A Scene from a film that influenced our opening sequence- Psycho

We were inspired a lot by this film. Phoenix office worker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/plotsummary

We really liked the way that the film was in black and white because it is very effective. Also, the bit with the blood going down the plug with the water still running was really inspiring for us because it is so simple and yet so effective. It gives the impression that the evidence of the crime or bad action is being removed  so that it does not exist by going down the plug hole. We really wanted to use this in our opening sequence so we came up with the idea of washing the blood down the sink after the girl has cut herself. We will also do this shot in black and white.