![]() ![]() ![]() Much focus is drawn upon the visual characteristics of film noir, however the audio affects in such films can guide the plot just as well. Interestingly, the opening credits of the film begin with the scene of the ballroom dancers however the film does not end with them. The only evidence we have for a hypothesis is that the transitions occur at points in the film where Charlie is beginning to discover new facts about Charles and his true colors. The dancers themselves would appear to have nothing to do with the plot of the film. The actual purpose of inserting the ballrooms dancer transitions is still under question. ![]() Between the scenes of the ballroom dancers and the actual film plot itself, dissolve transitions are used, and at some points the two scenes are in what would feel like a 50-50 mixture, one scene laid on top of another. Many times throughout the film we see a cut scene of ballrooms dancers in an endless waltz, as it would seem. Subtly, one should notice that on Charlie’s last attempt to call Fred Saunders, the camera is fixed behind the support columns of the hand rail for the stairs, giving the effect that Charlie is behind bars, in jail, trapped with no escape. More interestingly is that each progressive time she calls, the position of the camera moves away from Charlie, invoking a sense a distance and perhaps desperation. She tries to call him three times, and each time she calls, the camera is focused on her in different positions within the house. The use of the high camera angle immediately implies Charles dominance over the detectives, that they are not capable of tracking him.Ī rather creative piece of camera work takes place later in the film when Charlie attempts to contact Fred Saunders via telephone. Charles evades them, showing him on top of small building, with him looking over the two detectives as they are on the ground, confused by his escape. ![]() Early on in the beginning of the film, Charles is under pursuit by two unknown men (later identified as police detectives). Many distinct and subtle characteristics of film noir are present, consisting of unique camera angles, scene transitions and, most interestingly, the background music used.Īlfred Hitchcock certainly made use of camera angles in Shadow of a Doubt to elevate certain scenes. The 1943 film Shadow of a Doubt by Alfred Hitchcock is a classic piece of noir cinematography. ![]()
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