Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards Excerpts Reveals Concept Art From Iconic The Birds Sequences [EXCLUSIVE]

Get a look at the creation of some of the most iconic scenes in cinematic history in exclusive Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards excerpts. The book, penned by filmmaker and Alfred Hitchcock historian Tony Lee Moral, takes readers through some of the iconic director’s filmography via his storyboards, with Hitchcock having often drawn many of his own concept art while preparing for his movies. Moral explores chronicles both the director’s more mainstream movies, namely Psycho and North by Northwest, to some of his more obscure and early titles including The 39 Steps and Spellbound.

Ahead of the book’s UK release on November 21, Screen Rant is proud to present exclusive excerpts from Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards. The images reveal concept art that Hitchcock crafted alongside Harold Michelson and Robert Boyle from his 1963 horror classic The Birds, including Tippi Hedren’s iconic scene of being trapped in a phone booth as the eponymous animals attack. Check out the exclusive excerpts below:

How Alfred Hitchcock’s Influence Is Still Felt Today

Despite over 40 years of time between his last movie and today, Hitchcock’s legacy remains one of the most prominent in modern filmmaking. The filmmaker has been portrayed three different times on screens, including twice in 2012 with Anthony Hopkins eponymous performance in Hitchcock and Toby Jones’ Golden Globe-nominated turn in the more divisive The Girls. The two would later be succeeded by Roger Ashton-Girffits in the 2014 biographical drama Grace of Monaco, though wasn’t as big of a role in the story as the prior two movies.

Various modern filmmakers have also cited Hitchcock as being a major influence on their works, including Martin Scorsese, whose 2010 thriller Shutter Island featured a number of iconic Hitchcock motifs, as well as David Lynch, Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino. Jordan Peele and M. Night Shyamalan have also both noted the director’s influence on their works, with the pair striving to tap into the sheer atmosphere of suspense Hitchcock was hailed as being the master of in his filmography.

Moral’s own work covering Hitchcock’s filmography across multiple books, including Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards, is further proof of how the director’s legacy lives on today. The new book marks one of the more exciting reflections of this legacy yet, informing readers on just how meticulous he was in crafting the looks of his movies through the means of storyboarding while also showing just how closely his and his fellow artists’ sketches were to what was ultimately created on screen.