North By North West

North By North West

North By North West is a movie made by Alfred Hitchcock. This movie genre is a thriller. This movies is based on a person called Thornhill who is accused by a government of doing something and suggesting that he is the person who doesn't exist. Mr.Thornhill is trying to survive by getting away from the spies who are trying to kill him,also the police are trying to find Mr.Thornhill because he is being accused of killing somebody who he had not killed.

Alfred Hitchcock uses different types of devices in this movie fro example he uses suspense, red herrings and cliffhangers. Hitchcock uses these devices are used in the auction scene Thornhill is trying to make the auction complicated and he is saying different prices and low prices so that he can get himself arrested and not get him self killed so he can help Eve so she won't get killed.

During the crop duster scene shows tension to the audience by showing them what is going to happen and why it is happing to him. This scene shows that it has a atmosphere as he is the alone there is nobody to see what is happing to him. Furthermore this shows that Thornhill is being attacked by the government who are trying to kill him. Plus as they zoom into Thornhill's face shows that it is a tense scene showing that he is being attacked and showing the audience that there is suspense in the movie. Furthermore as this movie is a thriller this movie contains a plot that the villain has the driven plot. This shows that the hero has the obstacle where he has to save himself. This is the truth in North By North West because it shows that the villain is trying to confuse the hero and trying to tell the hero what is going on, also telling him what he has to do to stop it. This Relates to the Macguffin.

  

The Macguffin is the things the spies think about but the audience that are watching it do not really care about it. In addition the Macguffin is a plot which it catches the viewers eye and makes them pay attention, it also makes the viewers show what the plot is about. The Macguffin is also used for specific personality for example it id used for money, power, threat and many more. The Macguffin is used in films but mostly in thrillers, however it is not the centre of attention in the first part of the scene and it reduce the important parts of the movie. This may come back into the movie, however the Macguffin is forgot at the end of the movie. 

Hitchcock had said that thrillers allow the audience to get stuck in to see what it is like. Hitchcock has succeeded in this film because it shows how the audience are getting into the movie.