10/19/2017 | THE HITCHCOCK RULE

What is the Hitchcock rule?  How does it apply to filmmaking?  What is one example of when you put a close up of a detail in your film?  Why did you choose it?

The Hitchcock Rule, created by Alfred Hitchcock himself, states that the size of an object in the frame should be proportional, or equivalent to its importance to the story at that moment. This applies to filmmaking by helping the audience focus on something, and give details to the main focus. I made a short film two years ago, and I put a full shot of a chair from a worms eye angle, to show that the chair would be important to the story.

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