Key Takeaways: The Master’s Toolkit Suspense vs. Surprise: Hitchcock’s “Bomb Theory” defined modern thriller mechanics—showing the audience the danger before the character knows creates unbearable tension. The “Vertigo Effect”: He invented the “Dolly Zoom” (track back, zoom in) to visually replicate the physical sensation of falling/dizziness, a technique still used by Spielberg and Scorsese. Visual Voyeurism: In Rear Window, he turned the screen into a pair of binoculars, forcing the audience to become complicit “Peeping Toms” alongside the protagonist. The MacGuffin: He popularized the narrative device of an object (like the uranium in Notorious) that drives the plot but is…