Alfred Hitchcock's Use Of Film Techniques In Veertigo

Since Samantha was Maud 's assistant, Tandy goes through Samantha 's files that she kept for Maud, hoping to find useful information. She finds a locket that is engraved, "Sammy, love forever- Maud." She questions Samantha about it, Samantha confesses that she and Maud had a relationship but refuses to say anymore.

Hitchcock utilizes sound, camera work, MacGuffins, and plot twists to tell the storylines of the movies. Hitchcock understood the importance of camera work and sound because he began his career making silent films.12 It is why he uses many close up shots so the audience can pay attention to specific details and the emotions on the character’s face. He does not rely on dialogue to tell the story. He uses sound to help convey the message of a scene.

Madeleine and had Scottie become a witness to her death. Even after, when Scottie realize that Gavin conned him in believing Judy was actually his wife he still lost the love of his life the second time around. Scottie forced Judy up the tower where Madeleine had died and made her confess she was the one who was Madeleine the whole time. The sudden appearance of a nun, startled Judy and she tumbled down to her death. Gavin is the sole reason why Scottie and Madeleine lives were

“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can convey emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.” The written word and the moving image have always had their entwining roots deeply entrenched in similar narrative codes, both functioning at the level of implication, connotation and referentiality. But ever since the advent of cinema, they have been pitted against each other over formal and cultural peculiarities – hence engaging in a relationship deemed “overtly compatible, secretly hostile” (Bluestone 2).

On the train a Paris women told the family that her husband was a head guard at the amp and she could help them escape. They ended up living with that family in hiding. Madeleine’s Mother ended up dying because of the death of her husband, Madeleine’s father. Years after the round ups Madeline became an amazing artist and sculpture

Alfred Hitchcock successfully performs suspense and shock in a number of ways. One way was when he reveals that the cop is following her, making us think that he found out concerning the money she stole. Another way is when we see Norman staring through the hole, examining her as if he is waiting to make his move. The last technique that Hitchcock constructed suspense is when we identify a shadowy character gazing at her take a shower, making us wonder who it could

Eyes are not only objects that can be peered into; they can also peer out. They play a very big role in voyeurism – a theme that Hitchcock uses constantly in his film. They have an incredible capacity for relaying emotional messages, and the viewers are constantly aware of where the eyes are looking, what they are looking at and what emotion they are feeling while they are doing it. Hitchcock mastered storytelling narratively and spatially, with the use of eyes and their eyelines, creating suspense, tension and anticipation in the

He tells her, “the Chinese say that once you have saved a person's life, you're responsible for it forever. And so I'm committed,” (Vertigo) which shows that he has clearly moved beyond the type of relationship that was intended for them, and has romantic feelings for her. These feelings do however lead him to finding out that Madeleine is Judy, but not before he tries to compare the two women. He tells Judy he “need(s) (her) to be Madeleine for awhile,” (Vertigo) which creates tension in the relationship between the two as Judy wants him to love her for her and not because of Madeleine. Therefore the voyeurism and spying in the movie seem to bring out the worst in Scottie, but end up leading him to the answers he needs to solve the

Scottie wants so badly for her to be Madeline that he dresses Judy up as her and takes her to places where he and Madeline had been even though Judy herself is an absolute antithesis of everything Madeline was. Despite her discomfort with these actions, she eventually gives in. Although, Scottie’s obsession with Madeline scares her, Judy’s need to be loved by him allows her to submit herself to his mania and give him control over her. Her eventual death is caused her own submission to Scottie.

These were explored by the use of the motifs of birds, eyes, hands and mirrors (Filmsite.org, n.d.). Hitchcock skilfully guides the audiences through a tale

Director Alfred Hitchcock already starts to take a huge turn, a turn that was very fresh for the 1950’s. He introduces Scottie as a well of police detective but he is not the ideal man, he is not “brave enough” because he is scared of heights. The absence of masculinity

Vertigo (1958) is a psychological thriller that is regarded as an excellent and ageless masterpiece directed by the famous Alfred Hitchcock. The setting takes place in San Francisco in the late 1950’s, the film stars James Stewart, as an ex-detective who develops a crippling fear of heights early on in the plot, a trait that proves to be a noteworthy disadvantage to his character. When he is employed by an old friend to trail his supposedly possessed wife, played by Kim Novak, the story becomes a blend of mystery and romance as the two fall in love with each other. After some plot twists and Hitchcock’s signature MacGuffin, Vertigo becomes the intense psychological thrill ride that it is recognized for.

In the movie Vertigo, the audience first gets a glimpse of Scottie’s acrophobia in the beginning scene as he is chasing a criminal on the rooftop (4:20). While trying to catch the criminal, Scottie is caught up in the gutters hanging from the rooftop. When a partner tries to save him, due to the dizziness from his vertigo, Scottie does not grab his hand because he tenses up. His partner falls to his death in an attempt to rescue Scottie as he looks on in horror.

Ironically, Judy is a brunette, which society tends to associate with a more cunning, or crafty personality. Judy had fallen in love with Johnny and allowed him to make her up to be like Madeleine once again, which led to her

V for Vendetta, directed by Alan Moore in 2005 was an eye opening film, with aspects from the past and predictions for the future, the film left many uncertain how to feel. Being placed in the dystopian genre, the film uses many codes and conventions to connect them to the genre. V 's revolutionary speech helps bring hope to the society. The film was born through an illness and plague that had effected the world. The storyline begins to unfold with the rising of High Chancellor Sutler, which was oddly similar to Hitler, who created a government to oppress the people’s liberty.