opening scene-
shows an image of a man and woman. this image seems to be sketched, with the man coloured in black and the woman white. The man could be coloured in black to represent him as a shadow, giving off the sense of danger. The background colour of the poster is red, red is the colour of danger.
Saul Bass created the opening sequence to Vertigo. It consists of spirals, which makes the viewer feel anxious and nervous. They also created the feeling of falling, as if one is falling into the spirals, which ties into the plot of the feeling as the main character is afraid of heights. The music is also unnerving, using dramatic sounds to do so.
camera work
In this opening sequence, there is not so much camera as there is editing. We can, however, see that at the beginning the camera moves from the right hand side of the bottom of her face, moving slowly towards her lips, then zooming in. The camera then moves up to her eyes followed by zooming into her left eye. the camera movement is slow, and stops and starts, creates tension.
editing
The spirograph was created by Saul Bass. This is the only bit of editing within the the opening scene.
sound
The sound is synical with dramatic outburst. Music uses an arpeggio of a scale to create a more dramatized scene. This technique is repeated through out. With all these elements merged to make this music, they create tension and make the viewer feel uneasy.
mise-en-scene
there are no costumes, props ect used in this opening scene
titles
the titles are white, bold and outlined, making them dramaticly stand out again the picture.
convention
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