Hitchcock's Vision

Hitchcock explained two simple situations to describe the character of a person.

Situation-1: 

Let us think that an old man is standing in front of a garden.

(Close-up to his face)
The old man looks in to the garden.

CUT:
A woman is playing with a child on her lap.

CUT:
The old man smiles.

This portrays that the old man is a soft-heart, kind and warm.

Situation-2:
Consider the other case, where in the same old man is standing in front of the same garden.

(Close-up to his face)
The same old man looks in to the garden.

CUT:
(But here i would like to cut to a different shot than the one we used earlier.)
Here the same woman is on her BIKINI lying on the garden.

CUT:
The old man smiles.

How dirty is the old man here? He is laughing at a woman who is on her bikini. Where in the world does a nice old man laughs at a girl wearing a bikini?

The only shot we have changed in both the situations is the 2nd one which just changed the character of a old man from a soft-heart to a pervert.
So, to conclude what Hitchcock says is, it is important to present your shots in an order so that it will make the audience understand your scene better.

Please go through the link to listen the same in Mr.Hitchcock's words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG0V7EVFZt4

I hope you learned some thing from these situations. Please do feel free to criticize the post if you find mistakes.  

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