Voyeurism

Most thrillers use voyeuristic elements, Hitchcock pioneered the use of a camera to mimic how people see, encouraging viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. For example Psycho has many voyeuristic pleasures for the audience, including the main character Norman Bates alongside many other characters in the film. We adapted this idea for our film by using mirrors to reflect the voyeurism. We used a shot of Dylan in the rear view mirror, to show him watching over his mom and step dad and also the shot of Dylan in the window, watching his step dad reading the paper. This means that audience members will be encourages to enjoy Dylans watching, aligning them with him as a character.