1. Scene Analysis - Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo
The doorframe in which she stands is evocative of a painted portrait, communicating to the audience that Madeleine is constructed as a fictional character rather than a real person. ... As the two converse for the first time in Scottie's apartment, Hitchcock imbues a dreamlike quality to the atmosphere by employing swelling romantic orchestration that reflects and facilitates Scottie's enchantment with Madeleine,giving a sense that he is no longer in the conventional world but is caught up in the mysterious dream world that she inhabits. ...
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