Vertigo

Question 1

Director of vertigo and when it was released?

Answer 1

Alfred Hitchcock

1958

Question 2

Alfred hitchcock was an auteur, what where his trates and what does this mean?

Answer 2

Had a distinctive style he used in his films

POV shots, cameo apperance, use of gaze, editing and montage

Question 3

Who where the actors in the film and what where their characters called

Answer 3

James Stewart played Scotty

Kim Novak played Madeline/Judy

Question 4

How old where the actors?

Answer 4

James 49

Kim 24

Question 5

How many POV’s where in the survalance shot?

Answer 5

57 in 13 minutes. No dialogue as it was ‘pure cinema’

Question 6

Techniques in vertigo

Answer 6

Colour green
Pov shots
Reverse zoom
Vouerism (gaze)
Minimal dialoge

Question 7

Who wrote the music?

Answer 7

Bernard Hermann

Question 8

Differences of film from book?

Answer 8

Character of Mitch- to humanise Scotty
Reveal letter 20 mins before end-adds tension
Location-San Fransisco not france

Question 9

What colour did Hitchcock use throught out vertigo? Examples and quote

Answer 9

Green:
Jumper, car, dress, hotel sign, door, the dream, title sequence
“Green is the colour of ghosts”

Question 10

When was the re release?

Answer 10

1983 (25 years after)