Psycho

Psycho

This opening title is a very intense one that creates alot of tension and suspense to the film. Its no seeing of characters , music and colour scheme all represent the horror genre

In the opening titles of psycho no charcaters are shown , all that we see is a black background and grey lines dashing back and forth accompained by what sounds like sharp piano music. The fact no characters are used creates a mystery as we prapare for the unknown , which scares people the most not knowing what's happening.

The music featured in psycho is very intense , causing viewers to be on edge as it never seems to propelry settle down . Its sounds as if someones being chased from something creating an anixous and scared feeling to the audience before they have even seen the film. The music immidiately indicats to viewers that this is a horror theme , the use of the high piano creates the intensity of the opening credits

The colour scheme used is black , white and grey . These dennote just normal colours but connate underling representations in the film. The black connates death and danger , this are the two most dominant themes of the film and the opening squence gives clues on that by the black used in the scene. White can connate innocence , in this film people are potrayed as innocent as there trying to find out the mystery and are oblivious to what is going on. The grey shows the mysetrcial theme to the film which is supported by not showing the characters in the opening