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    create meaning and generate response in the film Marnie‚ by Alfred Hitchcock. The scene is of Mark trying to rekindle Marnie’s memories from the night of her mother’s ‘accident’: Marnie‚ having seeing Mark trying to hold back her mother’s punches‚ begins to remember parts from that night. The first shot‚ of Marnie‚ her mother and Mark‚ uses Mise-en-scene to show the higher achy within the three characters. Whereas towards the beginning Hitchcock had always had Marnie positioned higher than other characters

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    Alfredo Hitchcock uses a great example of the personality double of Norman Bates character. This is apart of the basic gothic elements and used several times during the movie. As Norman Bates meets Marion crane ‚ he is a sweet and nervous boy that likes a girl. On the other hand he also has a personality as his evil mother side. His mother comes out when he gets threatened and or when Marion Crane undressed and that puts him on edge. A form of an masculine element used is oedipal when his dominant

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    Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

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    Psycho Analysis Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The horror film was made in the 1960s based on the novel Psycho by Robert Bloch. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures in 1960 to 1968 and then by Universal studios 1968 to present. The thriller illustrates the encounter of secretary Marian Crane played by Janet Leigh who is hiding in an abandoned motel and the motels owner Norman Bates played by Anthony Perkins‚ it then proceeds to describe the aftermath of their encounter. The

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    eye means so much for so many reasons to a person such as Steven Spielberg or Alfred Hitchcock. A continuous shot‚ completely uncut or edited‚ can bring a vision together and tell the viewer to not look away. With their ability to tell magnificent tales of suspense‚ drama and horror in over 100 films‚ Hitchcock and Spielberg are‚ and always will be the two most influential and prolific directors in history. Hitchcock‚ otherwise known as the Master of Suspense‚ never saw himself as a part of that

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    Alfred Hitchcock's Rope

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    Patrick Massey Professor Knight Rhetoric II‚ Section 26 March 14‚ 2011 Often‚ works of fiction are based on actual events‚ and this is the case with Alfred Hitchcock’s 1948 thriller‚ Rope‚ and the 1924 murder trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Hitchcock envelops the audience in suspense in his portrayal of the bizarre murder case of Leopold and Loeb in which they murdered a fourteen-year-old boy for no apparent reason. In the movie‚ Brandon and Philip‚ two wealthy‚ smart men‚ decide

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    Alfred Hitchcock's Career

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    Hitchcock was affected by major events of the era like the First World War or the Great War. As he failed medical examination he couldn’t enter military service. Hitchcock showed active interest in movies and plays which was a recent form of entertainment. He was captivated by motion pictures frequented movie theatres and turned to be an avid reader of film journals and these were not fan magazines but trade publications that gave a detailed account of business and technical side of filmmaking

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    Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

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    When Hitchcock made Psycho in 1959 and early 1960‚ it was a hard sell to begin with considering the subject matter and that no studio wanted to pick it up‚ so Hitch had to put up his own money and on the off season from “ Alfred Hitchcock Presents”‚ he filmed the film. However‚ the subject matter was just the beginning of the tricks that Hitchcock had up his sleeves for the film and his viewing public. By the time Psycho rolled around‚ Hitchcock had already made a name for himself as a filmmaker

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    Rear Window: Irresistible Voyeurism Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a uniquely captivating film that is an exemplary style of cinematic craftsmanship. Reaching into the minds of the characters‚ as well as the audience‚ Alfred Hitchcock is the master at utilizing the juxtaposition of images to bring us into the minds of the characters. In Rear Window‚ the story is so distinctively executed that it allows us to relate to our own curiosities‚ question our identities‚ and ponder our closest

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    Psycho Hitchcock once said that he migrated to the United States as a kind of cultural exchange‚ only nobody knows what was sent in return because‚ said Hitchcock "they are afraid to open it.” Branded as the master of suspense through his pioneering editing techniques‚ captivating story telling and ability to incorporate his audience into his dramatic films‚ Hitchcock virtually created the thriller genre in the world of cinema. In the article‚ Through a Shower Curtain Darkly: Reflexivity as a Dramatic

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    The Alfred Hitchcock film ‘Psycho’ is undoubtedly one of the most significant‚ ground breaking films of all time. It is now considered the ‘mother of all modern horror films’‚ and sets the base to many horror films and themes made after its release in 1960. To create such an influential movie Hitchcock used many techniques such as code and conventions‚ symbolism‚ themes‚ and film noir. Code and conventions are used in ways that greatly increase the effectiveness of the overall film. Close-up camera

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