Alfred the Great

Anxiety, tension and uncertainty are words that directly relate to the ‘master of suspense’ himself. Alfred Hitchcock uses the elements of mise en scene and sound to build up tension and uncertainty, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats. Alfred Hitchcock has created many great thrillers, but Psycho is a prime example of a well-executed thriller. The lighting and sound are complemented with costuming and exquisite camera work. Two key scenes in the movie of Psycho that best portray…

Neuendorf COM 320 15 October 2015 Introduction David Fincher?s modern masterpiece of cinema Gone Girl premiered around this time last year. Around that time, I was in COM 221 an intro to film class that is offered at CSU. In the class we had just viewed Alfred Hitchcock's film Strangers on a Train. Being lucky enough to view these films in relative sequence I began to see the distinct thematic connections between the two directors work. It was apparent throughout the film that Fincher…

Universal Cable Productions has inked a deal with Alfred Hitchcock’s Estate to create and produce an anthology series based on the filmmaker’s movies. Suspense is considered a main driving force for some movies, whether it’s for frightful tenacities, or to keep to audience on the edge of their seat. Many would argue, that Alfred Hitchcock was the master of this craft, as he manipulated frames and distorted reality to leave audiences in a constant state of indecisiveness. From the most popular…

Who was Alfred Wegener? Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin, Germany on November 1, 1880. He was a meteorologist (a person who studies the atmosphere and its weather (Meteorology, n.d.)) and geologist (a person who studies about the Earth’s history through rocks, layers of soil, etc. (Geology, n.d.)). In the early twentieth century, Wegener championed the continental drift theory. In 1904, he attended University of Berlin, where is he studied natural sciences also, received his doctorate in…

Bruce’s journey is no different. Throughout the movie, Bruce has struggled to balance the lifestyle of Bruce Wane and Batman. After his first time out as the Batman, he is roughly awoken by Alfred who forces him outside in order to keep up his deception as the billionaire playboy. He struggled to balance his life as between the day and the night, until the end. In the end, he realizes that while his life as Batman is important, he cannot forget…

The classic thriller, suspense film Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock is one of his greatest masterpieces. In a small Greenwich Village apartment, a newspaper photographer with a casted leg takes frequent views of the surrounding Lower East Side apartment buildings, lower courtyard and garden. With a suspicion about one of his neighbors, Jeff believes that one neighbor inparticular is a murder, then decides to solve the mystery himself. With a combination of thriller, action and mystery,…

Audre Lorde said, “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Although they do share some similarities, Alfred Adler and Sigmund Freud’s differences were substantial. Adler and Freud had once paved the way for modern day psychology together, but were inevitably torn apart by their differences in psychological theory. Adler had a very positive, somewhat appreciative point of view on religion, believing it bettered people.…

When Psycho was released in 1960, it quickly became of the most memorable and notorious films in cinema history. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on a book by Robert Bloche, the movie proved to be a huge success upon its release. The movie initially follows Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) as she flees town with money she stole from her employer, which inadvertently leads her to the Bates Motel. Here she encounters the infamous Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), and ultimately her death at the…

There are many extraordinary classic films; however, Vertigo, by Alfred Hitchcock, tops the list. Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart were household names in the 1950’s. Stewart had appeared in more than fifty films, and three of those fifty were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The two had previously worked together on the film Rope in 1948; the film Rear Window in 1954; as well as, The Man Who Knew to Much in 1956 (Spoto 569-576). Vertigo, released in 1958, is the fourth, and final, film…

Marion Crane is already full of trepidation of the police from her crime of stealing, but Bates is subtle, soft-spoken, normal looking, and hides his psychosis well, until it’s too late, and then he kills anyone that threatens him or his mother. Alfred Hitchcock has become famous the world over as the Master of Suspense and with the film Psycho, he has solidified that reputation, and helped changed forever how we view thrillers. Hitchcock was a true artist, an innovator among filmmakers, who…