Hitchock blog

Alfred Hitchcock, what an amazing director. Having never heard of him before or even any knowledge of his works and now being introduced to it, it's different from the movies I'm used to. Hitchcock's movies that were viewed in class were all different but in each movie it had some of the same aspects. Especially with how Hitchcock uses montages in all 3 movies not in the typical sense but in the way that brings out different qualities of the movie. As well as how some of his personal opinions were also portrayed in the movie. For example, in the 39 Steps, Hitchcock's fear or dislike of police and authority is easily shown by character of Hannay and how he avoids the police with everything he has. Another similarity of his films relating to something that Hitchcock tends to do in his movies is the 'wrong man' theme. The theme entitles that there's an ordinary person but an extraordinary thing happens to them or the completely innocent is then framed and so must prove their innocence. Each film exemplifies Hitchcock's quality at film making. Hitchcock using his own feelings and continuous themes throughout his movies, the way he uses editing and camera work to display different feelings as well as how they affect what the viewers think of the scenes. Not only that but Hitchcock tends to be very unique on the sound side. In all 3 of the movies that were watched in class, each movie didn't have much sound for transition or many of the scenes but he used a different tactic. What I thought about his sound usage was brilliant how he would leave scenes silent for a certain duration and out of no where the music just builds up and it generates suspense and surprise. Not only that but sometimes with his use of sound, in a way it enhances the action that is happening on scene. For example in Rear Window, near the end when Thorwald is in Jeff's apartment, you don't really hear much but the moment the two start physically conflicting, all the noises start to make the scene more energetic and intense.
Furthering with Hitchcock's style is how he magnificently uses camerawork. For example the shower scene in Psycho where the lady is stabbed to death, although we were somewhat expecting to just simply see a few stabs and her going down, we actually find out that the way Hitchcock uses camera angles it changes the actions completely. By using multiple upon multiple shots and angles, it looks much more violent and thrilling. We find this out by how Hitchcock himself tells us that he used over 70 cameras just for that single scene and how he manipulated the shots to make it look as though she was stabbed even without any actual shots with the knife puncturing the victim. Hitchcock's camerawork is very artistic and is another part of his directing style that has led him to be very revered in the world of directors.