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Ying YeFilm Study April 1st , 2013Psycho Alfred Hitchcock had ever got movies or drama training; he went to the London County Council School of Engineering and Navigation in Poplar, London. When he was nineteen years old and finished the school, he worked to a cable company called Henley’s as a draftsman and advertising designer; at the same time, he also studied at the university of London for art courses. Because he studied the art courses, it laid the important foundation for his achievement in the future. After the television and advertising developed, he began to come into contact with the film. When Hitchcock was 20 years old, he stepped into the film as a main title designer and editing worker. When he was 22 years old, he began to take charge of a writer and art director in “Woman to Woman” and other five films. Also, when he was 39 years old, he left London and came to the Hollywood. After one year, he became a director in “ Rebecca” and won the Oscar for a best cinematography award and best film award. He rose from a title designer to a film director took him for five years. Later, because he directed the film “Psycho” and other five films, he was nominated for the Oscar for a best director award in these films. In 1979’s, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Film Institute. Hitchcock made other films that were “Frenzy”, “Psycho”, “North by Northwest”, “Vertigo”, “The Trouble with Harry” and etc. During the sixty years of his film career, he had captured more than fifty of films, so he became a famous movie master of art in history.According to online sources “Hitchcock’s Cinematic Style”, Hitchcock believes the screenplay takes precedence over the direction because it tells him what to do as a director. Also, according to Gottlieb: “Half the work of direction should be accomplished in the script.” Hitchcock showed what people are doing, thinking, and saying. In addition, he also used each shot to create a state of mind and emotion t