 SPOILER: Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) paid the title sequence  designer Saul Bass (qv) (also credited as "Pictorial Consultant")  US$2,000 to draw storyboards for the scene where Arbogast is killed  at the stairs. Brass was excited about the movie and asked Hitchcock  for the opportunity. Hitchcock discarded his work because the shots  showed Arbogasts feet slowly going up the stairs and this prepared  the audience for a shock. Hitch wanted it to be a surprise and  thats why he filmed Arbogast in a completely natural way.