An analysis of the auction scene to North by Northwest North by Northwest was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The auction scene is a ‘set piece’ which is a technique frequently used by Hitchcock in many of his films. The set piece does certain things. It is in a specific and closed location, it also creates and/or answers certain enigmas, and it leads to a climax-especially in visual terms, and frequently a turning point in …showed first 75 words of 1591 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1591 total…finishes with a man on the phone, which then leads onto the next scene. I conclude that by the use of the set piece we have seen a lot of enigmas been created and answered, Hitchcock’s masterful directing tells us a lot of information with using exposition-“show don’t tell” has been used throughout. Also the use of metonymy is also frequent as a lot of little things actually reflect the whole thing