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Without Consent “In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.” These are the words of Alfred Hitchcock, the genius director of the film Psycho. This statement might be interpreted as referring to the famed “shower scene.” However Hitchcock is referring to a horrific psychological murder, one that killed a man and conceived a monster. Thus, Hitchcock crafts Norman Bates, a young man ravaged by horrid mental complexities, and through the use of mise en scene and vivid imagery, a character emerges who has no control over his own thoughts or actions. Hitchcock uses the black and white color of the movie in order to emphasize the contrast of light and dark, and through this Norman’s plague is exposed. The black and white film allows for a focus on Norman’s clothes. Hitchcock allows for those dressed in white to be of goo