Rope (1948) Hitchcock

'Rope' tells the story of two young, wealthy men, Brandon and Philip, who strangled and murdered a friend of theirs just to see if they can get away with it. They then invite other close friends (including the murdered man's parents) to their apartment for a dinner party, whilst hiding the body in a chest/box in their sitting room, just to see if they can get away with it.

The suspense is created through the body in the chest box.
-what willl happen?
-Will the body (and the two men) be discovered and brought to justice?

Preliminary Task

I've been assigned to make a short video containing the following but not limited to :
-Character A walks through a closed door.
-Character A then enters through the door and crosses a room to where another character B is seated/waiting.
-Character A and B exchange lines or dialogue.
-Either character A or B exit the room.

Enigmas

This refers to a puzzle, something mysterious or inexplicable , or a riddle or difficult problem. In thrillers this is commonly something which the protagonist has to try to find out or solve before the narrative is resolved and the film finishes.

Hitchcocks ''Maguffin''

A MacGuffin ( sometimes McGuffin or Maguffin) is a plot device that motivates the characters and advances the story but has little other relevance to the story.

''A plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot of a work fiction'' 

Quote '' We have a name in the studio,and we call it the ''MacGuffin'', It is the mechanical element that usually crops up in any story. In crook stories it is always the necklace and in spy stories it is always the papers.''

Aspects of the Thriller Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock was the master of suspense whose films came to be the benchmark for 'Psychological' thrillers. Under the strong influence of Alfred Hitchcock, Thrillers often begin with a crime and the accusation of an innocent bystander, were the accused to contact the authorities, no doubt the cases could be promptly solved, but instead the poor bystander runs from the law thus further jeopardising life and limb.  

Quotes 

''There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it''                                                                                                  

''If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on ''

''Always make sure the audience suffer  as much as possible''

''I am a typed director. If i made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach''