Wednesday 28 January 2015

Thriller Opening (Research): Hitchcock - Case Study



   
Alfred Hitchcock (known as Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock as well) was born on the 13th of August in 1899 and passed away on the 29th of April, 1980. He was a famous film director and producer, well known for his work in the psychological thriller genres - nicknamed as the "Master of Suspense". He used many techniques to create suspense in his films and the ways he did such is something I would like to incorporate into our movie opening as suspense is key for thriller openings and this is why I will be looking into further depth of Hitchcock's work.

Filming over fifty feature films in his career that widened over six decades (60 years), he is very much regarded as the greatest British filmmaker due to these many films he has directed and produced which is a great title to hold.

Even today, Hitchcock is seen as a great director as during the 2007 poll, he gained first place as was claimed as "Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands." For years to have passed and him be still known as someone so great tells us what an impact he has left in the film world. His great work has caused him to be an engaging director who can toy with the audience's emotions as though it was  game as "his flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else."

His way of working is inspiring and the way he hides crucial information is something I would like to engage and use within our thriller opening with the plot twists we have planned out and the ideas that we could develop. He is also described as "the most influential movie maker of all time" by MovieMaker, a popular magazine.

His most famous film has to be Psycho where the heroine dies so early in the film as well as the suspense built up towards it. It definitely won him a lot as well as being a blockbuster which defined hallmarks of a new horror movie genre and has been copied by many authors of subsequent films.

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