Screenplay

Psycho (1960)

1) How does the dialogue affect our perception of each character?
- the mans tone and slow pace makes him seem suspicious and scary
- he repeats certain words for emphasis - a bit fixated
- Marys words attempted to calm Norman down
- Her tone and once tells us she's tense and worried

2) Which lines of dialogue are most memorable?
- "we all go mad sometimes, don't you?"


Script writing:

Times of days
- day
- night
- evening
- dusk
- morning
- dawn
- moments later
- continuous

Signals a dramatic shift
- cut to
- wipe to
- fade to
- disslove to
- smash to

beat - a brief pause in aline of dialogue
v.o - voiceover (non-diagetic)
o.s - off screen
o.c - off camera
intercut - a series of shots cutting rapidly between one another