Alfred Hitchcock Suspense

There is one name that comes to mind when you think of a great director of the suspenseful film industry. That name that you immediately think of is Hitchcock. Sir Alfred Hitchcock is the greatest director there is for intense movies, and he is the master of suspense. Hitchcock did things with movies that other directors can only dream of accomplishing. He directed many major films in his career that a lot of directors can’t even get close to.
Hitchcock was truly a remarkable.
Alfred Hitchcock was born in London, England to very strict, Catholic parents. He was obese as a child which was one reason he had a very sheltered and lonely childhood. Alfred’s parents did not help the situation at all. They had very unusual ways of punishing young

Alfred. He once told how his mother would force him to stand at the foot of her bed for several hours a punishment. This is important and left an imprint on Hitchcock’s life. A scene for one of his most famous movies is just like the punishment his mother gave him. He also remarked that his father asked an officer to put him in jail for about 10 minutes for behaving badly. All the harsh treatment and neglect he received would later become a big influence on Hitchcock’s films. (Alfred Hitchcock Biography, Document 1)
There is a Jesuit school called St. Ignatius College that Hitchcock attended, and took art classes, before he attended the University of London. Eventually a cable company called Hanley’s hired Hitchcock and gave him a job as a draftsman and advertising designer. Alfred started to submit short articles for the in-house publication while he was working at Hanley’s. From his very first piece it was obvious that Alfred was into suspense. He employed themes of conflicted emotions, false accusations, and twist endings with impressive skill. When he first entered the film industry he was in a full-time position designing title cards for silent films at the Famous Players-Lasky Company. It wasn’t long and Hitchcock was working as their new assistant director. All of the many things he done as a young man truly show how gifted he was for suspense. (Alfred Hitchcock Biography, Document 1)
Hitchcock, in 1924, was the assistant director for a movie shot in Berlin called The Blackguard (1926). Germany had extraordinary sets, and the German filmmakers used sophisticated camera pans, tilts, zoom, and tricks for forced perspective in set design. Hitchcock made sure he took advantage of the German’s technology and all the skills that the German filmmakers had. The Germans used dark, moody thought-provoking topics such as betrayal rather than adventure, romance, or comedy. Hitchcock really took to this kind of filmmaking. In 1925, he got his debut as director for The Pleasure Garden (1926). (Alfred Hitchcock, Document 2)
Hitchcock left England in 1939 and started his journey to Hollywood. Rebecca (1940) was the very first film he made in Hollywood, and it won an Academy Award for best picture. Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963), and Marnie (1964) are just some of his most famous films. Hitchcock’s movies became recognized worldwide for their depictions of violence, although many of his plots were just to function as decoys meant only to serve as to in order to understand complex psychological characters. Many things that Hitchcock did made him a cultural icon. He had cameo appearances in all of his own films. He had his own television program called Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-65). All of his interviews and film trailers helped majorly with his popularity. (Alfred Hitchcock Biography, Document 2)
Hitchcock’s tremendous career spanned over six decades. In all those years he directed more than 50 feature films. He left an imprint that every person in the film industry will never forget. In 1979, Alfred received the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award. Hitchcock died peacefully in his sleep in Bel Air, California one year later on April 29, 1980. (Alfred Hitchcock Biography, Document 2)
Psycho (1960), Alfred Hitchcock’s powerful, complex psychological thriller, is the “mother” of all modern horror suspense films.

This movie single-handedly ushered in an era of inferior screen ‘slashers’ with blood-letting and graphic, shocking killings. This was Hitchcock’s very first horror film, and since it debuted he has been labeled as a horror film director ever since. It was a low-budget film, only costing 800,000 dollars. Although it had a low-budget, it was brilliantly edited. It was a stark black and white film. Psycho also broke all film conventions by displaying its leading female protagonist having a lunchtime affair in her sexy white undergarments in the first scene. It also had a brilliantly edited shower murder scene. It was truly a master piece and will remain a master piece as long as it stays around. (Psycho (1960), Document 3)
Sir Alfred Hitchcock is the greatest director there is for intense movies, and he is the master of suspense. It would be extremely hard for someone took take that title from Hitchcock. He has directed over 50 feature films, including maybe the greatest suspenseful horror film of all time. Hitchcock had many influences throughout his life that affected the way he directed and helped him master the art of directing horror films. Sir Alfred Hitchcock is truly amazing and there will never be anyone that could ever compare to him. Hitchcock truly is in a league of his

own.