Alfred Hitchcock Presents

happen. It has happened to be one of the biggest hits ever in the 60’s. He has been one of the first people to introduce many things in the film industry, especially the toilet scene. In a way Hitchcock makes us want more and it gets us to anticipate and to expect for more things to happen. Alfred Hitchcock turns our stomachs upside down and leaves us wanting more. He accomplishes this by putting all his effort into this film and picking out the things that shouldn’t be there. Such as the…

foreshadowing in the plot development. Madelynn Phillips IB Film 8 Psycho Shower Scene Analysis The “shower scene” is one of the most widely recognized scenes in movie history. The movie, Psycho, was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and the specific scene is nearly six minutes long. Hitchcock used a wide variety of camera angles, movements, framing, lighting, sound, and edits to express a deeper meaning than it seems to portray. The scene starts off with Norman Bates standing by himself in…

relate to. In the film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, through oversaturated colors and sound effects, Amélie represents a person who sees the world in a different way. Sound includes dialogue, ambience, effects, and music (Barsam, 36). The film presents dark humor yet sound makes the film more harmonious and jovial. “Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulin” uses sound in a manner that makes the public become more engaged and attentive to the film. Furthermore, its music is able to captivate the feel…

Critical Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window In films we watch today there is often many different morals or meanings portrayed within the story, sometimes we are unware of these themes when we first watch a film and do not understand it until we have actually thought about the purpose of the film. In Alfred Hitchcock's movie Rear Window, we see many meanings and morals to his story throughout the viewing. For example, the movie prompts us to look at ideas of mortality, compassion,…

Daphne du Maurier’s “The Birds”, is well known for its apocalyptic plot and the idea of nature turning against humanity. It is her original work that is eventually used in the famous film, The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock. Although it was a bestseller, Daphne du Maurier never got much credit for writing “The Birds” or anything in general. She “enjoyed great popular success over the years, but during her lifetime she received comparatively little critical esteem” (theguardian). Unfortunately,…

Alfred Hitchcock: The Journey from Armature to Professionalism Alfred Hitchcock was widely regarded as "The Master of Suspense." He was an English film director and producer. He was a master of pure cinema who never failed to meet the expectation of viewers. He established his own brand in cinema which delivered the high demand of the Box office. He introduced different styles and camera techniques to maximize the elements of the suspense and psychological thriller genres in his movies. He had a…

Few film directors of the modern era have had such a marked influence on their peers as the great Steven Spielberg. Before Spielberg, it was believed that a filmmaker could either be highly creative or make films that were highly profitable. Usually a person could not accomplish both feats, at least in the same film. Also, when a director created a successful film, he or she was usually stuck creating works in that genre for the rest of his or her career. Spielberg was the first person to…

Psycho Psycho is a film that captures your attention and keeps you on your toes from beginning to end. Unlike the gory horror films of today, Psycho, as the name suggests, plays to the psychology of the crimes and events. The main character, Norman Bates, is based off of the murderer Ed Gein. Norman is an odd young man from the start and has a strange attachment to his his mother just like Gein. One of the quotes that stays in my mind from this movie is when Norman tells Marian "After all, a…

Suspense is a feeling you get as you watch a person walk through a forest in the dead of night, a shark fin circle the swimmer, or a sniper take a breath before the shot. In the story “The Sniper,” by Liam O’Flaherty, there are many moments of suspense. Suspense to me is the feeling of uncertainty and anxiousness you feel about what might happen. 3 moments of suspense that caught my attention are, right before the sniper flipped over his brother’s lifeless body, when he shot the man in the…

On September 1, 1954, Rear Window was released into theaters. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it follows a man, L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries, who is confined to his apartment in a wheelchair and passes the time by watching the everyday activities of the residents of his apartment complex out his back window. During this time, he thinks he sees one of his neighbors murdered by her husband, and with the help of his friends, he proves his neighbor’s murder and her husband’s guilt. The main characters are…