Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho is one of the most well-known horror films of all time.
Psycho was produced in black and white and this was introduced to us from the very beginning of the titles. The Paramount sequence was put in black and white which made us expect it to continue and set the context. The music in the beginning is the same throughout the two minutes and there isn't really a climatic point in the music.
In the opening I don't like the way that none of the action of story is carried out in the first two minutes and it is long winded. However this does make the audience want to see what is going to happen and creates enigma and builds suspense.
At 1:57, the shot changes to that of a city, which reveals where the story could be set.
Below is the Psycho opening sequence:
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