This element alone reminds one of the effectiveness with which Hitchcock used the technique of suturing to manipulate the audience's emotions.ДЄnother effect of this shot change is the shift of focus from PerkinsвЂ™ overall body movement in the original to primarily VaughnвЂ™s facial expressions as they step forward into light and then back into symbolic shadow. Van Sant inadvertently places us within two sutures very rapidly and so cancels out their effect for one character or the other.

When Vaughn steps forward the audience doesnвЂ™t see him stepping toward Heche as in the original, but towards the screen and themselves. Altering the scene to include a shot of Vaughn from HecheвЂ™s perspective right before switching to his perspective naturally diminishes the amount of an audiencesвЂ™ suturing into his character. The next shot is of MarionвЂ™s character from NormanвЂ™s perspective. One of the draws of NormanвЂ™s character for audiences is his sympathetic appeal which relies on the audience being sutured into his perspective for an instant within one shot in the scene. The change is significant for several reasons and the effects it has are rooted in the ways that an audience might perceive the characters. Van Sant chooses to jump to a closer shot of Vaughn from the front where his face is more visible (Figure 3) before having him step back (Figure 4) and cutting to the next shot. Vaughn after having taken a very obvious step backwards.

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