FILM TECHNIQUE

Framing

What the image includes, excludes and places in relation to its edges.

Try noticing what is pushed to a corner or held just outside the image.

See it in a scene.

Psycho · 1960

Hospitality turns defensive

Marion eats in the motel parlor while Norman talks about his birds, his life and his mother. A hospitable exchange becomes more guarded when she suggests a change.

Framing

See it in a scene.

Hospitality turns defensive

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