Evaluation questions 4-7. These questions will save us time as our plan will help us organise our thoughts when we go to do our evaluation.
Vertigo: Alfred Hitchcock uses a variety of thriller codes and conventions in his work to convey themes, messages and theories. Audiences first witness a black screen with non diegetic music playing in the background, which gets louder and louder as the scene starts to run through. The uneasy tempo of the music presents to the audience that something isn't right, creating mystery and uncertainty. We are quickly shown that the main character Scotty suffers from acrophobia when he and another police officer chase a criminal across some rooftops, as Scotty slips and nearly falls to his death, before grabbing onto the guttering. When the other policeman attempts to help Scottie, his fear of heights unfortunately paralyses him. A dolly zoom is used to achieve the affect of vertigo, as Scottie looks beneath him at the ground. Lighting can play a key part in determining the mood and tone of a film. A nice, warm, bright light implies that the tone of the film, or a particular scene in the film, is a happy and positive scene with an enthusiastic atmosphere. A dark, gloomy, dull light can show the opposite effect, leaving the audience with a sad, depressed and dreary impression of the characters. Alfred Hitchcock has filmed the first scene late at night as it is dark and it shows that the main character Scotty is a nervous and anxious character. Alfred Hitchcock also uses different camera angles and shots in "Vertigo" to represent the characters and where or how they stand in situations. Different angles and shots can imply things like social status, dominance and submissiveness. When Scotty is hanging from the guttering, a closeup of his face is taken to show his fear and anxiety of heights. The mise-enscene also conveys the true personalities of the characters. Colours can show moods, like red for example can represent danger and blue can indicate coldness. Scotty is often seen in grey, brown and black to show his state of mind, which is sombre, confused and off balance. These are among the different ways Alfred Hitcock uses camera angles, shots and mise-en-scene to imply theories to audiences. Serena is very stereotypical girly teenager she is mature, intelligent and independent however, is completely oblivious to the situation that she finds herself towards the end of the opening sequence. Below is the outfit she will be expected to wear throughout the opening sequence to show that she is very friendly and outgoing and dressed like a normal teenager would as this is quite casual and plain colours paired with trainers.
This is a brief explanation of how we came up with our production name, we did come up with it through a group discussion but we didn't record the discussion so therefore we wrote it down to show you on the blog.
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