Alfred Hitchcock's Use Of Suspense

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Now i want to talk about the very famous and iconic scene, everybody knows about. Hitchcock creates suspense very well by the way he uses the camera position, angles, movement and shots and lighting when he wants to shock his audience or create suspense. He also uses suspense building music with lots of bowed string instruments for example violins and cellos, with sharp choppy high pitched notes to add to the shock of what the audience has just witnessed. He used music like this when Marion Crane got brutally murdered, when the murderer is sneaking up on her, it is silent, all that can be heard is the water from the shower and all that can be seen is an unaware Marion Crane and someone’s shadows behind the shower curtain, no music is played

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