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Alfred Hitchcock  

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Alfred Hitchcock is renowned for his films, which are full of suspense. Films like psycho, rear window and birds demonstrate many of his cinematic techniques. The techniques Hitchcock uses include lighting in many ways, camera shots including reverse shots, perspective shots and many others. All of the techniques used in his films add to suspense. The films I have chosen to compare are 'Psycho'- a suspense thriller with some horror. And 'Rear Window'- which is a suspense film but with a touch of romance. Many directors today now imitate his work or have adapted to, many of Hitchcock's techniques. This shows the significance of Hitchcock's work was of a very high standard. Lighting in psycho is very hard to spot as it is in black and white. Even though you can spot in many scene that lighting is used to create suspense or to give us an unpleasant situation. As...

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