Auterism Jared Goodwin Auter is defined as a French term for the film director who places a personal style on his or her films. It was first coined by Francois Truffaut to describe the mark of a film director on his films. ... To further prove the importance of director's styles on films three directors and their films will be analyzed. ... In fact, his first films were silent, and while he was making another silent film he discovered that sound was being introduced. ... It is clear after watching his popular Apu Trilogy, which consists of three films that follow the life of a bo...

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The images and symbols within a film are unending and unaccountable. ... The film, October, contains an overwhelming amount of rich imagery. ... One might even say that films simulate dreams, particularly silent films. ... In the film, Vertigo, imagery is only as important as it is in any other film but it is more apparent and easily discernable in this film as in most other Hitchcock films. ... At the beginning we are subjected to a barrage of colors in swirls and designs which foreshadow the importance of color in the film to follow. ...

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Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, made in 1960, is one of the most widely recognized horror films to date. Working around the tight constraints of censorship laws, Hitchcock managed to create a film that marked a massive change in American cinema, being one of the first films to depict violence and sexuality in a graphic way. ... The shower scene where Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is murdered comes at about forty minutes into the film. ... Hitchcock didn't want to hide anything from the audience, but rather create an environment that would be calming for them, thus intensifying the action...

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Since the 1920's, the film industry has been constantly progressing through uses of different shots, lighting, and cameras. ... In films other than Westerns, Lawrence of Arabia used the wide frame shooting style to allow panning. ... In his film The Tall T, always gave precedence to character over action. ... Musicals were a popular genre of film because of its bright colors and point of sophistication. ... In The 400 Blows Francois Truffaut's approach and unorthodox style raised eyebrows to American filmmakers seeing as "his major cinematic influences were the American B-film, film...

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The film "Memento" deals with the disturbing issue of a man, Leonard Shelby, who is in search of his wife's rapist/murderer. ... The unpredictability of the film gives the sense of unease which in again sets us the viewers into Leonard's position. ... As does Detective John 'Scottie' Ferguson ("Vertigo) follow a similar path. ... Both films use another similar device which is the pattern of the story. ... Here the ending of the film is the beginning when the aircraft falls out of the sky and lands on Donny Darko's house. ...

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The plot of the film is quite simple like many of Hitchcock's film. ... By setting the film in one location the film becomes much more suspenseful since the audience becomes familiar with the locations. ... David Fincher the director of the film uses every trick in the book to give his film a distinctive style. ... "Insomnia," another film that was released this past year also resembles the films that Hitchcock used to make. ... "Insomnia" follows the character outlines of a Hitchcock film perfectly. ...

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A Discussion on the work and legacy of Alfred Hitchcock I intend to discuss the work of my favourite film director, Alfred Hitchcock. ... Hitchcock's worldview was bound up with cinematic language and created a relationship with the spectator of the film. I believe the plot to most of Hitchcock's films merely brakes down to the concept of looking or spying. Hitchcock's films were a classic illustration of the qualities of mainstream Hollywood. ... There are many reasons why I personally am interested in Hitchcock's films and they are as follows. ...

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Psycho The notion of watching and being watched treads predominantly in the film Psycho as Hitchcock painstakingly employs various film techniques to heighten the voyeuristic effect, especially that on the film audiences. As a thriller and at times a mystery film, these techniques reinforce and invoke anxiety, fear and suspense within the plot of the story. ... The audience, who has followed and experienced Marion's previous escapades with her, is subjected to the policeman's scrutiny as well: they share her guilt. ... Bate's overhanging bird taxidermies contribute to the mis...

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The use of mixed camera angles adds to the element of surprise in the particular scene where a shower is followed by murder. ... The use of heavy shadow across the intruders figure provides an extremely thrilling and horrible sight for the audience and, in the film, for Marion. ... As is obvious, Alfred Hitchcock has certainly used various film elements to create a spectacular and unique scene which thrills the audience through surprise, disturbance and violence. ...

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Set in the hauntingly secluded locations of mid-twentieth century San Francisco, Alfred Hitchcock's film "Vertigo," is a hypnotic tale of one man's struggle for power, his hopeless search for his ideal love and his abandonment of reality for an illusion. ... Scottie and Madeleine's fulfillment of the classic roles of strong savior and helpless maiden then becomes a driving force of the events leading up to Madeleine's "death," as he chases after her compulsively in a misdirected attempt to save her from herself, until he is rendered powerless by his own acrophobia and is un...

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