Marnie Annotation

                                                                 Annotation of Marnie
                                        Mini descriptions of different scenes (what I noticed)



The first thing I notice is that the opening starts with the company logo. This is expected with most films. The next thing I notice is that the company logo switches to different titles by using a 'turning page' effect. This is due to the fact that the film is based on a novel.
While this is happening, dramatic music starts to play.

The music completely stops and all I hear is a woman's footsteps. First thing the view sees is a close up shot of a woman with a yellow bag walking away from the camera. The camera is completely focussed on the bag (main object) which tells the view that this bag is going to have some kind of importance (significance).

The music completely stop's in this scene, cuts from first scene straight to a close up of a man shouting 'Robbed'. He then points at the safe with a direct eye line match to show where the money was. He then informs the other characters how much money was stolen. At this point we begin to realize that the stolen money is in the yellow bag.

After this, the man then informs us of who stole the bag, Marian Holland. While doing this he repeats the name of the woman three times. By doing this he is addressing the audience directly making sure they know that its a woman that stole the money and to apply a name to the female character from the first scene (even though we do not see her face). Also his description of the woman who stole the money suggests that him and her had some form of relationship or that he has (had) some form of interest in her.

After this, a tall man enters the scene. We can tell that he is of more significance than the other characters because he takes up most of the screen (visual hierarchy).

Calm Music starts up again as soon as scene starts. A close up shot of the yellow handbag again, this shot mirrors the first shot from the first scene.

We then see the woman walking. We notice that she is in a hotel as she is walking down a corridor with rooms either side with a bellboy holding her luggage. As they are approaching the end of the hallway, Alfred Hitchcock walks out of one of the hotel rooms. Hitchcock features himself in the majority of his films.

Calm music gradually progressing throughout the scene. long shot of woman in hotel room with bags being packed with new clothes. She then opens the yellow bag to reveal all of the stolen money and empties it into her suitcase.A close up of the purse being opened, with multiple ID cards being shown which tells us she is planning to steal again. Close up shot of sink full of water with her dying her hair, the pace of the music increases and turns romantic as we see her face for the first time just for a couple of seconds.