Directors and Definitions

Alfred Hithcock is and English director, who began making films in the 1940s, right through to the 1970s. He made his first film in 1925, and continued to make films in Britain, up until 1939, when he went to America, and became a hugely successful and influential director in Hollywood. Overall, his career spanned over 50 years. He popularized a number of thriller techniques, such as macguffins, and creating suspense and tension. He is known as an auteur, and employed such techniques as creative use of dietetic sound, precise editing, and misleading relationships. Furthermore, he used characters which we put in positions such as being trapped or imprisoned.

Alfred Hitchcock

Another auteur in the thriller industry is Steven Spielburg, who directed such films as Jaws, Schindlers List, ET and Saving Private Ryan. He, along with Hitchcock employed the idea of voyeuristic viewing.

Steven Spielburg

Auteur- A director with a clear style, often using specific techniques and similar themes throughout their films.

Voyeuristic Viewing- The audience is watching something that they feel they should not be watching something they should not, or would not usually watch.