Remake of Auteur Theory by Russ Basford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h en-us 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC 2025-11-17 23:01:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Leo RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708384 Hitchcock's films are marked by his mastery of cinematic technique which is exemplified in his use of camera viewpoints, elaborate editing and soundtrack to build suspense. Notorious includes an incredible zoom-in from a high shot to an extreme close-up of a significant plot detail and suspense building inter-cutting of the final scene. In a scene in Blackmail, Hitchcock uses a complex pattern of sound and dialogue based around the word knife to reflect feelings of guilt and in the The Thirty-Nine Steps there is a cut from a woman's scream to the similar sound of a train whistle. His personal stamp is typified by the use of a lightbulb to produce the effect of an ominous, glowing glass of milk in Suspicion. This attribution of symbolic power to inanimate objects is another hallmark of Hitchcock: a bread knife (Blackmail), a key (Notorious). He also places great focus on the creation of set pieces where he is able to exercise his talent for detail and suspense.
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Hitchcock’s has been used as an example in favour of the Auteur Theory nu+merous times. That being said one needs to note the paradox posed by such action since he was not given the title of auteur since intellectuals in film during the 50s and 60s noted a number of negative reactions towards La politique des auteurs.

]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708385 Jess RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708386 Hitchcock is often noted for utilizing beautiful young blonde women as his leading ladies. ]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708386 Iestyn RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708387 Hitchcock preferred the use of suspense over the use of surprise in his films. In surprise, the director assaults the viewer with frightening things. In suspense, the director tells or shows things to the audience which the characters in the film do not know, and then artfully builds tension around what will happen when the characters finally learn the truth. Hitchcock often used public places as scenes to heighten terror and suspense. 

https://youtu.be/_YbaOkiMiRQ Every Hitchcock cameo 


]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708387 Tali RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708388 'Women in peril' were a feature of many Hitchcock films, as they had been in cinema since its early days. Hitchcock's first film, The Pleasure Garden (1926), features a woman who falls victim to a deceitful and violent husband, while the victims of the killer in The Lodger are blonde women. Hitchcock himself favoured blonde actresses, and more than one was obliged to bleach her hair for a role. Several actresses complained that Hitchcock could be brutal on set, and he often seems to enjoy watching his female characters suffer.

Although it was during his Hollywood phase that Hitchcock earned the name 'Master of Suspense', he began experimenting with different ways of generating cinematic tension from quite early in his career]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708388 Tarun RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708390 Hitchcock films are most often thrillers, pegged as such because of their suspense, psychologically complex characters, and twist endings. He is so well known for creating films of this genre that he has been awarded the nickname ‘Master of Suspense’.]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708390 RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708391 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708391 RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708392 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708392 Peter RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708393 "There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it."
(Alfred Hitchcock)

Hitchcock loves using suspense in his films. He uses various camera viewpoints, elaborate editing and soundtrack to build it up. Also, Hitchcock appears briefly in most of his own films.
]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708393 Alicia RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708394 * "The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema" - Alfred Hitchcock

* He preferred the sound, dialogue and music to be secondary with the visuals being front and center

 * An english director

*Macabre sense of humour and a bleak view on humans

*Made his own cameos

*Themes evolved around murder, espionage while using deception, mistaken identities and chase sequences to further the plot
Normally an innocent man is frames and he tries to find the actual killer.
Or it's the guilty woman who enmeshes a male portents and ends up destroying him or being saved by him.
Or understanding who the killer is over a few shots]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708394 Guto RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708395 Hitchcock - Auteur, "The master of Suspense"
His films are mostly thrillers which - suspenseful, features psychologically complex characters and twist endings.
All his films look at the complexities of everyday life.
His characters are your typical American ones who live ordinary lives until things are turned upside down. A lifestyle he had grown accustomed to since moving to America in an earlier part of his career.
The protagonists are always under investigation which links to his childhood when his parents would severely punish him even if it was not warranted.
A tumultuous mother and son relationship is often present
His female characters frequently have a femme fatale-esque quality about them - hints slightly at the film noir genre - women who are both charming and dangerous. They are usually portrayed villainously.
Confession and guilt - prominent themes]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708395 Jake RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708396 Hitchcock is an auteur. He often collaborated with the same people when make many of his films. This provided a consistency that is missing from many other filmmakers’ careers. For example, he often collaborated with Bernard Hermann, a brilliant composer, who helped create the scores to Psycho, North by Northwest, and Vertigo. In collaborating with the same people, he is creating a consistency within his filmography that is necessary for auteurism.

Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most innovative and celebrated directors in the history of cinema. His style can be recognised immediately when watching one of his films. This exhibit celebrates him as a deserving member of the elite auteur class of directors. by showcasing three of Hitchcock’s most famous films and analysing five major aspects of Hitchcock’s style that make him a successful director: aesthetics, recurring themes and motifs, story composition, audience role, and portrayal of gender roles.

]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708396 RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708397 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708397 Awen RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708398 Alfred Hitchcock is a strong believer in pure cinema and its apparent in all of his. Pure cinema is when films focus on having strong visuals to tell stories opposed to extensive dialogue. This is likely due to the fact that he started his career as a silent movie director where the visuals are paramount. ]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708398 Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.He was born on 13 August 1899 and died on the 29 April 1980 in Bel Air, California.His films are suspenseful and his films and programs won immense popularity and critical acclaim over a long and tremendously productive career. His films are marked by a macabre sense of humour and a somewhat bleak view of the human condition. RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708399 Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.


]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708399 RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708400 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708400 RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708401 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708401 Activity RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708402 Name at least one director you think might be considered an auteur ]]> 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708402 RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708404 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708404 Hitchcock RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708405 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708405 RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708406 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708406 RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708407 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708407 RussBasford https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708408 2019-10-29 06:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/RussBasford/xhl8778yrh0h/wish/403708408