Date of Award

4-16-2012

Document Type

Research Paper

Department

Whittier Scholars Program

First Advisor

Richard Cheatham

Abstract

This project provides some contextual information about movie director Alfred Hitchcock but expands more on visual effects, effective use of narration and camera movement to build suspense. This paper focuses specifically on how Hitchcock builds suspense in three sequences from Spellbound, Notorious, and Rear Window. This study includes descriptions of restricted, unrestricted and mixed narration, “pure cinema”, different shots, and sequence analyses for the films mentioned.

Comments

WSP Major: Cinema Studies and Criticism

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