Alfred

Two weeks passed and it happened again. He knew he wasn’t going to last much longer. The attacks had become more and more frequent. He had to get out! Alfred had tried many times, but they were guarding the door under the doormat. They could only appear under rugs and carpets, so he figured the hated the light. For that reason he decided to call them moles.They had been unsuccessfully trying to kill him off for a month now and Alfred was running out of food. He tried calling the police but the phone lines were disconnected. A few days passed with no attacks on Alfred. Since there had been no attacks recently, he thought it would be okay to take a nap. He woke in a few hours to a strange sound to him,planes. Was he being rescued? Or was the…

Horror is one of the most multifaceted genres in the entertainment industry. There are many defining characteristics that describe horror and there are people who may have a question on whether a movie is truly considered a horror. Alfred Hitchcock is a director who captivates, and confuses the audience with his movies. One of the more confusing stories in the Hitchcock universe is “The Birds”. This is because the monster does not appear for the first twenty to thirty minutes of the movie, and…

Hitchcock created a space in the American film industry resorting to the advertisement that ruled the decade. People easily recognised Hitchcock as he was a familiar figure in the anthology TV mystery series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (1955) that he hosted on CBS network. The show opened with a theme music a snippet from Charles Francois Gounod’s “Funeral March of a Marionette” accompanied by line drawing of a man in profile immediately identifying the show. The logo became very famous.…

For the purpose of this essay, I will be demonstrating and evaluating whether the film director and producer, Sir Alfred Hitchcock was a “Metteur en scene” or an “auteur”, based on two of his films; Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963). In other words, I’ll be evaluating whether he was a unique and outstanding filmmaker or if he was just like any other regular filmmaker. I’ll begin by giving a little background information about Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock was giving birth to in…

The title of the movie is Vertigo, directed by the one and only Alfred Hitchcock. The movie was released in 1958. There are many actors in the film, but the important ones are Scottie, Madeleine, and Judy. The story is about about Gavin Elster, a rich old man who hired Scottie, a retired detective to investigate his wife Madeleine. Galvin suspected his wife was becoming crazy. He thought the ghost of Madeleine’s grandmother, Carlotta was possessing her. Sometimes Maladie would stare at…

Bernard Herrmann’s score for Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is one of the most highly regarded in film history. The music does so much to create a suspenseful, and sometimes terrifying, atmosphere for the film. Psycho was one of few films that explored psychology and presented new techniques to showcase them in the music. Composed during the New Wave Cinema, Psycho employs modern techniques such as the lack of a given cue, dissonant sounds, limited orchestral colors, and black-and-white…

Suspense in the eyes of the viewer Scene analysis Thesis: In my chosen scene the director, Alfred Hitchcock, expresses Norman’s personality as a predator, in a way that gives the viewer feelings of suspense and insecurity. Chosen Scene: Conversation between Marion and Norman during Marion’s meal. “We all go a little mad sometimes” https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Nv88ASiLmgk The first argument backing up my thesis involves examining the Cinematography within the scene.…

The relationship between the audience and director is one of the most important in the film business. This essay makes reference to the director Alfred Hitchcock, and his ability to shift his filmmaking process between his films Rear Window (1954) and Psycho (1960), with specific emphasis on themes, mise en scene and sound, to meet the demands of his audience. By applying the lens of Lehman and Luhr’s article on auteurship in film, “Authorship: The Searchers and Jungle Fever”, this essay will…

“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock is known for being the “master of suspense”. Born on Aug. 13, 1899 in Leytonstone, England, Hitchcock was one of three children. It is said that he had a lonely childhood due to obesity, which left him isolate and sheltered away from others. His parents had unusual methods of discipline; and often times sent him to the local jail for the police to lock him up for misbehaving, and afterwards would…

Over the course of this class we’ve covered a vast amount of information on the history of photography, film and art, from 1839 to the present, all interesting. But what fascinated me the most, was when we covered Alfred Hitchcock, discussing his movie “Psycho” and “North by Northwest”. Although as a graduate student I was given the opportunity to do my final paper on any topic, but I just had to do mine on the “Master of Suspense”, Sir Alfred Hitchcock. Since I was a kid, we use to watch Alfred…