Listening Contours (2nd ed.). Rost, Michael. 1981. Tucson, Arizona: Lingual House Publishing Company
One of the most famous movie directors of all time was Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock is most famous for his mystery movies. When Alfred Hitchcock died in 1980, he had made over 50 complete movies.
Alfred Hitchcock was born in London in 1899. He was the youngest of three children. Hitchcock was a very shy boy and he went to very strict schools. Hitchcock studied to be an engineer, but he was always interested in movies. He used to go to the cinema as often as he could and he often read magazines about cinema. In his free time he also used to write stories that he wanted to make into movies.
Hitchcock gave up the idea of becoming an engineer when he got a small job with the Famous Players, which was a London movie company. Later he got a job as an assistant director with Islington Studios. Hitchcock, who got the nickname Hitch, often had some very clever ideas for filming movies, so later his employer gave him a …show more content…
Hitch had become famous for his mystery movies.
In 1939 Alfred Hitchcock moved to Los Angeles because Los Angeles was becoming the new center for film-making. The first movie that Hitch made in the U.S. was called "Rebecca." The story of "Rebecca" came from a famous novel. In fact, Hitchcock got most of the stories for his movies from novels and plays. After reading a novel or play, Hitch would create the movie script by himself, and choose the actors and actresses, and also decide where and how to shoot each scene.
Hitchcock's movies are generally thought to be good movies because he did these things well: selecting of the story, writing of the script, selecting of the actors and actresses, and the creating of the scenes. Hitchcock used to do most of these jobs entirely by
One of the most famous movie directors of all time was Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock is most famous for his mystery movies. When Alfred Hitchcock died in 1980, he had made over 50 complete movies.
Alfred Hitchcock was born in London in 1899. He was the youngest of three children. Hitchcock was a very shy boy and he went to very strict schools. Hitchcock studied to be an engineer, but he was always interested in movies. He used to go to the cinema as often as he could and he often read magazines about cinema. In his free time he also used to write stories that he wanted to make into movies.
Hitchcock gave up the idea of becoming an engineer when he got a small job with the Famous Players, which was a London movie company. Later he got a job as an assistant director with Islington Studios. Hitchcock, who got the nickname Hitch, often had some very clever ideas for filming movies, so later his employer gave him a …show more content…
Hitch had become famous for his mystery movies.
In 1939 Alfred Hitchcock moved to Los Angeles because Los Angeles was becoming the new center for film-making. The first movie that Hitch made in the U.S. was called "Rebecca." The story of "Rebecca" came from a famous novel. In fact, Hitchcock got most of the stories for his movies from novels and plays. After reading a novel or play, Hitch would create the movie script by himself, and choose the actors and actresses, and also decide where and how to shoot each scene.
Hitchcock's movies are generally thought to be good movies because he did these things well: selecting of the story, writing of the script, selecting of the actors and actresses, and the creating of the scenes. Hitchcock used to do most of these jobs entirely by