The most successful mise-en-scene in this scene is the dark cloud. This is a pathetic fallacy which connotes horror and evil as evil things mostly happen when it is dark. In addition to that, Norman walking under this dark cloud from his mother's part of the property to his connotes that he is a carier/representative of evil as the cloud which is the evil is over him.
The way in which the dark cloud reveals Norman's character is similar to the connotation of the crow in his palour. Just like a dark cloud, a crow represents evil but most importantly it represents death. So the presence of the crow in the scene also suggests that Norman is evil but also that he holds the power of death. These two mise-en-scene forshadow the death of Marion.
Some very good, analytical comments here Sanusia. Your understanding if how various features of the mise-en-scene operate here is confident and highly proficient.
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Target: proper use of the term ‘mise-en-scene”. Your first line is grammatically erroneous as mise-en-scene refers to the overall ‘scene’, rather than individual features of that scene such as objects and characters.
Mr Barlow