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... in at the beginning of the film. Hitchcock decided to create a black and white film because of several reasons: he wanted to save money because back in the 60's creating a film would cost a lot of money, the colour of the blood would be too shocking for the audience if it was in colour and he wanted to prove that a black and white film could be as effective as a colour film. In this essay I will be analysing how Hitchcock uses: dramatic Irony, iconography, pathetic fallacy, camera angles, lightening, special effects, music, and sound effects to create tension and horror in his film 'Psycho'. Firstly, I am going to analyse the: setting, lightening and the use of pathetic fallacy in the shower scene. The shower scene takes place in the bathroom of an isolated cabin. Marion goes into the sparkling white bathroom and steps into the shower, ...