Ariel Shaw English 112 Comparison-Contrast Essay December 2‚ 2013 In this essay I will compare and the contrast the short story and film of “The Birds”. The short story was written by Daphne du Maurier and the film was directed by Hitchcock. The plot of the story is about flocks of birds who have started to behave in a weird way and begin attacking humans. In the short story of “The Birds” the main characters consisted of the Hockens family. The story took place in the 1950s in a rural
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throwing up clouds of dust in the air. There’s a sense of sinister‚ and I would give this scene a function of foreshadowing ‚ but nothing much actually happens until a car pulls up and a suited man gets out. The plane continues to buzz nearby. Hitchcock uses these eerie sound effects to intensify up the tension . This is a way to show that Thornhill is in imminent danger. Yet we don’t know from what . Then we can hear the line: "That’s funny. That plane’s dusting crops where there ain’t no crops
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The 1930s ushered in the Golden Age of Hollywood when new technological advances brought lighting‚ photography‚ and sound to a new level of excellence. Along with these technical advances‚ wardrobe departments of major motion picture studios were busy as costume designers‚ with the assistance of skilled seamstresses‚ milliners‚ and tailors‚ produced stunning garments for glamorous movie stars. During the 1930s and 1940s the field of costume design was dominated by men. But‚ that didn’t stop Edith Head
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Auteur Theory: Translated from the French‚ auteur simply means "author". There have been varied perceptions regarding this theory‚ its importance and effectiveness. Auteur theory is essentially “a method of evaluating films based on the director’s involvement and input”. The concept of ‘Auteur’ was first introduced by François Truffaut in 1954 in A Certain Tendency in French Cinema.(1) In this work he claimed that film is a great medium for expressing the personal ideas of the director. He suggested
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Alfred Molina was born in London on May 24‚ 1953.His mother‚ Giovanna‚ was an Italian house-keeper who cleaned rooms in a hotel and worked as a cook. His father‚ Esteban‚ was a Spanish immigrant from Madrid who worked as a waiter and chauffeur. He decided to become an actor after seeing Spartacus at the age of nine. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and later HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City. His stage work includes two major Royal National Theatre productions
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Alfred Hitchcock As a cinematographer‚ I see Alfred Hitchcock as one of the most influential people in the history of the silver screen. My synopsis of his films‚ however‚ will be through the eyes of a young man that has witnessed tragedy. I could sit and rant and rave about how Hitchcock was a great director‚ his films were awesome‚ etc.‚ but I’ll spare you of that. I would much rather discuss the attack‚ but since I must write this paper about his cinema work‚ I’ll try and compare the two
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Michael Bergonzi Mr. Shafer Film as Literature 18 December 2008 Christopher Nolan: Director or Something More Director Christopher Nolan has made a total of six feature films‚ including the ever popular Memento (2000) and The Dark Knight (2008). People who are merely fans say that he is an auteur. Film majors‚ however‚ disagree and believe that he doesn’t have enough movies out and that he is just good in relation to box office results and should not be considered an auteur. I have to disagree
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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
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Gothic Romantic and he as an artist’s focuses on dramatic surrealities. • Known for overtly cinematic photographs that use tricks of light to convey their mystery. • Photographs: often of suburban scenes that exude the kind of eerie terror of Hitchcock films. • his photography advocates unanswered questions that the viewer can than answer them • Crewdson trys to create transparency‚ a “perfect representation” and a “perfect world.” (he does not want grain‚ pixels‚ • His photos shift focus
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Movies (Henry Holt and Company‚ 1991 Elliot Stein‚ "The Dead Zones: ’George A. Romero’ at the American Museum of the Moving Image"‚ The Village Voice(New York)‚ January 8–14‚ 2003 http://www.filmsite.org/posters/psyc2.jpghttp://www.filmsite.org/reddot.gif Alfred Hitchcock’s powerful‚ complex psychological thriller‚ Psycho (1960) is the "mother" of all modern horror suspense films - it single-handedly ushered in an era of inferior screen ’slashers’ with blood-letting and graphic‚ shocking killings The master
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