Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born August 13, 1899 and died April 28,
1980. He studied mechanics, electricity, acoustics and navigation at St.
Ignatius College in London and art at the University Of London. He began his
filmmaking career in 1919 illustrating title cards for silent films at Paramount's
Famous Players-Lasky studio in London. Many of
Hitchcock's films have twist
endings and thrilling plots featuring
depictions of violence, murder, and crime. Hitchcock’s use of trademark techniques
include creating suspense, similar characters (such as a vulnerable woman or an
innocent victim accused falsely), human psychology, usually forgotten or
rundown locations, lighting and camera techniques and controlling the emotions
of the audience. One could say that this would qualify Hitchcock as an auteur.
His first
completed film as director was ‘The Pleasure Garden’ (1925), an Anglo-German production filmed in Munich. ‘The
Lodger’ (1926), was
his breakthrough film and was an example of the classic Hitchcock plot: an
innocent protagonist is incorrectly accused of a crime and becomes involved in
a web of intrigue. ‘Blackmail’
(1929) was his first sound film. The film tells the story of a woman who stabs
an artist to death when he tries to seduce her. Hitchcock emphasized the young
woman's anxiety by gradually distorting all but one word "knife" of a
neighbour’s dialogue the morning after the killing. This is an example of
Hitchcock's technical skills. In ‘Blackmail’ and in ‘Murder!’ (1930), Hitchcock first made the
link between sex and violence.
1922
No. 13
1923
Always Tell Your Wife
1925
The Pleasure Garden
The Mountain Eagle
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
The Ring
Downhill
The Farmer's Wife
Easy Virtue
Champagne
The
Manxman
Blackmail (silent version)
Blackmail
Juno and the Paycock
Murder!
Elstree Calling
The Skin Game
Mary
Rich and Strange
Number Seventeen
Waltzes from Vienna
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The 39 Steps
Secret Agent
Sabotage
Young and Innocent
The Lady Vanishes
Jamaica Inn
Stage Fright
Frenzy
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born August 13, 1899 and died April 28,
1980. He studied mechanics, electricity, acoustics and navigation at St.
Ignatius College in London and art at the University Of London. He began his
filmmaking career in 1919 illustrating title cards for silent films at Paramount's
Famous Players-Lasky studio in London. Many of
Hitchcock's films have twist
endings and thrilling plots featuring
depictions of violence, murder, and crime. Hitchcock’s use of trademark techniques
include creating suspense, similar characters (such as a vulnerable woman or an
innocent victim accused falsely), human psychology, usually forgotten or
rundown locations, lighting and camera techniques and controlling the emotions
of the audience. One could say that this would qualify Hitchcock as an auteur.
His first
completed film as director was ‘The Pleasure Garden’ (1925), an Anglo-German production filmed in Munich. ‘The
Lodger’ (1926), was
his breakthrough film and was an example of the classic Hitchcock plot: an
innocent protagonist is incorrectly accused of a crime and becomes involved in
a web of intrigue. ‘Blackmail’
(1929) was his first sound film. The film tells the story of a woman who stabs
an artist to death when he tries to seduce her. Hitchcock emphasized the young
woman's anxiety by gradually distorting all but one word "knife" of a
neighbour’s dialogue the morning after the killing. This is an example of
Hitchcock's technical skills. In ‘Blackmail’ and in ‘Murder!’ (1930), Hitchcock first made the
link between sex and violence.
As a
director, Alfred Hitchcock completed many films:
1922
No. 13
1923
Always Tell Your Wife
1925
The Pleasure Garden
The Mountain Eagle
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
The Ring
Downhill
The Farmer's Wife
Easy Virtue
Champagne
The
Manxman
Blackmail (silent version)
Blackmail
Juno and the Paycock
Murder!
Elstree Calling
The Skin Game
Mary
Rich and Strange
Number Seventeen
Waltzes from Vienna
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The 39 Steps
Secret Agent
Sabotage
Young and Innocent
The Lady Vanishes
Jamaica Inn
Stage Fright
Frenzy
Georgia this is disappointing, where is your research to identify whether he was auteur? You were meant to look at his auteur status and then identify his distinctive film style in a clip from one of his films. You must go back and do this and analysis the key convention that were particular to him.
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