Some people usually say first impressions are the lasting impressions. Whatever impression you give to a person the first time is what they will forever remember about you. My first impression seeing Alfred Hitchcock actually talk is that he was someone weird and a little scary. Why? He was weird to me because he talked soooo slow, but I guess it only seemed that way because he was so proper. He seemed to really like making disturbing criminalistic films, but he didn’t seem to be afraid of them and affected by the things in the films like he wanted his audience to be. His masterpieces for suspense are based on his inner fears especially as a child and staying connected to them somehow. He explained that his first scare was his childhood fears which he released in his work. Hitchcock tends to dramatize things. For example, he talked about how getting a ticket is suspenseful because it is like a punishment. He was afraid of punishment which is why he never got his license. To me that was something stupid to be afraid of but everybody has their own fears not everyone is afraid of the same thing or things. However, Hitchcock could obviously make anything look a bit scary in his films by as he says “using elements of complete order and throwing in elements of disorder.” That is what helped him to bring the audience closer to the films. He makes the films from the point-of-view of the individual actors and makes the situation look more realistic. His goal was to transfer the menace from the screen to the mind of the audience until the anxiety became unbearable and it reached climax to scare them. That is why he is probably considered the master of suspense even though most of films were not scary to me, but moreso just interesting to watch.
