A2 Film - useful revision links for 'Vertigo'

Colour symbolism in Vertigo

Costume and Identity in Vertigo

Love, Desire, The Image and the Grave in 'Vertigo'

Use of profiles in 'Vertigo'

A2 Film - Useful article on the symbolic use of setting and location in 'Vertigo'

Very useful article regarding the symbolic use of the setting and various locations in Vertigo

Vertigo - more than just the streets of San Francisco

A2 Film - Key sequences from 'Vertigo'

In this blog post you will find thirteen key sequences from Hitchcock's Vertigo.

You can use these for class presentation, individual assignment and exam revision purposes.

Opening titles

Roof top chase

Scottie first sees Madeleine at "Ernie's" restaurant

The art gallery

Saving Madeleine

"What happened?"

Wandering together

"Don't Let Me Go"

Visiting the past

Madeleine jumps

Scottie's Nightmare

Judy becomes Madeleine

Judy jumps (end sequence)


These sequences can be used for the following areas:

Narrative structure (acts, enigmas, cause and effect, plotting)
Representation (gender, place, obsession etc)
Hitchcock as 'auteur'
Psychological aspects of infatuation, loss and betrayal
Semiotics (use of colours, symbols, themes - connotations of these)
Mise en scene - location, setting, costume, props, lighting, character placement