Editing
The Shower- Psycho (1960)

The clip from this shower scene in the movie Psycho was very simple, but very effective in the way it got to the point of showing us as the viewers what Mr. Hitchcock was obviously getting to, which was the murder of the young female. The transition of scenes when the young lady was showering and when the door started to open with the murderer coming in set the tone to what was about to come up. It had you anticipating on how the murderer was going to execute this scene and had me at the edge of my seat the first time that I’ve ever seen this movie. The shots didn’t stay at a certain point too long during this scene and that put a sense of intensity of some sort, especially when the killer was stabbing her victim and the shots were jumping constantly to different shots.

Cinematography

The Long Take: Goodfellas

The cinematography in this Goodfellas scene tends to focus less on the couple and more on what is going on around them. The camera follows them while portraying everything else that is going on through each room or hallway they are walking through. The view of the couple from behind lets you pay more attention to what they were actually trying to say, since it wasn’t a close up face to face scene. The overall angles and shots they used were perfect from beginning to the end.

Lighting

Jurassic Park- Raptors in the Kitchen (1993)

This scene of Jurassic Park was one of the more memorable scenes for me growing up. The lighting was low with enough light to still know what’s what in the kitchen. It really gives that suspense this scene needed and you could see the fear of the children’s faces from start to finish. This low light setting set the tone for other upcoming scenes in the movie, such as the T-Rex chase and many others.