Coverage, Blocking, Cuts and Psycho

last winter I take a course on the movie language and obviously I spoke about Psyco (the Hitchcock's one). As soon as possible (maybe tomorrow) I'll post all the shots from the original shower scene, in order to view the difference between the 2 versions.
 
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First of all, a note on the rhythm:

54 shots in 2'51'', 13 shots before the murder in 1'05" (average: 5'' per shot), 32 shots during the murder in 22'' (average: 0,69'' per shot), 9 shots after the murder in 1'24'' (average: 9,3'' per shot).

And now the differences between the Hitchcock's Psyco and the Van Sant's one:

- A (first difference): Van Sant repeats the 6 shots before A for a second time;
- B: between this shot and the following Vans Sant put 5 shots (Marion and Norman)
- C: this shot doesn't appear in the Van Sant's Psyco
- D: the first time we see the legs, Van Sant put two external shots
- E: before Norman leaves, Van Sant put an eye shot
- F: before this shot there isn't Marion see en plonjée with slashes in the back (Hitchcock shoot this frame, but he couldn't put in the movie because of the censorship)
 
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Van saints may be very close....but even the shots that are the same....are not really at the exact same angle........There something about the hitchcock version that is beyond perfect. Not just because its been around for a long while and become classic....i mean i watched it for the first time a week ago. Its just apparent that hitchcocks eye is far better than van saints....and even when gus is doing a shot by shot copy....it still doesnt hold up....

plus vince vaughn sucks balls compared to anthony perkins.
 
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For the life of me, I can't figure out why this was remade. The best thing about the remake was we got to see Hudson's analysis which was great. :thumbsup:
 
Good job John. I'm curious though, why do this one and not the real PSYCHO, the ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE :) like you did JAWS? This remake got pretty bad reviews.
 
I haven't seen the new Psycho but from these shots I think I won't like it as much as the first. It may be shot for shot but the shots are not exactly the same. I would have to go through it shot by shot but for instance there was no naked but in the original. The censors didn't want them to have a shot of an open toilet. He was able to be a bit more graphic and I think it was better when you see less.

But the original is brilliant. You get a great sense of violence with out actually showing much of anything. No shots of an actual stab, not much blood.
 
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