Sabotage By Alfred Hitchcock 1935

Hitchcock is known as the master of suspense, in this film he builds great suspense because he uses the technique of dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is is when the audience knows information about something but the characters are not aware of it. During this scene we as the audience knew that the young boy had a bomb in his hand but he had no idea. We also knew that something was going to happen but we didn't know how it was going to happen so therefore we had no idea where the bomb would go off either. Us as an audience were also aware of what time the bomb was set to go off which was 1:45. during this scene Hitchcock uses non diagetic music which is at the pace of how close it is getting until the bomb went off so as it was getting closer and closer the music and ticking got faster and faster.

Also during this scene as it was getting closer and closer to the time the bomb setting off Hitchcock showed many different images of clocks and he showed us the clock hands moving round and round as they were getting closer to 1:45, this was effective because it built suspense and made us wonder what was going to happen next and if the bomb was going to go off or not. Also the clock ticking getting faster and faster was very effective because it was getting quicker as time was going by and then carried on continuously then bang it went off.

Ideas for thriller

Idea 1 - a man walks in a bar
           - then slips
           - gets angry
           - don't know who it was

Idea 2 - drug deal in dark alley
           - no money
           - chase through dark alley
           - no escape

Idea 3 - accident
           - stabbing
           - under pressure

Idea 4 + final idea - Missing person
           - tied to a chair
           - someone running to save them
           -  missing person turns out to be fine
           - back-stabs protagonist

Alfred Hitchcock- Shadow Of a Doubt 1943

The opening of this film is concerned about the actor uncle charlie, the setting is in the city before we are introduced to the character charlie. At the start of this scene as we see the setting of the city it looks rough and untidy and the people don't look very friendly but as we get to see Charlie's character we see that he is a wealthy man by the way that he is dressed because he is smartly dressed.

Settings + Props- at the beginning of the scene it is set in the Central Ward of Newark, New Jersey, this area was very rough and untidy and portrayed as unpleasant, but the setting in Santa Rose was the complete opposite where little charlie was compare to uncle charlie because in Santa Rose everyone looked happy, so therefore it was portrayed as peaceful and a friendly place to be. There were many props in the opening scene these were: Uncle Charlie holding a cigar which portrayed as him being the antagonist because most guys with a cigar in movies are always the antagonist. uncle charlie presents himself as dressing to impress as he is dressed smartly.Also during this scene we see the number 13 on the door which also could show someone as being a antagonist because the number 13 is an unlucky number
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