well i got some tablets and they seem to be helping a little so i should be back to uni soon, hopefully.
althought iv had this time off ive been doing a lot of work at home, im finishing off my story board images now so they should be up pretty soon and i have a lot of reference images which im loading up after this blog entry.
i couldnt make it inot uni today so instead i went to my mate who owns a video store funny enough and i asked him if i could borrow the original psycho and what video store wouldnt be complete without it lol, so iv watched it today and for some reason even tho in black and white, i really enjoyed the film, the scenes where fake and the action sucked but the story worked and the way it was set out with the camera angles i thought where brilliant, the construction of the film is what made this film briliant, one of my fav scenes was the part where she pulls up to the motel and she cant find any1 so she looks up at the house on the hill, classic horror house on top of the hill towering up and over the victim, i loved this scene and the image brought across to the audience. and when the mother drifted past the lit window and we see her silouet.
this film in my own opinion is definatly one of hitchcock's best films, even for its age it was thrilling in some aspects to today, i did a little research on the film and apparently when it was released back in the 1960's there where cues of cars going back 3 miles for the drive in entrances. i also found out that the man who plays norman bates "anthony perkins" he became so identified with bates that it altered his carreer and he shunned talking about his part until the 1970's and finally made peace with norman bates.
anyway time to upload some pics i think, cya
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Hi Alan - sorry to hear you're still feeling lousy; go easy on the drugs - an overdose won't help! :-) Pleased you hunted out Psycho - and pleased you enjoyed it; I also think it is Hitchcock's best; love the black and white (even though he could have made it in colour), and Anthony Perkins is just brilliant in the role; and yes, you're right, it blighted his career, though he did reprise the role of Norman Bates in the 80's with Psycho 2 (not bad, you know) and Psycho 3, which he also directed; check out Gus Van Sant's shot for shot remake - a strange one, because it is the same film as the original, except in colour, and with the addition of a few subliminal shots (including one of a cow!). Anyway, hope you're project is coming along - despite the back... remember to check out the 'Directing with a Pencil' pdf on Blackboard for techniques for creating professional looking storyboards; it's in the navigation unit, under 'unit materials'...
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