|
Vertigo: colors
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Madeleine's first appearance, the conclusion of a shot that begins with Scottie looking toward her.
|
As Madeleine presents herself to Scottie's
gaze, the red decor glows in intensity. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Judy's green dress, which she is wearing when Scottie spots her on a San Francisco street.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achromatic (colorless) colors: Madeleine's white coat and gray suit; Judy in the black dress (minus the green stole). Kim Novak resisted wearing gray, thought to be unflattering for a blonde, but Hitchcock insisted. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Scottie's red door, Madeleine's green car
|
A swap of colors in the pivotal apartment scene
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The Empire Hotel in San Francisco,
chosen because of its green neon sign. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Scottie's point of view: Judy as Madeleine
|
Seen in a mirror: green light on the door from which Judy will emerge as Madeleine
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Scottie waits
|
End of the transformation scene
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The changing traffic signal in Union Square as Scottie walks through after leaving Midge's apartment for the last time.
|
Midge's yellow outfit & yellow apartment
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||