Multiple Visual and Musical Implications in Alfred Hitchcock’s Films: Rear Window / Psycho Cover Image

Vaizdinis ir muzikinis daugiapotekstiškumas Alfredo Hitchcocko filmuose: Langas į kiemą / Psichopatas
Multiple Visual and Musical Implications in Alfred Hitchcock’s Films: Rear Window / Psycho

Author(s): Domantas Milius
Subject(s): Music, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Visuomeninė organizacija »LOGOS«
Keywords: voyeurism; murder; leitmotif; suspence;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the multiple implications often observed in the films of the English film director Alfred Hitchcock. His films are always characterized by a deeper psychological and emotional meaning which reveals the hidden social or emotional contexts of the plot. These contexts can be encoded in visual scenes or film music. On the basis of the director’s films “Rear Window” (visual meaning) and “Psycho” (musical meaning), I attempt to reveal the functional elements of image - viewing, music – listening and psychological/emotional meanings in the film structure. I seek to identify what kind of cinematic and musical instruments are used. Direct or indirect meanings are being created. How is the viewer affected?

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 91
  • Page Range: 198-209
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Lithuanian