Steven Watts-Outside Reading

I recently was reading an article on the different film techniques that film director Alfred Hitchcock employed in the various movies that he made. The thing that I found most interesting to read about was how Hitchcock took ample time to make sure the shot was framed in order to convey the necessary emotion. He says "the emotion comes directly from the actor's eyes". This is a very interesting concept that I was easily able to relate to the films that we viewed throughout the semester in class. The emotions that are conveyed through the character would be nothing if it were not for the way that they were presented by the camera. The camera is not meant to act as a camera, but rather it is there to take on human qualities so that it is able to convey the emotions to the viewing audience.


http://borgus.com/hitch/hitch2011.htm