2. Alfred Hitchcock was raised by strict, catholic parents. Any
wrong action he committed he got punished for it for
example, his mother would force him to stand at the foot of
her bed for several hours as punishment (a scene alluded to
in his film Psycho). This idea of being harshly treated or
wrongfully accused would later be reflected in Hitchcock's
films. He died in 1980.
3. • Alfred Hitchcock was a famous English film producer and
director who is credited with developing the genres of
psychological thrillers and suspense
• The use of camera made to move in a way that mimics a
person's gaze.
• He framed shots to maximise anxiety, fear, or empathy, and
used innovative film editing.
• Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling
plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime.
• Through his cameo appearances in his own
films, interviews, film trailers, and the television program
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became a cultural icon.
What is he most famous for?
4. In 1925, Hitchcock directed his first film and began making the "thrillers"
for which he became known the world over. His 1929 film Blackmail is said
to be the first British "talkie." In the 1930s, he directed such classic
suspense films as The Man Who Knew Too Much and The 39 Steps.
5. Career: In 1939, Hitchcock left
England for Hollywood. The first film
he made there, Rebecca (1940).
Some of his most famous films
include Psycho, The Birds and
Marnie. His works became
renowned for their depictions of
violence, although many of his plots
merely function as decoys meant to
serve as a tool for understanding
complex psychological characters.
Hitchcock received the AFI's
(American Film Institute's) Life
Achievement Award in 1979. He
had a successful career in British
cinema in both silent films and early
talkies
Hitchcock was a multiple nominee and
winner of a number of prestigious
awards, receiving two Golden Globes,
eight Laurel Awards and five lifetime
achievement awards, as well as being
five times nominated for, albeit never
winning, an Academy Award as Best
Director. His film Rebecca (nominated for
11 Oscars) won the Academy Award for
Best Picture of 1940—particularly notable
as another Hitchcock film, Foreign
Correspondent, was also nominated that
same year.
In addition to these, Hitchcock received a
knighthood in 1980 when he was
appointed a Knight Commander of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE)
by Queen Elizabeth II in the 1980 New Year
Honours.
6.
7. BIRDS became Hitchcock's first — and only — horror/fantasy film.
• Hitchcock’s first film for
Universal Studios,
released 1963
• Introduced a whole new genre of film
based on “revenge of nature”
• involved compositing as
well as wire-work, mechanical and trained
Birds
• No music score - electronic sounds
• Hitchcock uses these in his trailer- which effectively plant these rhetorical Qs
into the viewers mind, increasing their desire to watch on.
