This is a summary of Alfred Hitchcock's film techniques.

1. Make sure the content reels them in and use characters to tease the viewer.


2. Emotion comes directly from the actor's eyes. you can control the intensity of the emotin by placing the camera close or far away from those eyes.


3.The camera should take on human qualities and roam around playfully looking for something suspicious in the room.


4.One of the characters should be distracted whilst engaging in a dialouge scene.


5.put an idea in the mind of the character without explaining it in dialoude is done by using a point-of-view shot sequence.


6. Divide action into a series of close-ups shown in succession.  Don't avoid this basic technique.


7.The key to creating that raw Hitchcock energy is by using simplistic, linear stories that the audience can easily follow.


8.Make all of your characters the exact opposite of what the audience expects in a movie.


9.Humor is essential to Hitchcock storytelling.


10.Build tension into a scene by using contrasting situations


11."Information" is essential to Hitchcock suspense; showing the audience what the characters don’t see.


12. Once you've built your audience into gripping suspense it must never end the way they expect.


13.The MacGuffin is the side effect of creating pure suspense. When scenes are built around dramatic tension, it doesn’t really matter what the story is about.

Snatch Opening Titles

Se7en: This is a table showing and explaining all the elements that are considered when creating a title sequence.

Element	Denotation –What you see?	Connotation- What it means?
Information Theme Location Genre Characters Narrative	Cops finding bad guys Thriller Room in apartment Psychotic creepy man Complicated story line and plot	The information gives the audience a sense of the story line and how the story is going to unravel. And the type of story it is. It also focuses on small intricate details that the audience will need to remember throughout the film.
Genre	Thriller	Similarities to other thrillers and differences to other films e.g. westerns, romantic comedies and horrors.
Camerawork Shots Angles Movement	Extreme Close-ups Canted angle Bird's eye view Movement is relatively still	This makes the audience focus on the small details being presented. Signifies the importance of the character and what he is doing. It also focuses our attention on what the director wants us to see.
Mise-en-scène Lighting Movement Props Costumes Colour Cinematography Font and type.	Dark and mysterious Slow and steady No real connection between the props No costumes as of yet Black, red and white Shadowing of objects Almost hand-written and childlike – lower case.	The Mise-en-scene ne creates the mood and the tone of the film. It gives us the underlying feeling that the film is going to be quite complicated and puzzling almost a mystery. The lighting creates a back drop for the film and the colour represents evil, gore and death.
Sound	Dark and edgy Pace -Slow then fast Dialogue is dark (un holy)	The sound differentiates the genre as the music starts off soft and gets faster and more chaotic whereas in a horror the music is loud and dark from the beginning. So we know what type of film this is going to be.
Editing	Jump cuts Credits Overlapping images Computer effects Flashing light and images	The irregular editing featuring lots of different effects and pictures, creates uneasiness and tension for the audience. We are kept on edge and don't know what to expect next.

 

 

 

Snatch: This is a table showing and explaining all the elements that are considered when creating a title sequence.

Element	Denotation –What you see?	Connotation- What it means?
Information Theme Location Genre Characters Narrative	Robbers, gangsters, gamblers Urban City – London Thriller/Crime A large cat of different nationalities Simple plot, numerous storylines within the film	This information gives the audience a sense of what the film is going to be about. The audience will know that the film is going to have multiple ideas and explore multiple cultures.
Genre	Thriller/Crime	It is similar to other Crime films but it is also features similarities to some thrillers. But it is different to other films e.g. westerns, romantic comedies and chick flicks.
Camerawork Shots Angles Movement	Extreme close ups Mid shots Camera zooms Point of view sots Pan Tilt Canted angles	The audience get a brief introduction to the characters and their lives. The shots focus on what the characters are doing. The director wants us to establish what is happening in the scenes.
Mise-en-scène Lighting Movement Props Costumes Colour Cinematography Font and type.	Dark and tense Fast and irregular Cigars, guns, money, diamonds Suits, shirts, gold jewellery, 'East End' men Dull colours and white Highlighting objects: diamond and money Bold and white	We can see that the film is going to be chaotic as the men are all involved in 'dodgy dealings'. The colours show the different nationalities of the characters shown and possibly their separate roles. The font type outlines the main characters.
Sound	Up tempo music Regular pace Police sirens Dialogue is tense	The music is fast but regular which indicates that it is a thriller but also a crime based film (there is also police sirens). The dialogue suggest that there will tension between characters.
Editing	Jump cuts Image zooms Freeze frames Transitions Repeat of camera effects	The editing keeps us on edge. As there are a lot of jump cuts. Even though we known what the film will consist of, we do not know what to expect next.

title sequence of SE7EN