Analysis of ‘Vertigo’ Title Sequence
The title sequence of ‘Vertigo’ starts off
with non-diegetic music creating a sense of confusion and introducing a
sinister feel to the movie. The camera zooms in on the woman’s lips and the
first title appears drawing attention to the woman’s red lipstick symbolising
passion and danger and her twitching lips suggesting anxiety. The shot moves to
her eyes flickering left and right emphasising her panicked state implying that
there is something she is hiding from. The next title emerges from her eye
drawing attention to this feature and as the eye is the gateway to the soul the
flickering prevents anyone from seeing her soul. The shot is then edited to a
red colour which could link to the genre of the film as the thriller may
incorporate danger and the change in colour symbolises a change in mood which
introduces the theme of identity, confirming the sub-genre, as this is a
convention of a thriller. As the camera enters the eye it suggests we are
entering the woman’s mind and subconscious where secrets are revealed. The
titles are displayed on one side of the screen next to the swirls where the
patterns eventually take over suggesting her psychotic state inside her mind
and the way her mind works emphasising her unstable identity. The font of the
text is bold and close to being three-dimensional possessing another layer and
representing how there are secrets to be revealed as the text is emboldened
with another layer. Especially as the font is emerging from being embedded in
her facial features presenting the revealing of her own secrets.
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