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    I am writing about Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6‚ 1898 – August 24‚ 1995) who was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He is best known for his photograph of the V-J Day celebration and for his candid photographs‚ frequently made using a 35mm Leica camera. Eisenstaedt was born in Dirschau in West Prussia‚ Imperial Germany in 1898. His family moved to Berlin in 1906. Eisenstaedt was fascinated by photography from his youth and began taking pictures at age 14 when he was given

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    Alfred Hitchcock’s suspense Rear Window (1954) is focused on Jeff‚ formally L.B. Jefferies‚ a cooped up action-shot photographer. After being injured from work‚ Jeff is left with a full-leg cast and nothing to do but peer at his neighbors (a salesman with a spotty marriage‚ a dancer‚ a failing musician‚ a lonely woman and others) through his back window. Jeff’s girlfriend Lisa Fremont‚ a model and fashion consultant‚ and the enthusiastic Stella‚ Jeff’s home nurse‚ both assist Jeff by being his ‘feet

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    Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock are two directors who have been influenced by their time. Hitchcock was influenced from early 19th century. Spielberg was influenced from the middle of 19th century. Spielberg has been influenced by technology and historical events. Hitchcock has mainly been influenced by current events and art movements. Different influences revolutionize and create change in the directors ’ films. Hitchcock was a member of the London Film Society which showed French‚ German

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    Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho In this literary research project‚ I will delve into this movie to show that Alfred Hitchcock drew many of the elements in this work from birds. (HitchcockAlfred Joseph. Psycho. 1960.) I picked this topic because I watched Alfred Hitchcock’s movies The Birds and Psycho when I was in high school and I was fascinated by the ideas that he presented in those films. I was fascinated at how he used birds as antagonists in The Birds. I watched Psycho after watching the

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    Alfred Joseph Hitchcock‚ or ‘The Master of Suspense’‚ was born in August 13‚ 1899‚ in Leytonstone‚ London‚ England. He was a British filmmaker and producer who‚ in his 50 year career‚ greatly contributed to filmmaking’s growth as an art. His brilliance was sometimes too bright: He was hated as well as loved‚ oversimplified as well as overanalyzed. Hitchcock was eccentric‚ challenging‚ creative‚ and impassioned. Hitchcock started working as a title card designer for the London branch of what would

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    Of course Alfred Hitchcock was a misogynist‚ or at least had a neurotic compulsion to mistreat women in his films: everyone knows that. Or do they? If so‚ one must assume also that most of his heroines were masochistic‚ in that nearly all his leading actresses seem to have adored him. And if there was mistreatment‚ it mostly seems to have been meted out‚ and perceived by its apparent victims‚ as all in the spirit of innocent merriment. Ivor Montagu‚ longtime friend and script collaborator of Hitch

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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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    Alfred Hitchcock uses many ways to explore the duality of human nature in his films‚ especially in the 1960 horror thriller Psycho. The duality of human nature represents our inner self‚ aspects that are mainly opposites‚ the light showing good‚ the dark showing evil‚ the natural and the unnatural‚ are just some examples of human nature. Hitchcock explored the duality of human nature using ways such as lighting‚ dialogue‚ camera angles‚ music‚ comparing and contrasting what different characters would

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    it was unexpected. Alfred Hitchcock was the king of suspense‚ especially in his film Psycho. Hitchcock uses different camera angles‚ lighting‚ and especially music/sound effects to really get the audience’s heart racing. Alfred Hitchcock is notorious for using McGuffin’s in his films. A McGuffin is an occurrence or action that seems like the whole movie is going to be about‚ but is then totally flipped upside down in an instant and changes the plot completely. In the movie Psycho a woman by the name

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    How does Hitchcock exceed audience expectations in Psycho? The director of the 1960 film Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ born 13th August 1899‚ in London. He died 29th April 1980 aged 80. He was a British filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in the United Kingdom in both silent films and early sound films‚ Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while retaining his

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