Alfred Hitchcock

The Film, "Psycho" directed by Alfred Hitchcock, effectively presented the ideas of murder and schizophrenia through the use of characters, particularly with the double-sided Norman Bates. Sound and visual techniques were also depicted quite well. Murder and schizophrenia were vividly interpreted in the movie "Psycho" through the use of characters. The character of Norman Bates was the central character in the film and had a complex and differing personality. One moment he was shy, kind, lonely

What exactly is an auteur? According to Graham Roberts and Heather Wallis, ‘film’s generic ideas produced creative conventions in cinema language which could then be exploited and developed by individual artists into a personal vision’ (127). That individual artist is the auteur; someone who, through their work, displays several key qualities that are uniquely their own, namely: reoccurring themes and plotlines throughout their movies; specific stylistic qualities in their films such as mise en scene

The movie Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1960. When Psycho was first released they implemented a rule that no one could come into the movie late, and I guess that was a thing that happened a lot back then. People were just like “I got a few minutes, let me go into this movie, I don’t care if it started.” But they were having none of that with Psycho. Once the movie started the doors were closed, no one was allowed in. In the previews they asked the audience to not divulge any of the secrets

In This essay I will discuss the use of camera movements, framing and the editing devices in the crop-duster sequence of North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1959) By focusing on these three techniques I hope to establish what effect they have on us and how that effect is achieved? I will look closely and analyse certain shots in this sequence, which I feel are significant in creating suspense. By dissecting the layers of each shot, I hope to reveal the technique and intentions behind them

In 1959- early 1960 five directors released debut feature length films that are widely regarded as heralding the start of the French nouvelle vague or French New Wave. Claude Chabrols Le Beau Serge (The Good Serge, 1959) and Les Cousins (The Cousins, 1959) were released, along with Francois Truffauts Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows, 1959), Jean-Luc Godards A bout de souffle (Breathless, 1960) and Alain Resnais Hiroshima mon amour (Hiroshima my love, 1959). These films were the beginning of

mid-twentieth century, America was always seen as a role-model to other countries due to their great economy and social contract. However, during the Second World War Americans weren’t completely aware of the actual incompleteness of the social contract. In Alfred Hitchcock’s Lifeboat, this imperfectness of the contract became aware as the characters explored many tensions regarding gender, race, and morals. These interactions foreshadow upcoming changes in America such as the New Woman and African American’s

This peer-reviewed article Eros and agape in Alfred Hitchcock’s I Confess is written by Catherin O’Brien, who is a senior lecturer in Film Studies and French at Kingston University. With a very poetic title, this article focuses on the major conflict in Hitchcock’s I Confess, the love from God to human versus the love between human. In order to analysis and discuss such a tactile and sentimental issue, the author spends a large amount of space describing and interpreting the mise-en-scene. Although

Did you know it is more to film broadcasting than just visible viewing it? The ability to analyze films implicates closely examination of cinematography. Cinematography refers to the process in film of lighting a shot and achieving quality in the visual images that are captured. The cinematographer in any film is also known as the director of photography and may be either an artist or a technician. It is this individual who is responsible for ensuring that the images appearing on screen are presented

director is the sole creator. (Nelmes, 2012). Developing this newfound term, auteur theory, coming from the French word ‘author’, François Truffaut came to this conclusion after studying the filmography of famous directors including the works of Alfred Hitchcock and Jean Renoir (Acu.edu.au, 2011). François Truffaut noticed that many elements

which it suggests a negative attitude towards women. The ways in which women are meant to be observed merely as a spectacle. Hitchcock has the ability to control our “gaze” of Lisa and