Mick.M

Vertigo-

Vertigo starts off with a close-up of a woman's face, moving slowly from her mouth to he eyes. This symbolizes that this film will be quite an up-close and scary film, much like many thrillers. The film starts off in black and white to give the viewer an eerie feeling and to make the viewer unsure of what is going to happen. This is good as it keeps the viewer guessing what is going on, and keeps them interested and excited/scared. The scene then changes its colour to a dark red this shows us yet again that this is going to be a scary film and will have the viewer on the edge of their seat. The colour red symbolizes that the film is likely to be quite scary and connotes fear, blood and passion. which all of these things this film has. The film then changes its viewers look on the film, showing spinning circles among other shapes,protruding from the woman's eye. This is a good use of the technology around at that time as it shows what those who suffer from vertigo feel, dizzy and nauseous and that the whole room is spinning. The use of these shapes gives the viewer a feeling for those that suffer from vertigo, they also make the viewer dazed, and give the viewer a feeling of confusion and mystery.

Cape Fear-

This film starts off in the water giving the viewers the feeling that the main character is all alone and most if not all people feel vulnerable, isolatedand get a lot more cautious when they're alone. The scene quickly moves on to show an eagle reflection in the water,

this shows how much another character will dominate or follow the main character throughout the whole film , this has been shown by an eagle as it is a bird of prey. It then changes yet again to show a woman's eye,and her mouth an nosean also her torso later on, it uses a female to give their film an altenative look, because most people dont expect a female character to be scary. It also uses a female to give the audience a feeling that the main character will be female and to give them fear for the lead character. The scene also changes colours and feels a few times to give the viewer a feeling of insecurity and confusion. A red screen then flows down the whole screen with a water drop following it at the same time, this yet again shows the films whole use of water as being a scary item this is empathized with the start of the opening scene. By using the red with the water drop it helps to show what the director is planning to happen in this film, as red is a dangerous colour which gives conotations of blood and or danger or war. The whole scene then changes to a man's eyes to give those viewing the movie a feeling of being watched, which yet again gives the viewer the jitter's before the film has even started properly. The whole scene then yet again changes to an inverted view of the man & his eyes, this gives me the feeling that he has a cold personality, and doesent get very emotional even about death, and that he is very aloof. Also the use of having the water covering all these images the director is choosing to show us , keeps us with the original thought of being alone. Cape Fear also has very low lighting, which gives the viewers a feeling of insecurity and helps the viewer in their thinking that something will happen.