Vertigo - Opening Scene Flashcards
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Midge is shown to have light colours as her and her room are yellow whereas scotty has a dark purple colour associated with him.
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Scotty holds a cane and waves it around - phallic imagery
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Midge takes a position of a therapist - cemented by shot, reverse shots that show a conversation - Freud
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Midge takes on a motherly role of nursing scotty back to health - Freud
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The windows are huge and make up a larger part of the mise-en scene and they were specifically built for this set - This links with the theme of voyeurism
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Scottys naivety when it comes to the lingerie ties in with the idea of the Freudian journey from boy to man
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The scene ends with Midge holding scotty to soothe him - this tying in with the freudian idea of mother
