Wednesday, September 10, 2008

North by North-West (9th Sept)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Year: 1959
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller.

  • Location, camera angle. A baron landscape from his point of view.
  • Scale, the lonliness, out of place.
  • camera angle when the trunk gos past and picks up all the dust.
  • sound- no background noise when establishes tension.
  • sound emphasises loneliness.
  • establishing shot: where the scene starts.
  • anigma: a puzzle
  • sky shot: shows vast area of space- a canvas.
  • views around him are from his point of view.
  • trunck going past- close up afterwards shows his reaction.
  • camera moving forward and the character moving forward show his point of view but from two different aspects.
  • character standing next to road shows the scale once again- he is small compared to the surronding area.
  • low shot for vulnerability

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