Alfred Hitchcock

Introduction             Film as a major form of artistic and creative expression is constantly subjected into uncompromising situations. This renowned work of art is consistently torn by various issues and intrigues. The controversies that surround the whole movie industry stem from different aspects. Some of these are often caused by the seemingly never-ending bickering of…

Despite being created in the early 1960s, Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “Psycho” is considered one of the greatest films of all time due to its portrayal of the psychological battle between good and evil in cinema. Hitchcock achieves this through meticulous costume design and suspenseful sound, showcasing how the mind can be wielded as a weapon…

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a uniquely captivating film that is an exemplary style of cinematic craftsmanship. Reaching into the minds of the characters, as well as the audience, Alfred Hitchcock is the master at utilizing the juxtaposition of images to bring us into the minds of the characters. In Rear Window, the story is…

Alfred Hitchcock is the acknowledged master of the thriller genre he was one of the first if not the first director to blended suspense humor and sex appeal to create something never viewed before on the world cinema stage.He was known to his audience as the “Master of Suspense” and what Hitchcock mastered was not…

NotoriousAfter viewing Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious for the first time, the filmdid not strike me as particularly complex. Nothing specific about the filmlodged itself in my brain screaming for an answeror, at least, an attemptedanswer. Yet, upon subsequent viewings, subtle things became more noticeable. (Perhaps Hitchcock’s subtlety is what makes him so enormously popular!)Hitchcock uses motifs…

For this essay I am going to describe, in detail, what Alfred Hitchcock did to make Psycho an innovative film, a new one that hadn’t been around before. It is famous because at the time it had a huge effect on the audience, we’re analysing how and why it did.In the 1950’s America had a…

The central propositions of Auteur theory rest on the aspect of film criticism maintaining that a director’s personal vision of creativity is reflected in the films he or she creates. This can also be extended to all others in the production process who contribute to the creation of the film. In essence, the key to…