Alfred Hitchcock’s Style and Techniques for Making Suspense

Examine Alfred Hitchcock’s Style and Techniques for Making Suspense
Select 2 different techniques from each of the 4 texts for a total of 8. You will have 2 from the PowerPoint, 2 from the first video, and 2 from the second video, and 2 from the third video. Make a list of your 8 techniques and then write a corresponding paragraph (4-5 sentences) for each one. Each paragraph should have:

The name of the technique or concept
A quick description of the technique
An explanation of how the concept is seen in Strangers on a Train
A detailed explanation of the effects of that technique or concept has on the audience (you).
Here are a collection of possible concepts or techniques that might help you get started:

Faces: showing emotion, size of the images, close-ups
Shots/Camera Work: wide shots, moving camera, point of view shots, montage
Perspective: information given to the audience about danger
Themes: arbitrary universe, innocence assaulted, shared guild, doppleganger,
Other Techniques: camera angles, lighting, composition, crosscutting, sound, acting

Watch the film: Strangers on a Train Links https://archive.org/details/strangers-on-a-train-1951

Tasks and Materials

Read/View the PowerPoint PDF: Alfred Hitchcock: mini-bio, history, and techniques

View The Birds – How the suspense works

View Psycho – How Hitchcock manipulates the audience

View Hitchcock discuss editing

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