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    create specific intensities set out by the director; this is where roles corresponding to certain areas were introduced such as cinematographers‚ production designers and lighting directors. A classic example of a well-known director would be Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980) who is famous for creating suspense films like The Birds or Psycho. I am mentioning him as he had revolutionised the way films

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    The Similarities of Alfred Hitchcock and Edward Hopper Alfred Hitchcock‚ also known as‚ “The Master of Suspense”‚ was a director to a variety of award winning films. Many Hitchcock movies will be noticeably inspired by numerous paintings‚ including the work of iconic artist Edward Hopper. Hopper‚ born in New York‚ was well known for his realist paintings. Comparing the paintings and films‚ one will see the similarities displayed between the two. Alfred Hitchcock and Edward Hopper are linked by creating

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    Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock are two directors who have been influenced by their time. Hitchcock was influenced from early 19th century. Spielberg was influenced from the middle of 19th century. Spielberg has been influenced by technology and historical events. Hitchcock has mainly been influenced by current events and art movements. Different influences revolutionize and create change in the directors ’ films. Hitchcock was a member of the London Film Society which showed French‚ German

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    Alfred Joseph Hitchcock‚ or ‘The Master of Suspense’‚ was born in August 13‚ 1899‚ in Leytonstone‚ London‚ England. He was a British filmmaker and producer who‚ in his 50 year career‚ greatly contributed to filmmaking’s growth as an art. His brilliance was sometimes too bright: He was hated as well as loved‚ oversimplified as well as overanalyzed. Hitchcock was eccentric‚ challenging‚ creative‚ and impassioned. Hitchcock started working as a title card designer for the London branch of what would

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    Norman Bates comes in and murders her. The director‚ Alfred Hitchcock‚ had a lot of obstacles to work around in this scene like how he was not permitted to show nudity or a knife going through the skin. With this in mind‚ he had to work every single shot around that. He spend plenty of time figuring out the perfect length of each shot. Also‚ the positioning of each shot was crucial to the feel the audience receives from the scene. Although‚ Hitchcock focused a lot on the sounds in the scene to keep the

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    1. The film I chose from the list of Alfred Hitchcock films is titled “Lifeboat” and it was released on January 11th‚ 1944. They’re quite a few principle characters in this film‚ such as a women named Constance Porter who is a journalist and was filming the battle between a Allied ship and a U-boat. Another character is a man named John Kovac who is black gang oiler‚ then their is CJ Rittenhouse Jr. a wealthy man‚ also their is a man named Gus Schmidt who changed his last name to Smith due to the

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    Rear Window The film I choose to watch and analyze for film techniques is Rear Window‚ Alfred Hitchcock‚ Paramount Pictures‚ 1954. Alfred Hitchcock was known as the “Master of Suspense” for his skills at directing psychological thrillers. How many directors today could make a great thriller like Rear Window work with a camera‚ lights‚ and a window? The fear was not projected up on the movie screen but within the minds of his audiences viewing it. Rear Window has a classification of Genre as a

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    The Master of Suspense “There is no terror in the bang‚ only in the anticipation of it.” Alfred Hitchcock said so eloquently. He was not the man of horror‚ mystery or sudden shock—no‚ Alfred Hitchcock was a man of suspense. He understood the mind and how the anticipation of something was even more fearful than the unknowing. Hitchcock‚ to this day‚ will remain one of the most phenomenal directors of all time because of his keen eye for creativity in the simplest of forms. He created art out

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    Film 100 March 15‚ 2012 The Effects of Suspense in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho The building of emotion‚ whether it is romantic love or deep hatred‚ can make a low-budget film into a blockbuster hit. Directors are constantly trying to build this deep feeling and emotion to make blockbuster hits. Alfred Hitchcock made hit films but instead‚ he built suspense – so much that it scared women from showering alone for years. Hitchcock’s appropriate label as the “Master of Suspense” came supremely out of

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    Analysis of the Transformation Scene in ”Vertigo” by Alfred Hitchcock Thesis: The transformation scene in “Vertigo” (Alfred Hitchcock‚ 1958) supports the methods he practices in his other films through the use of color‚ suspense‚ metaphorical statements and more. “Vertigo” is about fearing death‚ curiosity about the afterlife and the search of total perfection. Through out the film we constantly see flowers. They are mostly white and they appear both in vases‚ in pictures‚ on walls

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