1st period (Until 7:55):
This morning please use the linked resources from the homework on Alfred Hitchcock to respond in the COMMENT section below this post:
This morning please use the linked resources from the homework on Alfred Hitchcock to respond in the COMMENT section below this post:
- What did you learn about Alfred Hitchcock by reading these articles (be specific when referring to or attributing an article or website)
- What Hitchcock films have you personal experience watching? Which ones might you have heard about?
- If you were to write a suspense/mystery/thriller in Hitchcock's style, what might your story be about?
With time remaining in the lab, please continue working on your film script project(s). Drafts of your script are due Friday. See previous posts for more details and advice.
1/2 period (8:00):
We will screen the last part of Rear Window. See the previous post for details about the film.
HOMEWORK: None. You may prepare for the coffeehouse (Tuesday, 7:00 in the Ensemble theater).
9 comments:
1. The director Alfred Hitchcock had a fifty year long career. His movies used a certain kind girl in his movies, the type of girls earned their own moniker called "The Hitchcock blonde". Hitchcock's success came from his thriller/ mystery movies. He had the gift of suspense.
2. The only Hitchcock movie I've watched it "Rear Window" and I've heard of his movie "Psycho" and "The birds"
3. I'm not sure kind of suspense movie I'd write. Maybe a murder is committed and a husband and wife take it upon themselves to figure out the murder.
Through the article “About Hitchcock: A Biography”, the connection between Hitchcock and his Roman Catholic roots is an eye opening piece of evidence into the themes and concepts that he portrays in his films. Also, based on the various films he made over the years, it is apparent that his work was widely praised for its cinematic prowess. In “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of a Film Culture,” the author speaks of how Hitchcock helped to make a transition from silent films into talkies as well as black and white films into color. In this manner, as a director and filmmaker, he was present during momentous occasions in film history and is therefore highly important to the turning points of the medium. The only film that I have had the personal experience of watching is Rear Window, and I have not even finished that one. Others that i have heard about before this class are Psycho, Rebecca, and The 39 Steps. If I were to create a film in Hitchcock style, the story would most likely revolve around a family that lives in an apartment and through the exposition, the parents would be killed. While the story would follow the two children and their search to find their parents killer, including help (or lack of help) from the police department. The plot would increase suspense, portraying the peculiar behavior of one of the children, but keeping them innocent in the eyes of the other characters. The truth, in the end, would be that a troubled child killed their own parents and forced the other one to stay quiet. The killer is sent for help and the sibling is put into foster care.
From the article, “About Hitchcock”, I learned of Alfred Hitchcock’s devoutly Roman Catholic past, as well as his career as a family affair, working with both his wife and daughter in film. In this article, I also learned of his experience with being jailed in the police station for a few minutes upon his father’s request in order to show that actions have consequences. This event shaped the films he would create, resulting in his chilling use of fear and suspense. In the “Anecdotes” article, the most prominent of his films are named, being Psycho, Rear Window, North by Northwest, and Vertigo. The only Hitchcock film that I have personal experience watching in Rear Window, which we are watching in class, but I have heard about both Psycho and Vertigo from other people and media. If I was to create a film in Hitchcock’s style, it would be about a small mountain town isolated from others and a house in which a reclusive family lives. It would follow the town’s fascination with the family and eventual confrontation, leading to a disturbing and shocking truth.
What did you learn about Alfred Hitchcock by reading these articles (be specific when referring to or attributing an article or website)
From the handout given on Hitchcock, I learned Hitchcock used what the audience thought they knew about him to twist it into something they weren’t expecting. From the Biography.com article, I learned his works were renowned for their depictions of violence, although his plots traditionally tried to make the audience understand complex, psychological characters.
What Hitchcock films have you personal experience watching? Which ones might you have heard about?
The only Hitchcock film I’ve seen, besides Rear View, is Psycho. However, I have heard about Vertigo and Strangers on a Train.
If you were to write a suspense/mystery/thriller in Hitchcock's style, what might your story be about?
The movie would obviously have to have a blonde female character,but plot-wise I suppose the story would be a murder mystery where whenever the audience feels they’re close to figuring out who the murderer is, there’s a twist that points to someone else.
What did you learn about Alfred Hitchcock by reading these articles (be specific when referring to or attributing an article or website)
Through reading several of the articles, it seemed that Alfred Hitchcock wanted to surprise people. In the Biography.com site, it states that he greatly enjoyed manipulating what the audience would know, and then turn it to something different. He often used violence in his films through his love of surprise. Coined for being the “Master of Suspense” (also from Biography.com) he’s well known for his thrillers, mysteries, and suspense films. Additionally, he likes playing with psychologically characters such as Norman Bates as shown though examining numerous Wikipedia articles on his films.
What Hitchcock films have you personal experience watching? Which ones might you have heard about?
I have personally watched Psycho, and I have heard about the Rear Window and Rebecca. I have known about the phrase of “Alfred Hitchcock Film” and the genres usually surrounding that, but I have not watched many.
If you were to write a suspense/mystery/thriller in Hitchcock's style, what might your story be about?
I honestly have no idea. However, for the sake of this question, I supposed I would write about a woman on a road trip without context. She stops at a motel to take a break, but the motel is shabby, and a bit dangerous. Each night, she will deal with the monsters that lurk there, I guess.
1. What I found very interesting about Hitchcock is that he made the difficult transition from silent films to talking films, which speaks to his amazing talent in filmmaking. Another Hitchcock anecdote that I found surprising was he never won an Oscar for directing--one of the most famous Hollywood filmmakers and directors of all time never won an Oscar. Overall, as I read these articles and learned more details about Hitchcock, I realized some aspects of his films were greatly influenced by real life personal experiences, such as his fear of the police in Psycho.
2. I remember my parents talking about him and his films, more specifically Psycho and Vertigo. My mom’s dad being an avid member of the TV and movie business, she was exposed to many different movies and has tried to give me that same experience. We are planning to watch all the old movie we possibly can this summer and a Hitchcock marathon is definitely in the works.
3. I admire the value Hitchcock places on characters, which I feel like the majority of filmmakers and TV producers adopted. However, I am not the biggest fan of thrillers and scary movies so I don’t think a Hitchcock style is for me. Despite this, I really like the concept so far of Rear Window and I feel like I would adopt the point of views he uses, such as characterizing from afar.
1. By reading this article I learned that Hitchcock had a Roman Catholic background, or that he was married and had a daughter. I had no idea that he had a religious background or how many movies he had directed.
2. I personally have not seen any of his movies (that I can remember) but I have heard of Psycho and The Birds.
3. If I were to write a suspense or horror movie in Hitchcock’s styles I don’t really know. My styles isn’t anything like his, and I’m not very great with horr
1. Alfred Hitchcock had a fifty year long career. His movies used a main type of girl in his movies. The girls earned their own moniker called "The Hitchcock blonde". Hitchcock's success was from his thriller movies that he has made over the years.
2. The only Hitchcock movie I've watched is "Psycho" and wasn't really a fan of it because that's not my type of genre.
3. I'm not sure kind of suspense movie I'd write. im more into action or comedy
Personally, I learned a lot about Hitchcock from reading these articles. He was just a household name to me, so it was interesting to learn more about his background and the struggles he faced while creating his movies. I always thought of Hitchcock as just blood and gore, so it was interesting to know that he actually set out to make his movies examine psychological elements as well. I have never really liked suspense or horror films, and consequently had not watched any of Hitchcock’s movies. However, I had looked up what all his (or really, what his most famous) movies were about one time, because I was interested to see what I was missing, but not enough to actually watch the films. I knew somewhat about Hitchcock’s most famous films, like Psycho and Vertigo and The Rear Window. Horror and suspense are not one of my favorite genres, so these movies are nothing that I would usually watch, especially by myself. As a result, I would have a hard time writing a movie like this without knowing the genre well, but I’ve always thought it would be fun to create a horror movie with an emphasis on social media, and see how well new technology could play into creating suspense.
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