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    On October 27‚ I had driver’s education until six o’clock. I figured that because I was already at Stevenson‚ I should just stay for Haunted High. I could use it for a cultural event or extra credit and I knew of a few friends who were attending. I have absolutely no idea why I possibly thought this could end in such a way that I wasn’t completely terrified. I hate horror movies‚ haunted houses‚ and generally anything scary. Prior to Haunted High‚ I had only seen one horror movie‚ House at the End

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    Film Journal #1 1. How does Hitchcock introduce us to the two principle characters? Where do the scenes take place and how is the camera placed? In the case of Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman)‚ her father’s prison sentence leaves her skeptical of others‚ yet longing for a new companion in her life. She has a reliance on alcohol to wash her troubles away. R. Devlin’s (Cary Grant) a stranger from the party‚ a very mystery man. The Party takes place at Miami‚ FL. The camera pans right across Cary

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    The 1960 psychological thriller‚ Psycho‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ challenge of social‚ film conventions and audience expectations at the time. The scene reveals an underlying uneasiness in the character of Norman Bates. The extract‚ the parlour scene‚ shows how Hitchcock uses cinematography and mise-en-scene to reveal the many layers of meaning to the audience. The film technique contribute to the themes‚ issues of duality of human nature‚ family. The context of the parlour scene is when Marion

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    Why hate the Film?

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    we feel disappointed to not see our own interpretation of the book on the screen. A film made from a book or inspired by a book is called adaptation. Many people who have read Cornell Woolrich’s short story "It Had to Be Murder" and then watched Alfred Hitchcock’s film‚ “Rear Window‚” were disappointed that the adaptation did not reflect exactly the story. That’s because‚ we lack the understanding that a Literature–Based film although called an adaptation is indeed a translation of the story.

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    After watching the old time film on “strangers on a train”‚ which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ which was based on the latest 1950s novel that was wrote by the famous Patricia Hitchcock. In reading the paper you are going to learn that the acting‚ featuring‚ screen playing‚ music‚ and editing. Also going to let you act knowledge about how much money was spent in making the film and how much money is earn by selling the film in stores. It is also going to tell you how long the movie is if it is

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    Duality In Psycho

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    Psycho Psycho is a 1960 horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Anthony Perkins‚ Janet Leigh‚ Vera Miles and John Gavin. The film is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The main theme that Hitchcock tries to express to the audience is dual or split personalities. Everyone has a subconscious battle with good and evil; he shows this in many different ways using lighting‚ different camera techniques‚ mise-en-scene and silence. Also he used a string orchestra to add

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    Psycho

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    and provoke response from you and the audience. I have chosen the 1960’s movie ‘Psycho’ produced by Alfred Hitchcock. ‘Pyscho’ was a landmark movie that cost only $800‚000 to make‚ yet has earned over $40‚000‚000 worldwide‚ this is due to the fact that it pushed and broke the boundaries of the horror genre. The film received four academy award nominations and is regarded as one of Hitchcocks best films. I have chosen to focus on the micro element‚ cinematography in my chosen 3-5 minute sequence

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    The film I will be analyzing is an Alfred Hitchcock film: The Lady Vanishes. It’s about an old women Miss Froy‚ who befriends a wealthy young girl names Iris on the train‚ but later disappears on the way to their destination. The specific scene I will be talking about s where Iris and Gilbert‚ a person Iris seeks for help fight against the culprit‚ who kidnapped Miss Froy. In this 1938 film editing wasn’t the best because there wasn’t much technology and equipment to work with. But there are techniques

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    Nelsan Binnie Professor Joseph Intro To Film March 16‚ 2014 The Man Who Knew Too Much Alfred Hitchcock is sought out to be one of the world’s greatest filmmaker because he very conscious about his films. What I mean by conscious filmmaking is that Hitchcock always knew what exactly he wanted in his product from framing to camera angles to soundtrack‚ Hitchcock had a plan with his films and he pushed to get his ideal end product. In Hitchcock’s second making of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

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    is attacked by birds near a sea side town. The conflict starts with the town people being ignorant of the threat. In both the novella and the film of The Birds clearly show the use of fear. However‚ Daphne du Maurier’s novella is more accurate that Alfred Hitchcock’s film. Consequently‚ the novella was a more successful representation of mood‚ tone‚ and setting than the film. The mood in the movie is week as the

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