Assignment task:
1. When did critics/audiences begin writing about how Hitchcock created a sensation of suspense?
2. At the time of each film's release? Or in later analysis? Films are "Rear Window" (1954) and "Vertigo" (1958)
- Give at least one (1) example from film reviews published in 1954 and 1958 (the year of each film's release)
- Give at least one (1) example from film reviews/analysis written after 1954 and 1958 (a more current analysis)
- Each example should discuss at least one (1) of the elements of film, Editing, Shots/Camera movement, Lighting, Sound and music, Mise-en-scene, if it doesn't can you connect it with the one of the elements
Compile a Works Cited list to each of the sources used within the paper
- Question will require you to locate original 1954 and 1958 newspaper and magazine reviews as well as more recent material to support your answer
- This question will require the use of at least three (3) sources
These sources may include:
1. Original and later film reviews (New York Times, Variety Magazine, Cinema Today
2. Books about specific films or directors (filmographies, biographies, and autobiographies)
3. Video and audio interviews (must be cited properly and written transcription-style in your finished essay
4. Critical essays by notable film historians (Rudy Behlmer, Leonard Maltin, Roger Ebert)