Christopher Nolan // Alfred Hitchcock
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Gained fame after his film Memento, written by his brother Jonathan Nolan.
Some of his notable traits in his work include non-linear storytelling, ambiguous characters, a focus on character perspective in terms of camera angles, strong uses of light and dark to signify development in the story, as well as various Easter eggs and connections within his films. He also tends to film in the I-max format for larger shot types using film instead of digital. Tries to avoid digital effects and films as many effects on film as possible
Alfred Hitchcock is well regarded by both the general public as well as critics and scholars.
his works are often described as suspenseful, and feature motifs and themes such as Emotional dysfunction, voyeurism and sexual guilt, psychotic criminals and stereotypical blondes. His notable films include The 39 Steps (1935), The Lady Vanishes (1938), Rebecca (1940), Shadow Of A Doubt (1943), Notorious (1946), Strangers On A Train (1951), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), North By Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963).
After watching the analysed shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), post an entry on your blog that addresses the following questions…
In the film Psycho (1960), director Alfred Hitchcock creates a suspenseful murder scene of the young women Marion Crane while she stays at the Bates Motel. This scene is highly regarded and known by many people who haven't even seen the movie. Hitchcock's intentions in this scene was to symbolise the conflict and guilt of the character in the way she becomes a victim of the psychopathic motel owner. Through the use of quick cuts and musical score, Hitchcock manages to portray the violent, quick paced and chaotic attack on Marion. As well as this, certain camera angles, like close ups, and open shots with a view where the audience gets more information than the protagonist, work to build suspense leading up to the death of the Marion. The symbol of the shower also adds to the deeper meaning of the scene, with Marion trying to come clean from the crime she committed, as well as it being the perfect location for a murder, where evidence was washed down the drain, and making the crime scene easy to clean up.
What was the director’s intention of the shower scene?
What is the importance of the scene to the story?
What techniques were used to convey intended meaning?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WtDmbr9xyY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GaV4ZCRLK4
Gained fame after his film Memento, written by his brother Jonathan Nolan.
Some of his notable traits in his work include non-linear storytelling, ambiguous characters, a focus on character perspective in terms of camera angles, strong uses of light and dark to signify development in the story, as well as various Easter eggs and connections within his films. He also tends to film in the I-max format for larger shot types using film instead of digital. Tries to avoid digital effects and films as many effects on film as possible
Alfred Hitchcock is well regarded by both the general public as well as critics and scholars.
his works are often described as suspenseful, and feature motifs and themes such as Emotional dysfunction, voyeurism and sexual guilt, psychotic criminals and stereotypical blondes. His notable films include The 39 Steps (1935), The Lady Vanishes (1938), Rebecca (1940), Shadow Of A Doubt (1943), Notorious (1946), Strangers On A Train (1951), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), North By Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963).
In the film Psycho (1960), director Alfred Hitchcock creates a suspenseful murder scene of the young women Marion Crane while she stays at the Bates Motel. This scene is highly regarded and known by many people who haven't even seen the movie. Hitchcock's intentions in this scene was to symbolise the conflict and guilt of the character in the way she becomes a victim of the psychopathic motel owner. Through the use of quick cuts and musical score, Hitchcock manages to portray the violent, quick paced and chaotic attack on Marion. As well as this, certain camera angles, like close ups, and open shots with a view where the audience gets more information than the protagonist, work to build suspense leading up to the death of the Marion. The symbol of the shower also adds to the deeper meaning of the scene, with Marion trying to come clean from the crime she committed, as well as it being the perfect location for a murder, where evidence was washed down the drain, and making the crime scene easy to clean up.
What was the director’s intention of the shower scene?
What is the importance of the scene to the story?
What techniques were used to convey intended meaning?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WtDmbr9xyY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GaV4ZCRLK4
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