Hitchcock;

Alfred Hitchcock is a very famous Film director. Hitchcock is well known for his psychological thrillers. Such as 'Psycho', 'North by North West', and 'The Birds'. In these thrillers, many devices are used these being: MaGuffin, Enigma, and Red Herring.


A Maguffin is a device that encourages the character and advances the story even though it has no relevance to the actual storyline. E.g. in 'Psyco' it is the money that Marion runs away with.

An Enigma is a mystery or a problem in the story. In thrillers it tends to be something which the protaganist has to try to find or solve before the film finishes.

A Red Herring is a device which diverts the audeince from the truth. Red Herrings can also work with devices such as (Enigmas) and create suspense.