Vertigo is a film I've seen multiple times since I was a kid, and on different formats: black and white commercial television, VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray. Each time I see it, it means something different to me or I notice something new about it. It's a film that functions on several levels. On the surface, it's a mystery and suspense story of an ordinary man who is deceived into acting as an accomplice to a murder. It also functions on a psychological level, in that it details the main character's obsession
In many movies, there are elements, symbols, and different perspectives that directors use to bring their message to life. Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Vertigo, is an example of this. It is a unique film that takes the viewer through a maze of many unexpected moments. Alfred Hitchcock gives the audience the illusion that the main character, Scottie, played by James Stewart, is actually trying to help Gavin Esler with his wife, Madeleine Esler. Scottie follows Madeleine throughout the film trying to discover
One formal element in The Skin I Live In is the framing of the film. The film included a multitude of close-up shots of the characters’ faces. The film would pan into Vera’s face as she stares into the security camera or Robert’s face as he is about to tranquilize Vicente. The purpose of the close-up shots in a narrative is to emphasis the character’s intense mood or thought. That emphasis gives the viewer a clue about what is going to happen next in the film. In the case of the Robert’s example
Best Instrumental Composition and Best Instrumental Arrangement. Lastly, E.T. ranked 14th for one of the greatest American movie score of all time by the American Film Institute, right behind Max Steiner’s King Kong (1983) and Bernard Herrmann’s Vertigo (1958). The musical style of John Williams is inspired the 19th century’s large-scale orchestral