How Hitchcock Revolutionized Location Shooting

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How World War II's impacts on Hollywood forced Alfred Hitchcock to take over an entire town in California. patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WatchingtheAerial twitter: https://twitter.com/watchingaerial letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/watchingaerial/ Small credits error: Rear Window was released in 1954, not 1959. https://youtu.be/A2dq_7wu0Dw https://youtu.be/OrvGqEdomLo Links & Citations: Part 1: How WWII Changed the Film Industry The Motion Picture Industry During World War II https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/motion-picture-industry-during-world-war-ii “$5,000 Production.” LIFE (p.70-73), Jan. 25 1943 https://books.google.com/books?id=P1EEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70#v=onepage&q&f=false Part 2: The Perils of Location Shooting Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film (2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wq7FU3mC2o Location Shooting and Independent Production https://filmmakermagazine.com/109375-location-shooting-and-independent-production-a-history-of-necessity-and-innovation/ The Soundman (1950) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHkSwc-Btzw When L.A. Drove in the Dark: SoCal During World War II https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/southern-california-dimout-restrictions-wwii Dimouts Yield New Regulations and Enforcement https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ww2/Pages/protect-dimouts.aspx Part 3: Filming Shadow of a Doubt Valentine, Joseph. “Shadow of a Doubt: Using an Actual Town Instead of Movie Sets.” American Cinematographer, Oct. 1942 https://theasc.com/articles/shadow-of-a-doubt Dim-outs: Public Proclamation No. 10 https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ww2/Documents/protect-dimout-dim5.pdf Insider - "Why It's So Difficult To Shoot Night Scenes During The Day" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ctQIIl1PxY Film Noir B&W film stocks https://cinematography.com/index.php?/forums/topic/65047-film-noir-bw-film-stocks/ List of discontinued photographic films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_discontinued_photographic_films Part 4: The Film's Legacy New York Times Review: Shadow of a Doubt https://www.nytimes.com/1943/01/13/archives/shadow-of-a-doubt-a-thriller-with-teresa-wright-joseph-cotten-at.html The Dick Cavett Show - Alfred Hitchcock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpiLi40I_eE Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:38 How WWII Changed the Film Industry 03:22 The Perils of Location Shooting 07:14 Filming Shadow of a Doubt 13:47 The Film's Legacy