Alfred Hitchcock Auteur

Alfred Hitchcock is an eminent auteur who is renowned for pioneering the genre of suspense thriller that earned him the title ‘Master of Suspense’. An auteur is a director who is the ‘author’ of their own film pre/during/post production and has a distinctive style of their own that sets them apart from the rest. Hitchcock’s distinctive filmography blends with his own unique techniques and elements that revolutionised the genre of psychological thriller and the cinematic experience of his era. This style is synonymous with Hitchcock choosing surprise over suspense to differentiate his films from others of the same genre. Hitchcock incisively employed many cinematic techniques such as voyeurism, doubleness and MacGuffin that make his cinematography

His authority and influence make his work instantly recognizable among the audience and linked all his work. Hitchcock’s control over all attributes of his films is symbolic in all his productions such as the artistic elements (themes, genre, mise en scene) as well as the technical (camera shots, framing, lighting). Hitchcock captivates the audience in a spectacle that gives his own feel by implementing common themes and motifs such as transference of guilt, staircases and an ordinary person caught up in extraordinary circumstances, in films like Rear Window (1954) and Shadow of a doubt (1943) , displaying every bit of his personal vision as an auteur.

Alfred Hitchcock has been prominent in to exploiting many techniques that emerge from his filmography to captivate the audience with its distinctive feel. His techniques which include voyeurism, MacGuffin and doubleness enable his unique style to flourish throughout all of his productions. In many ways all films

He used this to surprise his audience in order to increase the suspense of the movie. For example, in Shadow of a Doubt, the audience assumes that young Charlie is an innocent young girl who loves her uncle dearly. However as the movie progresses, Young Charlie is not as innocent as the audience suspects. Young Charlie, once a guiltless child, ends up killing her uncle. Alfred Hitchcock made many notable cameo performances which was his way of saying that it is his film. He made many prominent appearances throughout the span of his career as an auteur of his productions, which include his brief appearances in Rear Window and Shadow of a Doubt. In Rear Window he appears in the musician’s apartment, mending his clock. In Shadow of a Doubt he is seen on the same train as Uncle Charlie holding straight set of spades (unbeatable suit of cards) indicating to the audience that has full control over his work and he is the ultimate winner. These themes, motifs, and personal cameos engrave his personal stamp on his productions of which continue to be recognized as his contribution to the cinematic industry and captivate the audiences of this modern