Essays Tagged: "Vertigo"

Alfred Hitchcock Analysis.

films, which have left his mark clearly and firmly on the movie-making industry. With works such as Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds and Rear Window, Hitchcock told his stories through intelligent plots, wi ... does, it brings alive the plot of the movie, and thoroughly engages the audience. This is shown in Vertigo, where a Private Investigator is hired to follow the wife of a rich businessman. After follo ...

(13 pages) 225 0 4.2 Jul/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo an analysis of a the scene after Madeline falls into the water.

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo explores themes of lust, caution and envy. These themes are explicitly conveyed throughout t ... haracters' emotions. The analysis of this scene represents only a small piece of the puzzle that is Vertigo.

(5 pages) 83 0 1.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

How does Hitchcock use cinematography to manipulate the emotions of his audience?

neration of film-making - revolutionising the thriller genre.Hitchcock's most famous films include 'Vertigo' (1959), 'The Birds' and 'Psycho' (1960). 'Psycho', first screened in New York on the 16th J ...

(12 pages) 148 0 3.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Alfred Hitchcock: What made him so great?

lms of today. Most Americans know Hitchcock from several of his famous movies such as "Psycho" and "Vertigo", but it was in England years before that he developed into an amazing director and created ... roduced some of his best work such "Strangers on a Train" in 1951, "To Catch a Thief" in 1955, and "Vertigo" in 1958. 1960 is arguably the pinnacle of Hitchcock's career when he released the hit "Psyc ...

(6 pages) 88 0 2.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Alfred Hitchcock: Comparison of 4 movies

such films as The 39 Steps in 1935, an espionage thriller involving spies and murder set in London, Vertigo in 1958, a mystery about a man with a near insane obsession, North By Northwest in 1959, a c ... t after him for murder, and a group of spies after him because of a secret that he doesn't hold. In Vertigo, a policeman named Scottie Ferguson follows a friend's wife, and eventually finds a extraord ...

(3 pages) 84 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Hitchcocks Motifs: An in depth reading of Vertigo.

story's plot and this typifies the regard that he had to the importance of a films plot.In the film Vertigo, we see the image of Hitchcock at its best. The film opens with an ominous chase over the ro ... s it in a number of his films, namely Psycho and Rear Window. However, the way it is constructed in Vertigo is different to that of, lets say, Psycho. For example, voyeurism in Vertigo is more concern ...

(7 pages) 114 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Alfred Hitchcock films and his style of filmmaking

.V. shows on Nick at Nite when I was a kid, and I don't even remember them so well. When we watched Vertigo in class I got my first real taste of this director's work. It was a really good movie, defi ... racters stuffs dead animals. The close up of body parts is another reappearing image. This I saw in Vertigo and Psycho. Both had extreme close ups of the human eye. Both movies have beautiful blonds a ...

(14 pages) 109 0 5.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

A paper written on Alfred Hitchcock's psycho

TV. shows on Nick at Nite when I was a kid, and I don't even remember them so well. When we watched Vertigo in class I got my first real taste of this director's work. I t was a really good movie. It ... racters stuffs dead animals. The close up of body parts is another reappearing image. This I saw in Vertigo and Psycho. Both had extreme close ups of the human eye. Both movies have beautiful blonds a ...

(4 pages) 38 0 5.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Culinary Delight: An Analysis Of Hitchcock's Vertigo

Considered by many to be Alfred Hitchcock's greatest film of all time, Vertigo successfully creates a state of mental paralysis as the audience moves through John Ferguson ... of mental paralysis as the audience moves through John Ferguson's (Scotty's) world. In an essay on Vertigo, Robin Wood discusses the actual state of mental paralysis that the condition of vertigo cre ... 's Films Revisited, p.110) Not only does Hitchcock brilliantly portray Scotty's actual condition of vertigo, he also thematically keeps the audience "paralyzed."� In his narrative framing, he p ...

(10 pages) 18 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Vertigo

VERTIGO The film is about a man, who is a retired detective, Scott Ferguson( Johnny ). One of his fr ... hinks that she is ill and wants to commit suicide. Scott fells in love with her, but because of his vertigo illness ( acrofoby ), he can not stop her of commiting suicide. After a time he sees a woman ... cott escapes from his illness, acrofoby.The film is about a passionate love for a woman and Scott's vertigo is not only for his illness but also for the passion of his strong love.In the first scene, ...

(4 pages) 16 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Vertigo"

EN2241: INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIESDr. Wee Su-Lin, ValerieON VERTIGOZhuang Yisa / U031956WBuñuel once proclaimed that cinema is "the best instrument throu ... shall attempt to discourse upon surrealism as a palpable mood pervading the "trailing sequence" in Vertigo, how it is established and sustained. In the latter concern I shall be dealing with two aspe ... the blatant incongruities in the mis-en-scenes of successive frames, help to push filmic realism in Vertigo towards the a state of the surreal.The other occurrence in the "trail" sequence takes place ...

(6 pages) 14 0 3.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

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hat the two brothers killing David and putting him in that box could be a plot twist. An finally in Vertigo the lady really turning out to be someone else is a plot twist in the movie.Auditory Cues ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

The disease of masturbation

cally. Englehardt's article says that masturbation was the cause of such illnesses as blindness and vertigo. But how were these conclusions drawn? Were these conclusions scientific in nature or gather ... irst masturbating was thought to cause dyspepsia, constriction of the urethra, epilepsy, blindness, vertigo, loss of hearing, headaches, impantency, and loss of memory. As well as, irregular action of ...

(5 pages) 18 1 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Composition Of "Vertigo"

a desired meaning of the film creator. Through the unique composition of the Alfred Hitchcock film, Vertigo, the audience is able to gain a deeper understanding of what is happening without it being d ... he does not quite make a jump from one roof to another and is left dangling on the side. Scottie's vertigo is revealed through a point-of-view shot in which the camera zooms in and out from the roof ...

(7 pages) 21 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Film Review: Vertigo (1958)

vak, Barbara Bel GeddesRunning time: 129 minutesProduction Company: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions"Vertigo stands as one of the thrill master's most psychologically dense and twisted works in which o ... (1996), Austin Chronicle.All great art reflects human emotion, Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece Vertigo is not only an incredibly thrilling film, but also examines human emotion in a way that make ...

(3 pages) 22 0 3.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis