Hitchcock An Auteur Analysis

In films made by a director labeled as an auteur, spectators are able to associate the films together and may already harbor certain expectations because of the identifiable pattern and trends each of the films posses. In earlier accounts of the term, an auteur was studied through something called an auteur theory, which identifies the director as the primary author and creator of his or her film. A well-known auteur that is commonly referred to when discussing its concepts is Alfred Hitchcock. His films contain similar structures and motifs, which manifest the authorship he takes in the films he would make and produce. Hitchcock proves to be an auteur and a renowned “master of suspense” because of his employment of continuity editing

By doing so, according to Andrew Tudor, it leads to the comprehension that the worst film of an auteur will be inevitably better than any of the best films of a regularly viewed director simply because the auteur made the film (Tudor 123). Thus, having the knowledge that a film has been directed by a single auteur, plays as market value by already putting a “face” of the director to the film, which encourages spectators to watch the film. In other words, knowing the “master” behind the film serves as a role in recognizing specific attributes, which the director may, perhaps, undoubtedly include in his or her work. Moreover, by examining the work of a single director it can provide invaluable insight to his or her body of work as a whole (Lehman and Luhr

Alternatively, in order to learn more about the films of a director completely, one must study them in respect to one another to be able to distinguish the similarities and differences they have and apply it to the creative structure of the director. Thus, it does not matter how established a director is in directing, but rather how he executes the film and relays specific and striking qualities onto the screen. For instance, in the films of Hitchcock, the recurring themes that are, the transference of guilt from one individual to another, the fascination with a guilty woman, and suspense, the most