Strangers on a Train
Alfred Hitchcock is an auteur that is recognizable as a director. He is known as the master of suspense and through his artistic choices he is the author of his films. Hitchcock has his own persona and often appeared in cameos in his films. His unique style leaned away from studying films as a genre but through an auteur approach, Cashiers du Cinema written by the father of auteruirsm, Andre Bazin. Bazin stresses on mise-en-scène, the content of images, that reveals the filmmaker’s vision. To be an auteur a director must present reoccurring characteristics of style that serve as their signature. Hitchcock’s film Strangers on a Train is a film that has his signature and without Hitchcock as an auteur, the film simply would …show more content…
The mise-en-scene throughout the film Strangers on a Train includes the production design, set design, props, lighting, movement and expressions of the acotrs. Hitchcock used lighting to help drive to story. His use of shadows and high contrast lighting are stylistic characteristics of Alfred Hitchcock. During scene where Bruno is stalking Mariam at the Metcalf fair, Hitchcock purposely placed him under a light but his hat is able to cast a shadow over his face. You can see good and evil with the lighting …show more content…
44). The cinematography in Strangers on a Train really is it’s own language that Hitchcock created. The framing of shots, such as the Dutch angles in a scene where Guy is returning home and Bruno is across the street looking at him. The tilt of the camera angle simply represents Bruno’s point-of-view. He is different and he views the world differently and that’s why this shot is crooked. The shot represents the mind of a psychopath. The camera angles can be analyzed to why these artistic choices were made. For example the camera angle when Bruno first enters the fair and a little bow acts like he is shooting him. The camera angle is an over-the-shoulder shot looking down at the little boy. This gives Bruno power and makes him look like a
Alfred Hitchcock is an auteur that is recognizable as a director. He is known as the master of suspense and through his artistic choices he is the author of his films. Hitchcock has his own persona and often appeared in cameos in his films. His unique style leaned away from studying films as a genre but through an auteur approach, Cashiers du Cinema written by the father of auteruirsm, Andre Bazin. Bazin stresses on mise-en-scène, the content of images, that reveals the filmmaker’s vision. To be an auteur a director must present reoccurring characteristics of style that serve as their signature. Hitchcock’s film Strangers on a Train is a film that has his signature and without Hitchcock as an auteur, the film simply would …show more content…
The mise-en-scene throughout the film Strangers on a Train includes the production design, set design, props, lighting, movement and expressions of the acotrs. Hitchcock used lighting to help drive to story. His use of shadows and high contrast lighting are stylistic characteristics of Alfred Hitchcock. During scene where Bruno is stalking Mariam at the Metcalf fair, Hitchcock purposely placed him under a light but his hat is able to cast a shadow over his face. You can see good and evil with the lighting …show more content…
44). The cinematography in Strangers on a Train really is it’s own language that Hitchcock created. The framing of shots, such as the Dutch angles in a scene where Guy is returning home and Bruno is across the street looking at him. The tilt of the camera angle simply represents Bruno’s point-of-view. He is different and he views the world differently and that’s why this shot is crooked. The shot represents the mind of a psychopath. The camera angles can be analyzed to why these artistic choices were made. For example the camera angle when Bruno first enters the fair and a little bow acts like he is shooting him. The camera angle is an over-the-shoulder shot looking down at the little boy. This gives Bruno power and makes him look like a