Visual Communications for Development

Tag: horror

  • Psycho noir: Hitchcock and Bass

    Film Noir

    film noir uses strong side-light and backlight. No fill light. Hard shadows. Including use of ‘cookies’, gobos etc.

    Hitchcock

    Theories of montage:
    Montage: assembly of pieces of film that move in rapid succession
    Cutting
    Juxtaposition of shots in rapid succession eg shower scene 75 shots in 65 sec

    The trailer

    Interesting because it operates within the constraints of modesty of the early 1960s.

    Bl;ack and white

    Soundtrack

    Framing

    Overviews

    Shower Scene

    Music and sound

    Clips

    ‘Translations’