Thesis presentation1
- 1. Thesis Presentation Joann Huang Thesis Studio 1
- 2. Precedents
- 3. Double Take Directed by Johan Grimonprez An essay film by Belgian director Johan Grimonprez, which intercuts clips and interviews featuring Alfred Hitchcock with archive footage of cold war news coverage, and tells the story of the rise of “fear as a commodity”
- 4. The HBO Voyeur Project A theatrical multimedia experience -Inspired by Hitchcock’s film Rear Window -The site’s slogan was “See what people do when they think no one is watching.” -The focus seems to be on people living in eight fictional apartments on the corner of Broome Street and Ludlow Street.
- 5. Reimaging Hitchcock Film Posters various artists Matt Needle
- 7. Clue Board Games Alfred Hitchcock edition
- 8. REAR WINDOW LOOP (2010) - Dissected and stiched the film into a single panoramic view. - The entire coutyard represents the view from James Stewart’s characters’ window. a visual installation by Jeff Desom
- 9. Hitchcock movies reimagined as 8-bit games Illustrated by JoeBot
- 10. Brainstorming
- 11. Hitchcock themes - Recurring motifs - Cameo - Obsession with birds - Symbolic sexuality - Blonde women - Numbers - Suspense
- 12. Ideas
- 13. Symbolic Sexuality A series of storyboards/ film stills that explores the sexual tensions in Hitchcock’s films Example: In Psycho, Norman Bates is having a conversation with Marion Crane. At the same time, one of his hands is stroking a dead animal and the other hand lingers on his crotch.
- 14. Books I need to read 1. Hitchcock motifs by Michael Walker 2. The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression 3. Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies by Donald Spoto 4. The Art of Looking in Hitchcock’s Rear Window by Stefan Sharff 5. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light by Patrick Mcgilligan 6. The Women Who Knew Too Much: Hitchcock and Feminist Theory by Tania Modleski
- 15. Next Step
- 16. Research more precedents -Precedents related to women in films -Films that dealt with sexuality without graphic images
- 17. Thank you.