Alfred Hitchcock Web Treasure Hunt

By Anastasia Karpunina

Read the following article. Do you like thrillers and horror films? Do they have as much impact on you as on the author of the article?

http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/oct/31/psycho-the-film-that-frightened-me-most

1.      Who is Alfred Hitchcock? What made him famous?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock

http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/143

2.      What jobs did he have before becoming a director? How long did it take him to rise from title designer to film director?

http://www.alfredhitchcock.com/life-and-legacy/biography/

3.      What is the name of his first film? Why was the film unfinished? What is the name of his first completed film?

http://hitchcock.tv/bio/bio.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock#Inter-war_British_career

4.      What is the first truly "Hitchcockian" film and when was it released?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock#Inter-war_British_career

5.      How many Oscar nominations did he have as a Best Director? Did he win any?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/awards?ref_=nm_awd

6.      How many feature films did he direct?

http://hitchcock.tv/mov/hfilm.html

7.      What, apart from Hitchcock’s recognizable style, is the distinctive feature of his films? In how many films can we find this peculiarity?

http://www.mysterynet.com/hitchcock/cameos/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okLiLsncyi0#t=21

8.      What is the name of Hitchcock's best-known film? What was the budget of the film? How much did Hitchcock personally earn?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock#1960:_Psycho

9.      What are the names of the main characters? Who played them? What is the film's pivotal scene?

http://psycho.wikia.com/wiki/Psycho_(1960)

http://psycho.wikia.com/wiki/Shower_Scene

10.   What is the name of the Psycho’s prequel? What period of life of the Bates family is depicted? Who plays the main roles?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_Motel_(TV_series)