The opening sequence of Psycho starts with the logo for Paramount, and then the picture fades into a black scree. This could be to show that credit is being given to Paramount and the logo is at the start so everyone can see it first. After the screen has faded to black, music starts which sounds very fast and high pitch, making the picture of bars that appear on the screen next seem very sinister and dangerous, even though they are only just stripes. If the music had been calming and sweet, it would have made the bars/stripes also seem calming and something different entirely. The bars also look a bit like the bars you get on prison windows and cells, which helps show that this film is wrong and has crime in it. the picture also never stops moving and is very fast, just barely giving us enough time to read the names and writing, which suggests to the audience that film film will most likely have a lot of action and drama, and therefore appeals more to the audience. From the title of the film, "Psycho", the audience have most likely guessed that this film a about a psychotic person and that the colours that are used in this opening sequence, the grey and black, can show that this is not a happy, romantic film, and is very dark and depressing for the audience to watch. This could also be to show how a person is feeling, that they are feeling depressed and sad and only see the negatives in life. Although most of the colours are dark and dull, the titles and names are in white. This could be to show the binary opposites and good and evil in this film. Whites connotes innocence and goodness, and black connotes evil and secrets being hidden, and grey connotes compromise, of not being black or white, but between the two colours. The black and grey screen connotes isolation and being vulnerable. The stripes also travel in different directions, this could be to show that the film has unpredictable plot twists, and maybe even to show that the psycho is unpredictable.
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