for high-art film-making with great audience popularity. Throughout his

career he gave his audiences more pleasure than could be asked for. The

consistency of quality plot-lines and technical ingenuity earned him the

recognition of being one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His

films earned him the reputation of being the "master of suspense", and

after viewing two of his more popular films, Psycho and The Birds, it is

evident why. There is a distinction between surprise, which lasts only a

few seconds, and suspense which captivates one's attention the entire

length of a film. This is something that Hitchcock realized early on, and

applied into his movies. He is one of the few directors whose name on a

marquee is as important, if not more so, than any actor who appears in the

film itself. Both his style of directing, and that of the movies that he

has directed are very unique, making him stand out in the film industry.

He pioneered the art of cinematography and special effects, which along

with his cameos, are what he is most often associated with. Hitchcock led

a long and prosperous life in the movie industry, starting as a

innocent man being arrested and imprisoned in his films, and claimed that

Marion wanders around the motel she meets Norman, the proprietor, and also

people like to feel when they know they are safe." (39). Hitchcock led a

Philip T. Hartung who reviewed Psycho for Commonweal magazine in September

investigators discovers her body in the basement, where she is attracted

star of this picture is Alfred Hitchcock." (Kapasis 83). "A blot on an

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