the scene memorable?

MONTAGE SCENE IN BATTLESHIP POTEMPKYN
things coming at the camera quickly (the umbrella, the woman's face going toward her child)
people falling down slowly
the music is very intense
the woman is going in the opposite way.
violence- child being stepped on
close up on the belt buckle. swan. swan song?
jump cut

SHOWER SCENE IN PSYCHO
close up of the hand
shot reverse shot of the killer and the victim
the close up of the shower head
close up of the drain
close up of the shower curtain falling
close up of the her eye- it looks like she's dying

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