Vertigo Flashcards
(6 cards)
Ernie’s scene- cinematography
-Establishing tracking shot outside ernie’s- pulls in
-Panning shot away from Scotty across towards Madeline
-Camera tracks towards Madeline
-Mid shot of Scotty watching- voyeurism
-Wide shot of Madeline in the frame
-Camera follows and pans with Madeline and stops with a close up profile shot of her- she is the ‘perfect woman’
-Switches between side on close ups of Scotty- doesn’t want to be seen
-Wide shot of E and M passing a mirror
Ernie’s scene- editing
-Fade cut from outside to Scotty inside- dream like
hot reverse shot, eyeliner match scotty watching Madeline
-During Madeline profile shot red walls behind her brighten- gives her a glow, perfect, main attraction- German expressionism- surrealist, dream like
Ernie’s scene MES
-Set design- walls red- sensuality and danger
-Costume design- Madeline green everyone else greys, blacks
-Green= ghosts?
-Low key dim lighting
-Body language- can’t see Madeline’s face only her back- duality, secrets
Set design- Madeline is shown in a frame- voyeurism, male gaze, she isn’t real ( she is a spectacle, Scotty is observing)
- When they are in the frame, Madeline in light, Elster in shadows- he is sinister
-Posture- M stood tall, S sat slouched- he feels inferior to her
-Elster and M pass a mirror where can see them twice- duality
Ernie’s scene sound
-Diegetic chatter in restaurant
Non diegetic instrumental score when camera notices Madeline
-Non diegetic score tightens when M close to S- romantic, intense
-Then descends to sad when he turns away(realise he can’t be with her)
Ernie’s scene- context- studio system(SS), auteur, David bordwell
-Voyeurism appears in lots of Hitchcock’s work- auteur
-Hitchcock- “I’m a believer in the subjective” scenes from pop of individual- shown from Scotty’s pov in this whole sequence
-clear characters- SS- M,E,S
-classical film form: close ups highlight facial expression, establishing shots, non- diegetic score- emotion
-continuity editing, shot reverse shot, eyeliner match
Ernie’s scene- subverts classical Hollywood style
Dreamlike- experimental uses of cinema- German expressionism
