Alfred Hitchcock:

A Legacy of SuspenseAlfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho began a

long line of dark horror and mystery films that audiences are still fascinated with today. His creative thinking and dark directing will impact the horror genre forever.

Some of Hitchcock’s famous directing attributes:

1. Frequent use of subjective camera to reveal a character’s vision (Norman Bates looking through peep-hole in Psycho)

2. Belief in the supreme superiority in suspense over surprise.

3. Skill with montage that allowed him to create breathtaking sequencing.

These attributes can be seen all over horror films today. For example, in the movie Prom Night, when Donna is hiding under the bed, the camera shows her view of the killer’s feet right beside her. Shots like these help influence suspense and will allow Alfred

Hitchcock’s legacy to live on and on.

Article By: Allison Duncan and Mattie Elliott

Top 10 SCARIEST Movies since Psycho:

1. The Exorcist2. The Haunting3. Jacob’s

Ladder4. Poltergeist5. The Sixth

Sense6. Rosemary’s

Baby7. The Omen8. The

Innocents9. Psycho10. The

Shining

“For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.”

-Alfred Hitchcock

Where’s

Alfred???

Alfred Hitchcock is well known for making cameos in all his works as well as works of others. We put our investigative skills to the test to find just where good ol’ Al has been hiding. Here’s his hottest haunts…

The Birds:Leaving the pet shop with two white terriers as TippiHedren enters.

Psycho:Four minutes in, through Janet Leigh’s window as she returns

to her office. He is

wearing a cowboy

hat.

Vertigo:In a gray suit walking in the street, eleven minutes in.

Rear Window:

Winding the clock in the

songwriter’s apartment, a

halfhour into the

movie.

Dial M for Murder:On the left side of the class-reunion photo,thirteen minutes into the film.

Strangers on A Train:Boarding a train with a double

bass fiddle asFarley Granger gets off in his

hometown, early in the film.

Marnie:Entering from the left of the hotel corridor after TippiHedren passes by, five minutes

in.

North By Northwest:

Missing a bus during the opening credits.

We’ve done our work in finding Alfred in these hit titles; now

try your hand next time you watch that classic Hitchcock

film you have hidden away.

http://www.imdb.com/, http://www.hitchcock.tv/cam/cameos.html,

Portable radios were used a lot back then.

Hamburger joints became popular.

Back then people use to wear plaid and they also had nice cars.

Plot Summary:

New York advertising executive Roger Thornhill is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, who believe Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill

escapes, but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder it is believed he committed. Following Kaplan to

Chicago as a fugitive from justice, Thornhill is helped by beautiful Eve Kendall. In Chicago, she delivers a message to Kaplan that almost costs Thornhill his life when he is chased across a cornfield by a crop-dusting plane.

Now you listen to me, I'm an advertising man, not a red

herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-

wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I

don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself "slightly"

killed.

No. No, Mother, I have not been

drinking. No. No. These two men, they poured a whole bottle of bourbon into me. No, they didn't give

me a chaser.

I didn't realize you were an art

collector. I thought you just

collected corpses.

In the world of advertising, there's no

such thing as a lie. There's only expedient

exaggeration.

Release Date: Sep. 17, 1959

Genre:Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Cinematography: The screenshots

shows suspense because of the angle of the camera and how it shows the plane coming towards him.

Why is this movie memorable?

This movie is memorable because of the famous director in this time and because it was an unique movie and its cinematography.

Awards:Nominated for 3 Oscars and another 4 wins.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

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