Diamond Dean's "Hanging On With Hitchcock"
Unlock Hitchcock's Secrets To Mastering Suspense Before It's Too Late …
Discover how Alfred Hitchcock earned his title as the Master of Suspense and how you can use his techniques to captivate modern audiences. This newly expanded and updated guide explores Hitchcock's life, his groundbreaking methods, and the films in which he perfected the art of tension. Along the way, you'll learn how contemporary filmmakers, TV creators, and even comedy writers adapt these same strategies today.
The book is divided into five key sections:
Biography (Chapter 1) A closer look at Hitchcock's early years, his rise through British cinema, his Hollywood reinvention, and the influences that shaped his approach to suspense.
Suspense Techniques (Chapters 2–18) An in depth exploration of Hitchcock's most powerful methods, such as pacing, foreshadowing, misdirection, plot twists, setting, dialogue, and more. Each technique is demonstrated with examples from Hitchcock's films and modern works by Spielberg, Nolan, Tarantino, Fincher, Peele, and others. Writing Tips show you how to apply these techniques in your own stories, with examples drawn from multiple genres, including comedy.
Filmography (Chapter 19) A guided tour through Hitchcock's most important films, highlighting how each one contributed to his mastery of suspense.
Advanced Techniques (Chapters 20–23) Higher level suspense strategies, modern film analyses, a deeper dive into Jaws , and a comparison of Hitchcock's slow burn suspense with Rod Serling's twist driven storytelling.
Fun with Hitchcock! (Chapter 24) Hitchcock's cameos, behind the scenes secrets, chocolate syrup scares, spoofs, and other lighthearted moments.
Through this exploration, you'll gain insight into how Hitchcock revolutionized suspense; and why his work continues to resonate more than a century after his birth. Packed with modern examples, fresh analyses, and brand new Writing Tips, this updated edition gives you everything you need to craft stories that grip your audience and never let go.
Whether you're new to Hitchcock or revisiting his work after many years, this book explains each technique clearly enough to understand without prior viewing and shows you how to apply these suspense strategies to your own writing with ease.
Perfect for writers, filmmakers, students, fans of classic cinema, and anyone who wants to understand the craft of storytelling, Hanging On With Hitchcock will inspire you to create tales that captivate, mesmerize, and keep readers and viewers eagerly turning the page.
