Prequel to Hitchcock’s “The Birds”
Posted on November 4, 2010 in Outtakes | 1 Comment
Finally, a film that explains Hitchcock’s “The Birds”! This trailer for a prequel to the Alfred Hitchcock horror classic The Birds comes from NYSUfilms.
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An Hour with Alfred Hitchcock
Posted on October 21, 2010 in Interviews | 1 Comment
Going back to 1973 in one of the early episodes of “The Tomorrow Show”, here’s a 1 hour interview with the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock
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Saul Bass: On Making Money vs Quality Work
Posted on October 11, 2010 in Credits, Interviews | 1 Comment
During his 40-year career he worked for some of Hollywood’s greatest filmmakers, including most notably Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese.
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Steven Spielberg On Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock & Martin Scorsese
Posted on September 23, 2010 in Interviews | 1 Comment
Steven Spielberg talks about Directors with distinct styles. He refers the work of Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese and Michael Curtiz.
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Alfred Hitchcock Explains Editing
Posted on September 2, 2010 in Editing, Interviews | 3 Comments
Here is the master Alfred Hitchcock explaining what editing really is, and how does it effects the film.
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Alfred Hitchcock On Mastering Cinematic Tension
Posted on August 11, 2010 in Filmmaking 360, Interviews | 2 Comments
Alfred Hitchcock explains how to inject emotional tension into a scene during an AFI Master seminar.
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McGuffin by Hitchcock
Posted on July 14, 2010 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
This is a video by Isaac Niemand on Vimeo where he animates Alfred Hitchcock in a MacGuffin.
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Alfred Hitchcock: The Difference Between Mystery & Suspense
Posted on July 6, 2010 in Interviews, Story | No Comments
Alfred Hitchcock explains the differences between mystery and suspense at an AFI Seminar in 1970.
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Is Hitchcock’s reputation deserved?
Posted on December 22, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
The following article appeared in The Spectator May 10th 1997.
Is Hitchcock’s reputation deserved?
No, says Michael Harrington. He was a light entertainer of great professional skill but no ‘genius’
Alfred Hitchcock’s reputation is a mystery worthy of the old showman himself. When his film Vertigo was re-released two weeks ago, it was greeted by film reviewers [...]
Horror Filmmaking: From Script to Scream
Posted on October 30, 2008 in Featured | 13 Comments
It’s that time of year, but this article is for all those filmmakers that believe Halloween lasts all year long. In past features we brought you “202 DIY Filmmaking Tutorials,” “202 Final Cut Pro Tutorials,” “202 Sony Vegas Tutorials,” among others. We now turn our attention to the dark art of Horror Filmmaking [...]
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Monitor – Alfred Hitchcock
Posted on October 9, 2008 in Interviews | 1 Comment
BBC Television interview with Alfred Hitchcock first shown on “Monitor” (1964).
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The color of blood: A study in scarlet
Posted on July 18, 2008 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
Jim Emerson takes us through the history of blood in Cinema in this fascinating article from his Scanners Blog.
…Red is the color of alarm. Perhaps because it is the color of blood. Over the years, that color has changed, along with our taste in blood. In movies, I mean. What was once [...]
Peter Bogdanovich Interviews Alfred Hitchcock
Posted on July 6, 2008 in Interviews | No Comments
The legendary interview from 1963
PB: You never watch your films with an audience. Don’t you miss hearing them scream?
AH: No. I can hear them when I’m making the picture.
Do you feel that the American film remains the most vital cinema?
Worldwide, yes. Because when we make films for the United States, we are automatically making them [...]
