It has been a long time since I have watched a movie that managed to intigue me as well as this one did. I really had no expectations going in to this movie and I was pleastantly surprised by this movie a lot. For a movie that came out in the 50s it is still really impressive to this day because it is mainly shot in one area. I'm mainly going to be talking about the camera work in this film. The acting and plot is very well done, but what stands out the most to me is the camera work. The camera work in this movie feels very unique. I have not seen a movie that had this much noticable amount of panning.
The scene where Lisa Freemont is in Mr.Therowalt's apartment room is an example of how Alfred Hitchcock cleverly used a medium shot to have the audience know what is going on. By having the audience know what opposition the protagionst may encounter it adds to the suspense because the audience desperately wants to know what happens next. The way Hitchcock used the medium shot in that scene is very well done.
Another example are the scenes where the protagionst is syping on the antagionst. Something really noticable about those scenes is that there is never a close up or we can never hear what the antagonist is saying that can greatly add to the mysterious atmosphere Hitchcock was going her because it leaves the audience wanting more. The lack of explicit information can immerse the audience in to a scene.
The use of transitions were kept to a minium and were hardly used throughout the film. Without the constant changes with the tranistions it can help the audience be more attached to the location that the movie is set in because they get to see how buldings, landscape and people are in this movie multiple times.
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