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Hitchcock thriller...
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STEP 1: It's the Mind of the Audience
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Use the characters to tease the viewer and pull them along desperately wanting more.
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And, the more fun they have, the quicker they will come back begging for more. (Gottlieb)
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Emotion (in the form of fear, laughter, surprise, sadness, anger,
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A sudden cut from wide to close-up will give the audience a sudden surprise. Sometimes a strange angle above an actor will heighten the dramatic meaning. (Truffaut)
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These varations are a way of controlling when the audience feels intensity, or relaxation. Hitchcock compared this to a composer writing a music score - except instead of playing instruments, he's playing the audience!
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STEP 3: Camera is Not a Camera
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Always use the camera as more than just a camera.
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Dialogue Means Nothing
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Their eyes can then be distracted while the other person doesn't notice. This is a good way to pull the audience into a character's secretive world.
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Resort to dialogue only when it’s impossible to do otherwise.
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Divide action into a series of close-ups shown in succession
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Instead, carfully chose a close-up of a hand, an arm, a face, a gun falling to the floor - tie them all together to tell a story.
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Basic rule: anytime something important happens, show it in a close-up. Make sure the audience can see it.
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Keep the Story Simple!
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They should have unexpected personalities, making decisions on a whim rather than what previous buildup would suggest. These sort of ironic characters make them more realistic to the audience, and much more ripe for something to happen to them.
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Use Humor to Add Tension
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How to turn your boring movie into a Hitchcock thriller...
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see interview with Hitch & Truffaut
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looks at the character in point-of-view they must look directly at the camera.
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anatoly antohinhow to turn your boring movie into an exciting thriller: tips for screenwriters, directors, cinematographers; learn these and you learn a lot about fiction film in general
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Make sure the content engages them and reels them in.
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theater audiences know they are safe.
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You can control the intensity of that emotion by placing the camera close or far away from those eyes.
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The camera should take on human qualities and roam around playfully looking for something suspicious in a room.
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Movies began to rely on actors talking, and visual storytelling was almost forgotten. (Truffaut) Always use the camera as more than just a camera.
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One of your characters must be pre-occupied with something during a dialogue scene. Their eyes can then be distracted while the other person doesn't notice. This is a good way to pull the audience into a character's secretive world.
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Putting an idea into the mind of the character without explaining it in dialogue is done by using a point-of-view shot sequence.
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Divide action into a series of close-ups shown in succession. Don't avoid this basic technique.
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Instead, carfully chose a close-up of a hand, an arm, a face, a gun falling to the floor - tie them all together to tell a story.
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Humor is essential to Hitchcock storytelling. Pretend you are playing a practical joke on the main character of your movie.
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"Information" is essential to Hitchcock suspense; showing the audience what the characters don’t see.
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In Family Plot (1976) Hitchcock shows the audience that brake fluid is leaking out of a car well before the characters find out about it.
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When scenes are built around dramatic tension, it doesn’t really matter what the story is about.
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Julia Lesagehow to turn your boring movie into an exciting thriller: tips for screenwriters, directors, cinematographers; learn these and you learn a lot about fiction film in general
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Roger L WaggenerWe've put together a list of the most significant film techniques that were used by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Allan HaverholmHow to turn your boring movie into a Hitchcock thriller...
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Tami BrassA lighthearted review of "the most significant film techniques that were used by [director] Alfred Hitchcock." Topics include "camera is not a camera" (camera takes on the human quality of roaming around), point of view editing and types of cuts, and usin
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How to turn your boring movie into a Hitchcock thriller...
Borgus.com - We've put together a list of the most significant film techniques that were used by Alfred Hitchcock. This information comes out of many books and interviews from the man himself and his been simplified for your consideration.
This page is mostly for filmmakers who are sad and depressed because their movie is so average that nobody will watch it. Stop crying and pay attention. What is written here will save your career (at least until tomorrow morning.) However there is no cure for a bad producer - there may be no help for you!
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netlex franceHow to turn your boring movie into a Hitchcock thriller...- suspense, camera angles, style, editing, basics
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Public Stiky Notes
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