Film School - Hitchcock's Gift
“Casting a Shadow,” at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Gallery in Beverly Hills, California in 2008, demonstrates Hitchcock creating a collective vision, shared by he and his colleagues.
Most notably on display is Hitchcock's gift for shepherding his collective vision, which the public knew as Alfred Hitchcock's, to the screen.
Featured in the exhibition is a sketch Hitchcock asked his production designer Robert Boyle to create, after reading Daphne du Maurier's novella “The Birds.” The drawing's style influenced the movie's tone and production design.
Boyle recalls spending most of his first discussion of the project, convincing Alfred Hitchcock that "The Birds" was an Alfred Hitchcock film.
I met Bob Boyle, and his wife Bess Boyle in 1979, in Seattle.
They were lovely people, and very encouraging and helpful.
Mr. Boyle gave me my first location scouting assignment. I hunted
an island setting, for what would have been Sir Alfred's last film.
Don't miss this exhibition, or you will stunt your film education!
Film School
© 2008 Sam Longoria, All Rights Reserved
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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