Hitchcock's Filmmaking Notes

I've been asked to contribute to this most excellent blog from time to time, and I'm honored. Here's a re-post from my own blog Miscellaneous Creativity.

I ran across this site on Kottke.org that discusses Alfred Hitchcock's filmmaking techniques. This is a very interesting read.

Hitchcock was an innovator, but he was also a storytelling purist. He was careful not to abandon the cornerstones of good storytelling in order to show us a new camera trick, etc. His motto: keep the story simple.