The behind-the-scenes production of Vertigo

Technical Production

"Vertigo" influenced an entire generation of film production from Martin Scorsese to Brian De Palma and David Lynch people. Many critics consider the film to be the suspense master's greatest achievement. From a technical point of view, "Vertigo" represents the director's formal pinnacle and a major breakthrough in filmmaking techniques, including the first use of dwarfs. Photography techniques such as turning the camera to move it, maintaining the focus of the object, and quickly adjusting the far and near lenses.

Scotty's vertigo shot in "Vertigo" is actually Hitchcock's innovation in imaging: in order to show Scotty's vertigo, while pulling the focus of the lens forward, The camera moves backwards, creating a sense of disorientation. This method of describing the psychology of acrophobia has become a classic shot with a high imitation rate and has been repeatedly used by later generations. The film strives for slowness and precision in creating dizzy effects, rather than the rapid spins one would expect. In the treatment of showing Scotty's nightmare, Hitchcock once again drew on the expressionist method, and the shades of light and shadow and colors cleverly enhanced the atmosphere.

About the actors

James Stewart showed excellent acting skills in the film, playing the kind of person he is good at playing - an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation. . And Kim Novak captured Madeleine Judy's mystery just right: the former is cold and inaccessible, while the latter is earthy and messy. There was once criticism that Novak's acting was too stiff and stiff, but now it seems her performance was accurate.

Highlights

·The film received rave reviews when it was released in the United States, but it is now considered a Hitchcock classic.

·Hitchcock originally wanted Vera Miles to play the role of Madeleine, but had to give up because she was pregnant.

·Costume designer Edith Head and director Hitchcock tried to make Madeleine's costumes give people a weird and unsettling feeling. Gray was chosen as Madeleine's signature color because they thought it would look eerie to have a blonde woman dressed in gray from head to toe. For the same reason, they paired the black shawl with the white coat because of this strange contrast.

·Kim Novak hated wearing that important gray outfit because it made her feel so restrictive. But she gradually grew accustomed to the costume because she saw it as an important symbol of Madeleine's character.

·It is said that Hitchcock spent a week filming Madeleine staring at a portrait in the Palace of the Legion of Honor. During this period, he was just trying to adjust the lighting to the right position.

·At 11 minutes into the film, director Hitchcock walked through the shipyard wearing a gray suit.

·While filming the scene where Kim Novak falls into the water, Hitchcock found it amusing to have his beautiful heroine jump into the water again and again, while leading actor James Stewart followed behind and observing from a distance. In fact, this shot was perfect, but Hitchcock insisted on shooting it many times just for fun.

·The film was a commercial failure, and initial mixed reviews made Hitchcock unhappy. He attributed the film's failure to the fact that the leading actor, James Stewart, looked "old-fashioned." "'s appearance

·In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this film ninth among the "Greatest Movies of All Time".

·The poster of this film was rated third in "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.

·In November 2005, the film was rated second in Total Film's 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time.

Ganging scene

·Continuity: The scene between Scotty and Madeleine on the beach. Madeleine is wearing a white coat and a gauzy black shawl. In different shots, the shawl takes on different appearances, and in some shots it simply disappears.

·Continuity: When Scotty turns into the flower shop in the alley, there is no window in the wall to his right. As he stepped out of the car, the window appeared.

·Continuity: When Madeline wakes up in Scotty's bed, Scotty walks out of his bedroom with a chair on either side of the door. When he re-entered the bedroom, one chair had disappeared and another had been moved.

·Continuity: Scotty and Madeline are talking on the beach with a tree between them. Madeleine puts her left hand on the tree, but for the rest of the shot she does not move, but rests her back against the tree.

·Continuity: When Scotty gets out of the car in front of the hotel, the window is down; in the next shot, when he walks away from the car, the window is closed.

·Continuity: When Scotty rescued Madeline from the water, her shoes fell off. But when they arrived at the dock, Madeleine had shoes on her feet again.