Hitchcock Individual Post

Ethics in Hitchcock Films:
There are plenty of events that could be ethical or unethical in Hitchcock films depending on what opinion you have on the topics and time era that you watch his films.  In the movie Notorious there are many examples shown such as the clothing some of the female characters wear, when there are kissing scenes in the movie they have to have each kiss under three seconds long, they show a scene in the beginning of the film when Alicia is driving drunk and then she wakes up super hungover, Alicia is also undercover throughout the movie as an agent, and she commits adultry on her husband who she is actually spying on with Devlin.

Psychology in Hitchcock Films:
Hitchcock showed two main events in his film Notorious that dealt with psychology.  The first scene was when the MacGuffin was hidden in champagne bottles and the two main characters had to think of complex places as to where the MacGuffin could have been.  The second scene was when Alicia discovered that she was poisoned and how she reacted.

Historical Context in Hitchcock Films:
The time era of the 1960's kissing scenes could not last longer than three seconds long, so you will see a lot of kissing that is short then they will go back at it again and then stop.  This was a continuous patter during Hitchock's film Notorious.  This film was also based in the time frame when there were problems between the United States and Nazi Germany.

Technology/Science in Hitchcock Films:
Hitchcock had a good usage of camera angles throughout the film Notorious, but my favorite scene is when Alicia is laying in her bed hungover and while her body is rolling over, the camera follows her.  It is very comical and this is a great example of how well Hitchcock captured this scene.