Hitchcock

Hitchcock uses many unique tricks and styles in his films that always seem to intrigue the viewer. Something I noticed watching a few of his films is that he focuses more on capturing characters reactions than on capturing the environment around them. In Vertigo he gives us many long shots of them driving through the woods and near the ocean, (seen on right) but he never does this near our during characters conversations. When they are exchanging dialogue he almost never has a shot not on the detectives face to show us his reaction.


Some other traits we see Hitchcock use are long periods of silence where he lets the camera do the talking. These periods have no dialogue but occasionally have quiet music looming in the background. We see this in The 49 Steps, Rear Window, and Vertigo. All 7 films we have watched. Using these uncommon tricks he gives us a different type of movie that can move at a slower pace and still hold our attention.