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Alfred Hitchcock's Narrative Rules of Suspense Leaming out Students shouldbe abet. * dementia hrowedge and understating of ‘the tectmiguts teheockuses trate suspense {ndanalye ow these ae sadn the hilar or fowar genes Course Content “Moti an inc case otina pecese, Youeanoniygetsuspence ong ‘yawn th aun formation dined teheoekSpets, 1983) tes tcheock was ays careful erent Fis rm the muster dete eres, stnre the enty fe einai hep Fedde ete autlens unt the mystery Soe For icheock suspense hs eta ara ‘ee ich must be folomed 1. 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As Sis Smthegs (ibu}aesetued around shared sper. ‘uth the petagrist andthe uence etn the inPayho the vier, ene onigconstant ‘est fom tne husband Ober stcheack ns touout the neque ost he ‘ploy saredsupence ney sequences such CUmlate bueno the suspense moe uly ‘Sthescenin ear indo (19) wre eats ety fan nang ter ees The dae ncee thc meee” tacking poinestvew shots sed ring as eetierefrcedtowatehebpissy artis =90Oath vars he Dates Rouseot only ue Send i atactd tei the femal shraetrseprene bu also rene as susceptible te kinds" hr ettack ‘could be argued thal ering lang wih ater eadyinficed upon two ofthe caters We nak {hansimgly for acharacter ets armrentense nar wih laa fr her ut also dead hat ceeatnbr capes sesnacd sujencretes Unstielt we wnate going tab ssauted wh Soretercancatan wth achaacters mental 2tatbng gate Pair, 2000) [Sd ermatonal states becomes important wen \weconier that manyoT he stongestexanplesof Atha mment whore Mis ats cps sins “red surpenseimiitencocksfims mele female oun oce Ua Htcheok senses wth POV BeiSpoise ac teccckschlws have noua hyeatwalectnigu are confots he view! det beng an acts matt into rat ele wh the shocking close-up fhe ad woras Geonthereevangendof malevolence aed giihg tll InPayeho’s al scee the viewer sper ever alow ttosee women sorhas_ again paced dct ino the vu stutae ‘SiStnnoanian ar gay eden tne fina stuationof ec aepence when ‘pada Cocks towards asks eyes sae ome ere ie eer ‘hentai ed of tcc ering eae ‘eahng his wm sof suspenscim Payee re chock lsowitholsnarate formation the eace suk o the showe made fe ‘tom he audience and wil ocasonaly snd. paneharacon atta the way tote, ad suprise hel ses oun contay to his ‘he fil elation tht Norman ter hon is ‘theres of serpenee Two of teheacksmost hea tte pen il [rlamed fms ayo and vertigo, depend upon eae tiation ane seo won nner Sere, paving the wauorcramaticowitare Rempeme 0a rmtog estan wry {hatwe commonly associate wih hemustey— inv sn Sa o (gene te Douglas yeep, “acho he ee * aronime fms departadcally fom Htcheocks expressed LS aut es serene wre ‘efererc forthe methods suspense, nich {hespreatorispucedin postion ciao, 3 98, Mea eatin {ast of suprise, which someting peotsiy ‘hl sun evened” Py, 1982)

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