Vertigo

Question 1

Hitchcock as an Auteur, themes

Answer 1

Master of mystery and suspense
persistent black comedy
eccentric characters
fascination with accusations and wrongful imprisonmet
mistaken identity

Question 2

Hitchcock as an auteur, mise en scene

Answer 2

Symbolic power to inanimate objects
focus on set pieces
staircases as a motif

Question 3

Vertigo mise en scene: red room

Answer 3

Red connotes love and passion.
Madeline associated with flowers
symbolic colour of green for Judy/Madeline. When Scotty replicates, represses green and focusses on Black and grey

Question 4

Vertigo mise-en scene broad

Answer 4

repeated iconography of paper
Scotty puts Madeline in red dressing gown, making her a part of him
paintbrushes in Midges

Question 5

Vertigo cinematography, camera work

Answer 5

Dolly zoom
Contra zoom, backward and forward trackng intercut
low angle shots
POV shots
mostly stays focussed on Scotty
spins around during kiss with Judy, her face is mostly obscured
during chasing scene, Judy closer to camera than before

Question 6

Vertigo cinematography, lighting

Answer 6

nostalgic, golden age lighting
high key light
green lighting makes Judy look ghostly
chasing scene has more chiaroscuro than the rest of film

Question 7

Vertigo editing

Answer 7

fade is fade outs. False fade out after kiss. Would be the end of traditional Hollywood narrative