Extra notes available here for Vertigo

http://www.dvdjournal.com/reviews/vertigo.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/film/vertigo/themes.html

Vertigo

http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/animation/cameras/traditional_film_camera_techniqu.htm

http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~muffin/camera_movement.html


http://www.maxoncomputer.com/tutorial_detail.asp?tutorialID=61 vertigo effect

http://www.moviegnome.com/Movie%20Reviews/vertigo

http://www.dvdbreakdown.com/titles/vertigo.html

http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=89393&mainArticleId=89482


General camera work

http://clubs.myams.org/studioq/pdfs/camera&composition.pdf

Sound effects and music etc

http://www.filmsound.org/articles/horrorsound/horrorsound.htm

http://www.psychomovie.com/production/prodhitchcock.html

http://www.scriptsecrets.net/articles/psycho60.htm

http://www.wowessays.com/dbase/ac3/ena146.shtml

http://web.tiscalinet.it/andrebalza/stevens.html

Quite a bit of cool stuff on this site:
http://faculty.cua.edu/johnsong/hitchcock/

A study guide which provides some general coverage of ideas - some worthy of inclusion for you
http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/Psycho.pdf

Viewing of Psycho (Thursday's notes)

While you are viewing today be aware of Motifs (these are usually repeated symbols and in Hitchcock's films may occur across a range of his work as well as throughout one film).
Foreshadowing - there are many examples of this throughout the film, be aware of picking up on these as you view.
Lighting - Because this film is in black and white, lighting is used very effectively to portray such aspects as good and evil.
Use your notes on the conventions of horror to identify other conventions that Hitchcock uses throughout the film Psycho.

Website/s:
http://www.sewergator.com/gfz/psycho/

http://www.houseofhorrors.com/psycho.htm

http://www.film.queensu.ca/Critical/Sage.html

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/phillips-film-1e/psycho.htm - useful notes for close viewing

Horror genre

Notes from Wednesday in class (incase you missed them)

Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock - 1960 - print or copy off a synopsis from imdb website
Then copy this - Production techniques:
Music - establishes suspense during introductory titles. Discordant and staccato violin contrasts sharply with longer, drawn out strings as titles fade into scene 1 (Sam and Marion at 'lunch') This scene establishes the nature of their relationship. In your own words explain how a) Sam b) Marion feels about their relationship.

Foreshadowing: a common convention used in horror genre. Look for this in the first scenes - signs or clues/hints about what is to come e.g. Marion "I'm going to spend the weekend in bed"). List as many as you can.

Notes on Psycho - print out and put into visual diary
http://www.eonline.com/Features/Live/Filmschool/Notes/psycho_notes.html

Make notes from these in your diary (you do not need to print out)
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1543551
http://www.filmnotes.com/articles/hitchges.html
http://faculty.cua.edu/johnsong/hitchcock/pages/gallery.html