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Angela Sciarappa Paper type A 10/14/25 Wes Craven and Ingmar Bergman This paper is supposed to be an analysis of a key filmmaker who has been informed by and influenced by earlier creators of film. For my film maker I chose Wes Craven and for his influence I chose Ingmar Bergman. Wes Craven is widely known around the world as the creator of the infamous horror characters Freddy Krueger and Ghost face from Scream. He of course created many other films other than the gruesome tale of Krueger…

The highly popular and classic film “Vertigo” directed by Alfred Hitchcock is a cinematic masterpiece for its time. Critics such as the ones from the Variety Staff have their own opinion and gave the review- “James Stewart, on camera almost constantly, comes through with a startlingly fine performance as the lawyer-cop who suffers from acrophobia.” I highly agree with this review due to the important role James Stewart plays in the misdirecting, and ever so suspenseful film. To begin, Stewart's…

The Highwayman is a poem by Alfred Noyes that will send a chill down your spine. The poem uses very descriptive language to create a theme that will possibly leave the reader spooked. The opening lines, “The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees, the moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy trees” use vivid language that fills the reader’s mind with threatening images that can remind the reader of an experience that he or she had. Noyes engages the senses in the first part by…

movie Psycho there is a scene where the lead female actress Janet Leigh is in the shower and she gets murdered, but it doesn’t actually show her getting stabbed. The history of this movie is that it is horror movie, and it was directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and written by Joseph Stefano, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles and Martin Balsam, and was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. In the 1960 and 1998 version of the movie Psycho I…

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…

conform to femininity or be defined by man, Marion Crane seems to be frightened of the dominating male character in the film. She is passive and obedient towards his commands, abiding his instructuctions contradicting female views. The film Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock was the exemplary work of the 20th century, this film reveals the rapid development of film in comparison to the developments of the…

What does the 1954 mystery thriller Rear Window in common with 2014 action comedy 22 Jump Street? At first glance, the older and newer films have very little in common. The stories they tell have no similarities. Also, the editing styles and techniques are much more complex within the newer motion picture than the older one. However, after careful inspection, both films use the same basic components to achieve their storytelling goals. A similar practice is the use of music to establish or…

In the movie Seven directed by David Fincher in 1995, two detectives: William Somerset played by Morgan Freeman and David Mills played by Brad Pitt get called to solve a case of various murders representing the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath and envy. The personalities and personal struggles of both detectives begin to develop throughout the process of extensive investigating and high stresses of the case. The main take away from the movie is how the stressors and…

A Horror- thriller written by Joseph Stefano, directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. It is shot entirely in black and white, set in Phoenix. It follows a theme of a passion driven crimes. Hitchcock uses the character of Marion Crane, Norman Bates and Sam Loomis to drive this narrative. The Sam and Marion Characters are shown in the establishing shot, inside a hotel room where they appear to be having a heated discussion about their dodgy relationship and a potential future. Marion’s inner…

Listening Contours (2nd ed.). Rost, Michael. 1981. Tucson, Arizona: Lingual House Publishing Company One of the most famous movie directors of all time was Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock is most famous for his mystery movies. When Alfred Hitchcock died in 1980, he had made over 50 complete movies. Alfred Hitchcock was born in London in 1899. He was the youngest of three children. Hitchcock was a very shy boy and he went to very strict schools. Hitchcock studied to be an engineer, but he was…