Hitchcock blonde

A 'Hitchcock Blonde' is an actress/character type that was frequently used by film director Alfred Hitchcock in his movies and for whom he appeared to have an obsessive fascination. They were beautiful, sexy, smart and sophisticated but also icy, strong and fearless; "a cool surface with an inner fire". Actresses that typified the 'Hitchcock Blonde' were Tippi Hedren, Grace Kelly, Kim Novak and Eva Marie Saint among others.

Hitchcock Blondie is a traditional unique character in all of Hitchcock's film he produced there was always a blondie seductive who is the victim and need a hero to rescue her. the attractive Blondie keeps the audience involved more than they would of because of her beauty and the situations they end up in. give the film an innocent look and it signifies purity the bright Blondie Angle like females. make the contrasts between the hero's and villains stand out more. we could use the typical Hitchcock Blondie to give an effect of the past and also to create an reaction in the audience to be on the Blondie's side.

Hitchcock films also included 'Nudity, adult language, violence and sexual situations.' this is to engage the audience on a personal level.Mistaken identity is a common plot device in his films.

What was the dark secret that caused the great Alfred Hitchcock to obsess over beautiful Blondie's in jeopardy?

Further blurring the moral distinction between the innocent and the guilty, occasionally making this indictment inescapably clear to viewers one and all, Hitchcock also makes voyeurs of his "respectable" audience.Similarly, Psycho begins with the camera moving toward a hotel-room window, through which the audience is introduced to Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and her divorced boyfriend Sam Loomis, played by John Gavin. They are partially undressed, having apparently had sex though they are not married and Marion is on her lunch "hour". Later, along with Norman Bates (portrayed by Anthony Perkins), the audience watches Marion undress through a peephole.In Psycho, Marian Crane (Janet Leigh) steals from her employer and runs away to be with her boyfriend, thus making her a criminal for her theft, and immoral for having pre-marital sex. However, the filmgoers are sympathetic to her; she has just decided to return the money when she is then brutally murdered. In Marnie, the title character (Tippi Hedren) is a cunning serial thief.

Hitchcock preferred the use of suspense over the use of surprise in his films. In surprise, the director assaults the viewer with frightening things. In suspense, the director tells or shows things to the audience which the characters in the film do not know, and then artfully builds tension around what will happen when the characters finally learn the truth. Hitchcock was fond of illustrating this point with a short aphorism – "There's two people having breakfast and there's a bomb under the table. If it explodes, that's a surprise. But if it doesn't..."

This idea of Hitchcock blonde could help build suspense and tension in our thriller. However we would have to modernise the costumes or else it would cost us too much and I'm not sure if that would give the same effect and create the same reactions in the audience.

by caryn meyer