The two primary suspects of the Clutter case, Richard Eugene Hitchcock and Perry Edward Smith, were arrested on December 30, 1959 for driving a stolen vehicle in Las Vegas, Nevada. Alvin Dewey, the KBI detective assigned to the case, was informed by a colleague that the suspects were arrested, fearing that he would lose his chance to interrogate them, he decided to drive to Las Vegas. When first questioned about their involvement in the quadruple homicide, both suspects deny having anything to do with the horrific crime and recount a phony story they had conceived and thoroughly rehearsed. Perry is the first to succumb to the detective's scrupulous questioning, and proceeded to recount what really occurred on the evening in question. Hitchcock…
‘The Birds’ was far most one of the most successful suspense films of its time and possibly all time. It is directed film by one of the great founding films for the horror Alfred Hitchcock. The movie was based on a novel by Daphne DuMaurier, I think this is a extraordinary, exceptional film because it does everything a suspense film should have, and Hitchcock went beyond. I am proceed to examined special effects such as lighting, color and camera techniques.…
Instead of using setting description, he just uses scenery because you can actually see it. For example, he uses the setting descriptions of the narrator’s dream from the beginning of the novel to create the scenery, visuals, and the enactment of the dream in the movie. The dream in the movie sounds exactly like the dream in the novel, but you can actually see it instead of imagining it. The suspenseful part is when the house is dark and there is no sign of life. But suddenly, a light turns on. Also, he uses scenery as Manderly burns to the ground at the end of the movie. Hitchcock also uses music to create suspense and tension. As mentioned earlier, Manderly is burnt down and as Maxim figures out that it’s Manderly burning, suspenseful music plays. Earlier in the movie, the narrator tells Mrs. Danvers to remove certain things from the room. Mrs. Danvers asks her why, and the narrator replies, “Because I am Mrs. de Winter now.” As she says this, suspenseful music…
People look to comedy movies to laugh just as they look to scary movies to be frightened. Producers and directors of these films include key elements to fulfill the audience’s wants. In scary movies producers use elements such as: colors, foreshadowing, symbolism, camera angles, sounds, etc. to heighten the suspense and scare factor of the film. In Robert Zemeckis’s films he uses these techniques to scare the audience and build up the suspense. Zemeckis specifically uses foreshadowing and camera angles, in What Lies Beneath, to generate suspense and prove that everything is not always as it seems.…
Discuss the ways in which Hitchcock sets the scene for the audience in the opening minutes of his film 'Rear Window'(1954) - 500 words…
He uses the camera as Jefferies’ point of view frequently. We are put into the place of Jefferies through these point of view shots, panning from apartment to apartment and viewing through binoculars and his camera lens. This gets us familiar with the neighbors and causes us to identify with them. You feel like part of the neighborhood and know the personality and lifestyle of each person. This ability to put ourselves in Jefferies’ place also helps create suspense. We feel as if the camera is our own eyes so when Thorwald, the man suspected of murder, disappears from his apartment at the end of the film and walks into Jefferies’ room we feel as if we are the ones in danger. The use of lighting in this scene is also very compelling as the shadows are darker than the other times when the lights in the apartment are off. This allows Jefferies’ to hide completely in the shadows where we just see his silhouette and Thorwald’s eyes are the only part of his face lit, not allowing you to look anywhere else. The use of the orange circle after the flash bulb created by Jefferies is an interesting way for us to get Thorwald’s perspective.…
In our mordern world, stories affect our life every day, but how do the authors of these wonders keep the reader exited and focused? This is when the type of writing called suspense comes along. Suspense is the type of writing skill authors use to give readers uncertainty about the conclusion of the story. In some stories, the reader may guess the conclusion before they even finish reading the introduction, but when authors add suspense in to their master pieces, the stories become far more interesting and keeps the reader wondering whether if the conclusion of the story would end like they thought it would, and therefore keeps the reader wanting to read more. The famous writer Edgar Allan Poe is an expert in writing suspense related stories…
The first time a saw the movie I really didn’t see the voyeurism of the film, mostly because it was in my high school humanities class and was told to figure out the story behind the thriller. The teacher told us to find out the mystery of Mr. Thorwald. But after refreshing myself of the movie a noticed that Hitchcock was a very smart, nosy man, just like the rest of society. I pictured Hitchcock in the wheelchair watching all those people out of his window, and then myself and came to realize that anyone would watch if it were open to you. This led me to recognize that the movie, behind the crime investigation, was all about voyeurism and how people love to see without being seen. I watched it with my brother, who is a film major at UCF, and he too thought the same thing. We discussed the movie afterwards and he came to appreciate the movie for being shot in one area.…
Hitchcock tends to define suspense in his films by "concern for how a character will respond to a threat about which the audience is already informed. Here, viewers feel suspense for the character rather than fright or shock with the character, [unlike his definition of surprise]" (Cohen 126). In this article, Cohen talks about a second kind of suspense, which she calls conceptual suspense. She describes it as "extending the suspense situation into a larger social/historical arena. This type of suspense makes it possible for certain films to continue to be suspenseful not only when the outcome is known but also when supposedly realistic elements in the film no longer reflect the contemporary practice" (Cohen 127). When watching Shadow of a Doubt through the lens of…
One way the director does this is by the different camera angles he records at certain events in the film. In one scene of the film, the audience may notice that the director displays New York City from a distance, then they zoom up on Theodore in a park all by himself. Another way they use to help the film along is when then they have it in slow motion or fast motion to show the mood of that event, like when Theodore was in the park and the crowd of people were blurry and constantly moving. This is just one sense in the movie that displays how the director uses camera angles to set the mood and to get a point across without the use of words or…
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Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958, is a psychological thriller that is said to be Hitchcock's most personal and revealing film. Vertigo was a failure in the box office, but later became to be the premier of pure cinema. Through the use of formal elements such as lighting, color, spacing, and sound Hitchcock brings the film off of the screen and into the audience's head. The themes presented in Vertigo: love, sex, obsession, and guilt play a far more important role in telling the story than the acting. These are common Hitchcockian themes, which culminate all within this one film.…
First of all, it is evident that the very detailed description cannot translate to cinematic form. To replicate this, the suspense is portrayed through the faces of the young actors who are, in my view, simply not talented enough to be able to properly bring out our emotions with the poorly performed dialog.…
Burton’s does this by using techniques such as mise-en-scene and cinematography. The Horseman is chasing Mazbeth, Ichabod and Katrina through the Western Woods. A close up is shown on Katrina’s face, to show expression, by using a close up the viewer cannot see what is actually going on. This creates an atmosphere of suspense to the audience. As the Horseman grabs onto Ichabod, this further builds the feel of suspense because the audience is left wondering what will happen next. Burton’s use of mise-en-scene and cinematography build an atmosphere of suspense.…
Alfred Noyes uses repetition, imagery and characterization to create suspense in the Highwayman. Alfred uses this quote, “I’ll come to three by moonlight, though hell should bar the way!” to show repetition throughout the story. He uses this quote many times meaning, that he will come for the girl at night in the moonlight. He also means that, he will go through hell to rescue the girl which creates suspense for the reader. Alfred uses imagery to describe this quote, “Her eyes grew wide for a moment; she drew one last deep breath, Then her finger moved in the moonlight.”. This quote makes the reader think and make a image in their mind about this quote. It creates suspense by hooking the reader to the book. Characterization…