Psycho image analysis

This is the scene when Marion is arriving at Bates motel. They use pathetic fallacy in this scene when it is pouring with rain. This adds to the scene because it shows that the weather is gloomy and it foreshadows that something bad is bound to happen. It’s a long drive down the Bates Motel and if she was going to end up somewhere nice they would have used sunshine. In this case, the weather helps to add suspense. The editing in this scene is a quite slow montage although they cross from Marion to the road several times which helps to add tension because it makes the audience sense that something bad is going to happen. The use of slightly contrapuntal music in this scene goes against what you would expect although the fairly upbeat orchestra confuses us and makes the scene more troubling. Again here the music in the background are instruments from the string section. It gives off that feeling of panic and creepiness.