I realized that Alfred Hitchcock has a lot of signature techniques and motifs that define his work. Originally, I thought that this would make things difficult as his style would easily dominate over mine. However, I realized that the two styles are generally quite different, I tend to focus on the characters whereas Alfred Hitchcock’s works are usually more environment or situation-based. Therefore a fusion would, in basic concept, be my characters in Hitchcock’s worlds. My version of Hitchcock’s style.

Why I use filmstrips

One of the main things I wanted to highlight about Alfred Hitchcock is that he has been directing for a very long time. Nowadays, many shows or movies are edited digitally, I wanted to give a more old and historic feel to represent the time he has been in the industry. Therefore, I used filmstrips and black and white pictures, as if it was a silent film from the old days.

Why I chose rabbit?

Because rabbits are cute and cuddly! I wanted to follow one of Hitchcock’s motifs, that his “bad guys” are usually likable characters, and I also wanted to make sure I stayed true to my own style of cute animals, that’s why my villain is a cute and cuddly rabbit.

Why carrot mystery?

Many, in fact of most of Hitchcock’s films are about criminals and the mystery world of crimes, thus I figured to use that as well. I thought about criminals and I figured that they usually commit crimes for something they want. For rabbits, obviously that would be carrots and thus the “Carrot Mystery”.

My appearance in one of the strips

Many of Hitchcock’s films contained special appearance of himself, be it crossing the road, boarding a bus or any other insignificant role in the background. Initially he played minor positions, e.g a person in a crowd or a person walking In a long shot. Eventually, he became bolder with his appearances as it became more of his signature. I found this particular signature of his very interesting, and I decided to attempt to do the same as well. So I am making a special appearance in the filmstrip but keeping to my cute and cuddly cartoon-ish style.

I usually draw characters with a strong sense of personality and character, and I particularly enjoy making them look cute and cuddly. Usually, I imagine that the characters have personalities and they act similar to people I met or know, sometimes they act like characters from television shows. Being an animator, I feel that it is important to instill character to your creations to make them seem more believable.

Below are a few of my creatures that I have created back in Secondary school.




I would also put these characters or creatures in random comics or comic strips and make a story about random everyday things and sometimes would even base the little stories around myself.


Some comic I did about an eyeball who goes to school.

In the end I decide to portray a rabbit as my creature for this project. I feel that this rabbit closely represents me and my style because most of my creature concepts are small cute and furry animals. I even managed to create an old comic filmstrip so that i can make a little story around the rabbit.

About him

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE, born on August 13, 1899, was highly influential British-born film director and producer. He directed more than fifty feature films and who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres over a career of sixty years. Among the most consistently successful and publicly recognizable world directors during his lifetime, Hitchcock remains one of the best known directors.

Alfred Hitchcock departed on April 29, 1980.

The way he films

Quote from Wikipedia.com (2007):
Hitchcock once commented, "The writer and I plan out the entire script down to the smallest detail, and when we're finished all that's left to do is to shoot the film. Actually, it's only when one enters the studio that one enters the area of compromise. Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest."
Hitchcock would storyboard each movie down to the finest detail. He was reported to have never even bothered looking through the viewfinder, since he didn't need to do so, though in publicity photos he was shown doing so. He also used this as an excuse to never have to change his films from his initial vision. If a studio asked him to change a film, he would claim that it was already shot in a single way, and that there were no alternate takes to consider. However, respected film critic Bill Krohn in his book Hitchcock At Work has questioned the popular notion of Hitchcock's reliance on storyboards. In his book, Krohn after researching script revisions of Hitchcock's most popular works, concludes that Hitchcock's reliance on storyboards has been exaggerated and argues that Hitchcock only storyboarded a few sequences and not each and every scene as most think. He also notes that this myth was largely perpetuated by Hitchcock himself.

His appearances in every film he does

Many of Hitchcock's films contain cameo appearances by Hitchcock himself: the director would be seen for a brief moment boarding a bus, crossing in front of a building, standing in an apartment across the courtyard, or appearing in a photograph. This playful gesture became one of Hitchcock's signatures.

His Most Famous Work

Psycho - Regarded today as one of Hitchcock's best films and highly praised as a work of cinematic art by international critics, Psycho is also acclaimed as one of the most effective horror films.




And its "The Shower Scene" has been studied, discussed, and referenced countless times in print and in film courses with debate focusing on why it is so terrifying and how it was produced, including how it passed the censors and who directed it.

Why I chose him.

I think I chose to use Alfred Hitchcock because of “Psycho”, when one of my secondary school teachers played the show during sec 2, it left a deep impression on me, First, I had enjoyed the movie greatly, it was exciting and suspenseful. I was also impressed on how he managed to control the atmosphere and the feel of the movie more often with visuals than sound.
And I was particularly impressed with the shower scene, after I watched the show; I went home and read up on it. I found out that he was the first director in film history to make a shower scene and it actually changed and influenced many other movies.

Bibliography

Alfred Hitchcock. (2007, August 14). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:22, August 13, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=
Alfred_Hitchcock&oldid=151110668

Psycho (1960 film). (2007, August 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 03:23, August 13, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=
Psycho_%281960_film%29&oldid=150707347

List of Hitchcock cameo appearances. (2007, August 8). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:24, August 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=
List_of_Hitchcock_cameo_appearances&oldid=150011661

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