When I was a little kid, I remember watching The Birds, thinking that this was the scariest movie ever created. For some reason however, whereas Jurassic Park made me not want to watch, The Birds kept me staring at the screen with fear. This unit has really taught me about the amazingness that is Alfred Hitchcock. I really liked the fact that he makes an effort to really include the audience as almost a character in the movie. By using tons of subjective shots, we see what the character does almost making us that character. In Rear Window, all of the parts where they look out upon the courtyard are subjective. So when Lisa goes into Thorwald's apartment, we really feel it right in our gut. His early work, which i feel kind of didn't have this made me not really like them.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Hitchcockian
When I was a little kid, I remember watching The Birds, thinking that this was the scariest movie ever created. For some reason however, whereas Jurassic Park made me not want to watch, The Birds kept me staring at the screen with fear. This unit has really taught me about the amazingness that is Alfred Hitchcock. I really liked the fact that he makes an effort to really include the audience as almost a character in the movie. By using tons of subjective shots, we see what the character does almost making us that character. In Rear Window, all of the parts where they look out upon the courtyard are subjective. So when Lisa goes into Thorwald's apartment, we really feel it right in our gut. His early work, which i feel kind of didn't have this made me not really like them.
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