Analasys of Vertigo thriller scene

Vertigo Rooftop Scene



Conventions of Vertigo
an obvious crime has been committed because you can see the potential protagonist chasing the antagonist. Suspense is built in the scene because we do not know what the crime is or whether he will get away. Suspense is built, again, when the protagonist is left hanging on the gutter, on the side, of the building as he slips off of the roof. The policeman comes back to help, the protagonist, and in turn falls to death himself. This tricks the audience and leads them to believing that the protagonist is in an impossible position. Jump shots are used in the scene to create excitement when the protagonist is hanging. The jump shots change with the music from a point of view shot, of the man looking down, to the reaction shot of the policeman.