Vertigo Mise En Scene Analysis

Hitchcock makes use of a number of techniques in Vertigo and brings them together to make a film that is considered to be one of his greatest masterpieces. Through the use of colour, lighting, camera movement, dialogue and characterisation, Hitchcock produces a film that fascinates and intrigues us.

To what extent does the Mise-en-Scene in ‘Night of the Hunter’ reinforce an understanding of the film's mood, character and narrative themes?

How auteur theory can be applied to the study of Hitchcock’s North by Northwest and Vertigo

Through distinctive images composers develop interest, drawing the responder in and thus providing insight into the experiences of others. This is demonstrated in Amanda Lohrey’s novella ‘Vertigo’ as Luke and Anna find themselves in a new and disorientating environment as they attempt to build a new life and in the ‘The Red Tree’ composed by Shaun Tan, through the nameless girl’s journey as she attempts to find herself and her place in the world. Meaning created by distinctive images creates interest thus permitting the responder to gain a greater understanding on how the experiences help shape one’s self.

A major key element in the film comprises of settings. It is where the actions takes place and helps viewers to understand where and when the film is set. Settings not only create mood, it has social, psychological, emotional and cultural significance in which the film are able to portray. Settings used in the film are very rarely just backgrounds to the characters dialogue. Viewers are often seen shots of places, without any action taking place. They can be used to influence viewers by building certain expectations and then the actions takes a different turn. Gibbs (2002) mention that, ‘Mise en scene therefore encompasses both what the audience can see and the way in which we are invited to see it’. For example, the scene where Mrs. Chan goes to get noodles where she is seen to be walking along a dark alley down the stairs, gives viewers a certain expectation to emphasize the character’s emotional state. Viewers are also made to see Mr. Chow going down the same stairs as Mrs. Chan walks back up without any conversation taking place. This tells viewers what they see suggesting the lost in their daily routine of doing the same thing over and over again, going to work, getting noodles and accepting the unfaithfulness of their spouses. It also gives viewers a sense of developing bond between the two characters over

The use of mise en scene within the opening of ‘Hide and Seek’ is very significant as it reveals the victims throughout the film. This is done through the use of the colour red presented through a coat and lipstick that two female

This film’s mise-en-scène shapes my feelings by visually being straightforward and realistic. Visually the film makes me feel like I am a part of the character’s different paths in life, including the citizens of the small towns that are equally being affected financially. This is evident in the visual decay of each town. This film, despite the tense and criminal scenes, has the power to make me pause my scrambled thoughts as the camera pans to a West Texas inspired sunset that expands across the bleak earth. This ultimately makes me feel warm and experienced as if I was one of the citizens that face such harsh economic conditions during the day yet an alluring scenery at night. Another aspect of the mise-en-scène in Hell or High Water is the use raw lighting. Through the use of hard lighting, such as the bold shadows and sunlight beating down, the movie truly captures a sense of

A thriller is a type of film that usually instills excitement and suspense into the audience. A thriller is commonly described as a tense edge of the seat environment. The movie, Vertigo, is one of the most famous thrillers ever made. However, Vertigo does not fit into the stereotypical genre of thriller. Vertigo, often viewed as an experimental film because it was one of the first major thrillers of that time that used many different and innovative camera techniques. These techniques used in this film are different types of lighting, montage, intense music, etc. Vertigo is known to be one of Hitchcock’s best movies because of his unique sense of style and his famous

The film ‘Boy’ (2010) uses a range of techniques to construct an effective mise-en-scene. Taika Waititi (director) has been able to create aesthetically pleasing scenes to communicate to the audience about the setting, characters, story and themes. The sequence at the beginning of the film is an appropriate example of the good use of mise-en-scene.

Throughout Memento the shifting between objective and subjective point of views shapes our perception of Leonard, Natalie and Teddy. There are two types of scenes in Memento, the black and white scenes in chronological order and the color scenes which are shown in reverse order, which eventually meet up chronologically with the black and white scenes. The black and white scenes are objective, the audience and Leonard can see all the facts and they are not influenced by Leonard’s emotions or opinions. The color scenes are subjective, they are from Leonard’s perspective and we are denied the same information Leonard is denied during these scenes.

Several film theorists have used a variety of tactics and view points to analyze feature films since their inception. One of the most prominent theorists of those that analyze films from a feminist perspective is Laura Mulvey. Mulvey is famous for her essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” which presents an array of theories involving the treatment of women in films. Arguably the most notable idea presented in Mulvey’s work is the existence of the “male gaze” in films. This essay will examine Mulvey’s theory of the male gaze in relation to Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Vertigo. Vertigo does not fit the criteria of a film that

Mise-en-scene is the principle by which a piece of film will derive its meaning wholly from what happens in the single shot and not from the relationship between two shots. For example the director might include shots with various composition, angle, depth, movement, and lighting.

The mise-en-scene of Interview with the Vampire is relatively theatrical in nature. Long shots are used for much of the movie and the intense close-up shots are retained for the extremely moving victimization scenes where the camera closes in on the eyes of the vampire attacking its victim and what the vampire is feeling thru its eyes (Rice). Also because of the darkness of most of the settings within the movie and the lushness of the immediate sets and costuming one gets the feeling of the importance of the characters and where they are at. The character proxemics and intimate distance of the shot when Claudia curls up with Louis in his coffin, shows the feelings and morality that Louis is fighting so hard to hang onto in his immortality and the loss of the innocence Claudia has accepted.

It was very heart-warming to see this shift in his demeanor towards her, and the lighting amplifies the feeling.

design. In Romeo & Juliet, one major element of design is the setting because the film took