Thriller Opening - Vertigo.

The film Vertigo was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958.

Mise-en-scene:
The film opens with worried/scared eyes, glancing in different directions.
The first action we see is a police chasing a man across rooftops, with help, Good Vs Bad.
People we haven't been introduced to, we don't know who is the main character, creates Mystery.
The police-man dies within the first 5 minutes, confusion, (Good has lost?)
Lots of red colours in the mise-en-scene, connoting danger, passion and lust/love. (lipstick, walls, clothes).


Camera Angles/Shots:
Extreme close-up on all the main features of a person's face.
Then another extreme close-up on the top bar of a ladder, with hands gripping it.
Birds eye veiw, camera zoom emphasizes the height.
Close up on the police-man's face, to show his fear, gets closer.
Includes various types of shots: close, long and mid shots.

Sound:
Non-digetic tense music to start, repetitive, loud vs. quiet.
No digetic sound to start with.
Non-digetic orchester, spooky/threatening music but "nice".
Quick paced music, speeds up at the end of the intro, getting faster and faster.
Digetic sounds of gun shots at the start, and scrabling.
Non-digetic dark music at important times.

Editing:
Fading effects from shot to shot, and from scene to scene.
Quick paced editing to create more tension and quick movement in the chase.

Special Effects:
Spiral pattern from the eye to the screen with names and colour.
Face turns red with title "Vertigo" on the screen.
Spinning patterns in background, creating mystery. The spiral effect connotes mystery and danger, no end? getting lost?
Finger Prints.

Other Notes/Thriller Signifiers:
Flawed hero, main character has agriphobia, fear of heights.
Detective man, thriller signifier.
Long winding narrow roads.
Dreary settings.
Contrasting between the light and the shadows.
Wierd twists and links, zooming to show them.