Alfred Hitchcock was the master of suspence who's films came to be the benchmark for'psycological' thrillers. He was born in Leytonstone, London on the 13th of August 1899, his famous films would consist of Psycho - (1960), North By Northwest - (1995) and Vertigo - (1958).Alfreds Hitchcocks famous quotes:
- "The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them."
- "There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it."
- "If its a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience will still have a perfectly clear idea of whats going on."
- "Always make the audience suffer as much as possible."
- "Im a typed director, if i made cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach."
Two examples on Hitchcock's uses of suspence:
Rope (1948) - Rope is a thriller which is about two men who live together, and they plan to murder one of their friends in an attempt to see wether or not they could get away with it. Hitchcock uses suspence in the scene wehere the two men throw a party and the body of the man is in a chest which is in the middle of the room, the suspence is built from the anticipation of the body being descovered by the guests. And to emphasise this shots which focus on the chest are put into play to build the tension even more.
Sabotage (1936) - Sabotage is a thriller which is about a foreign terrorist who plans to set off a bomb in london. The use of suspence is used when the terrorist gets a child to transport the bomb across london to the location he wants to destroy for a specific time. In the scene as the child wastes time the emphasis on the time increases, this is emphasised by shots of clocks the child passes them. The steady increase of music which resembles a clock ticking also addes to the whole suspence.
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