1. 4257675-190500-342900-190500Alfred Hitchcock<br />Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (1899-1980) was an English filmmaker and producer; He mastered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. <br />Hitchcock was known for his distinctive and recognizable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera which moves in a way meant to mimic a person's gaze, making the audience more engaged and giving them a 1st person insight, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. A good example of this would be in own movie “Psycho” in when Norman Bates peeks inside a whole to see Marion Cane (played by Janet Leigh) getting undressed. This technique is still often used in many contemporary movies; a good example would be American beauty (1999). He framed shots to increase anxiety, fear, or empathy. Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime, although many of the mysteries function as decoys only to serve thematic elements in the film and the extremely complex psychological examinations of the characters. Hitchcock's films also borrow many themes from psychoanalysis and feature strong sexual undertones. The decoys mentioned also can be related to Psycho in which we are first made to believe that the stolen money is the main centre of attention, but as the movie goes on the get to see that it was just a prop the get the main narrative forward. Indeed what makes many Alfred Hitchcock’s movies so compelling is his focus on the ordinary people being drawn into extraordinary and frightening events. There are no giant beasts or aliens. The monster may be the every day person you see walking around. One of his famous quotes are “ the easiest way to worry people is to turn the table on them” in a Hitchcock film the enemy spy isn’t James Bond or someone traveling in a elite group. It flips that stereotype. And now it’s the next door could be your neighbor u never expected. Some cases the most unassuming character is really the murderer. The situations are every day occurrences, much like places you and would go and people we would like to meet or pass by. You soon start to think that it would even happen to us. Another technique that Hitchcock used the build suspense was to get the audience in on the real danger early in the movie, but leave the characters in the dark. In his film “sabotage” he has a delivery boy carrying a package that contains a time bomb set to go off at 1:45. The audience knows this but the delivery boy only know he’s been told to deliver the package to an address in London by 1:30. As he goes down the street, distracted by this and that, tensions builds as the clocks keep ticking odd the minutes. Finally he boards the bus to make up time. Hitchcock died on 29 April 1908, 9.17AM. he died peacefully in his sleep due to renal failure in his Bel Air, Los Angeles California home at the age of 80, survived by his wife and daughter. His funeral service was held at Good Sheppard Catholic Church in Beverly Hills. Hitchcock’s body was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean.<br />He is also well known Cameos. This means that is stars in his own films. He my not play a big role but he is still in the frame. This shows that he was very enthusiastic about every aspect of films the directing editing and also acting. He also may of done it for his fans, “he didn’t mind getting his hands dirty” here are just a few examples;<br />417195076200<br />The Lodger(1962)- at the desk in the newsroom.<br />417195085725<br />Blackmail(1929)- Being bothered by a small boy as he reads a book in the subway. <br />4200525219075<br />Stranger on the train (1951)- boarding a train with a double bass fiddle as Farley Granger gets off in his hometown, early in the film . <br />4248150276225<br />Rear Window (1954)- winding the clock in the songwriters apartment, a half hour into the movie. <br />