Alfred Adler

Kora Lahm Hour: 1 The film Psycho was made on September 8, 1960, by Alfred Hitchcock. Psycho was Hitchcock’s most successful film and it’s said to be the best horror film of all time. Most of the film focuses on Marion Crane, a Phoenix real-estate secretary. Marion was trusted by her employer to take $40,000 to the bank, but she sees the opportunity to take the money and start a new life. With the money, she leaves town and heads towards Sam’s California store. During a storm, she gets off the…

Spike Lee, through his undoubtedly inventive yet obtrusive camerawork, embodies emotional impact. From lateral panning and jumpy camera sequences to his use of perspective, Lee inspires intensity and apprehension. An odd synchronicity between the camerawork and subject matter fosters these emotional reactions and inspires inquisition; the viewer conceptualizes the camerawork to uncover a significance the narrative cannot deliver. The cop sequence retains suspense and effortlessly transfers…

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.…

LeRoy Colombo was born on December 23, 1905, in Galveston, Texas. He is known for being a champion long-distance swimmer and being a lifeguard. A an early age, LeRoy Colombo was diagnosed with spinal meningitis, which caused him to lose his hearing and his ability to use his legs. He would regain his ability to use his legs because swimming, which started because his siblings repeatedly tried to make him swim. It was shortly after swimming for a while that his legs became strong enough to walk…

Don’t let Susan Hendrix’s quaint apartment fool you; hidden within is a score for which thieves and con men would kill. Employing disguise and deception, two newly acquainted crooks become all the more desperate and depraved, but must wait until dark to play out this classic thriller’s chilling conclusion. Frederick Knott’s play inspired a film of the same name and multiple Broadway productions, earning Tony and Academy Award nominations for many of the actors involved – including the film’s…

Respected for his artistic efforts, Lewis had that special quality the French called auteur when making a picture truly in his vision. Lewis was a chameleon with each film he directed and still managed to input his style while maintaining the mood of the characters in the story and designing the scenery to fit the tempo of the film, as Hirsch recognizes, “Lewis shifts his own style to accommodate the style of his characters and their setting. The detective in So Dark the Night, on the surface,…

Holy Mother of.... I don't know. Something huge. I can not believe Bates Motel. I first want to say, I won't spoil anything for anyone that hasn't watched the show yet. So don't be afraid to finish reading this post. But OMG!!! What a freaking AMAZING Season finale!!!!!! If you have never watched the show, you need to cancel all your plans for an entire weekend and binge watch the f*ck outta that show. If for any reason, then the fact that Max Thieriot is an actor in it, and is HOT AS…

The film vertigo which was released in 1958 which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Vertigo is about a detective which has a fear of heights which is portrayed in the opening credits as the spinning and the spiral’s symbolises the detectives fear of heights as the detective suffers from an illness which is called ‘vertigo’. This is portrayed through the opening credits as the spiral’s convey the detectives emotions in the film through the opening credits we know what type of genre the film will…

ndividuals win Nobel Prizes for doing something out going, discovering something, or even curing someone. Albert Einstein, won a Nobel Prize for Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. Growing up he felt not smart and thought that he was going to be nothing in life, but he realized that he loved learning and that he was going to be something in life and make something of his name. He has inspiring quotes that just make you want to push…

In Hitchcock’s films there were recurring themes like, suspense, the ordinary person and a staircase, that dominated in most of his films. These themes were able to better the overall storytelling of his films, because they added more depth to his films. One of the first themes that Hitchcock uses is one that he is known for and that is suspense. In his films Hitchcock uses suspense instead of just surprising the audience is because surprise will just assault the audience with some frightening…