Hitchcock's Style

I really enjoy all of Hitchcock's films, and I like them all because they are different then anything that I am used to watching. I love that he uses the props and the setting to let the audience know what is going on. Like in Rear Window one of the first things that you see is the thermometer and you can see how hot it is without them actually talking about it and saying it. You have to pay attention to the background and to what is going on in the film not just what the main characters are doing or saying. Another thing that Hitchcock uses in his films are camera angles and the use of the "birds eye view" and he uses it to show power over people and who has the most power. The way he uses psychology in this films make the characters grow and makes the plots of the stories make more sense to the viewers. The way that the characters act and the situations that they get into make you really think about the back story of their lives. It is known that Hitchcock only wanted skinny, blond, beautiful women in his movies and I don't really understand why he wanted that but it was something that made him unique and you knew that it was a signature thing that he does in his films. Hitchcock also used the reaction shot a lot in his movies instead of using lines, to show you what was happening. He would have a shot at the actor, then a shot of what they were reacting to, and then finally the characters reaction. This made it very clear as to hoe the actor was feeling but they didn't need to say it, Hitchcock was talented enough that he could show it.