Alfred Hitchock
Sir Alfred Hitchock KBE was born August 13th 1899. He was usually named 'The master of suspense' as he pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller. He is known to be Britain's best director through his silent films that captivated the audience dramatically. His well-known movies are Rebecca, Shadow Of A Doubt, Vertigo, Psycho and North by Northwest.
All of these movies have: they all have a spy in the movies, which brings suspense; involves action and crime based themes; they all have a battle between an protagonist and an antagonist; there is a new equilibrium; fast paced chasing scenes. Alfred Hitchock won many awards for these movies for their orginiality and the way they captivate the audience regardless whether it has sound or not.
The differences between these movies are some of these movies have family drama and problematic relationships; this may be due to the development of his career so he uses different ideas. It also shows the development of psychological thriller movies as there are singificant differences between these movies.
The main code and coventions Alfred uses are; protagonist/antagonist; chasing after each other; terror, grief; plot twists; captivating use of tension and suspense; mind games; plot twists; unreliable narrator; ultra-heightened expectations; chases between the antagonist and protagonist.
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