Vetigo

Mis en scene• Firstly we are presented with a view of half a

woman’s face to the left of the frame, with just her mouth and nose visible. The shape and slight sheen on the lips makes it clear that it is a woman’s lips we are looking it.

• As the camera moves to nearer the left the other side of her face becomes visible.

• The credits begin to appear just above her mouth.• Eyes look from left two right in a detective-like

manner, this creates a sense of mystery.• The image of a swirling spiral appears in the

woman’s eye and then this turns into a new scene of a huge swirling spiral- this reflects the name of the film, vertex is the sensation of dizziness.

• Subsequently various different spirals follow , one at a time in different colours but towards the end of the sequence they reappear back in the eye of the woman.

Camera shots and techniques• There are extreme close ups of a

woman’s facial features such as her lips and eyes perhaps portraying her as a sexual symbol.

• The camera moves slowly upwards to reveal her eyes.

• When the camera moves again to focus on only one eye, the credits featuring “Alfred Hitchcock” appears and everything in the frame turns from black and white to red.

Edits

• The first edit occurs between these two clips

Following edits...

The next following edits are of the credits with images of spirals with one spiral appearing within another; the outer spiral grows bigger until eventually it fades out and is replaced by the spiral inside it.

Sound

• The music used sounds as though it going around and around in the same motion as the spinning spirals, going from high note back to low ones and then repeats.

• One of the highest notes is heard at the same time the woman opens her eye wide open and the title of the film appears from her eye.