Wednesday 11 January 2012

Shadow of a Doubt 1943

This film is about a man called Uncle Charlie and his niece Charlie. In the opening scene it is a lively, happy environment with middle to upper class people dancing with happy, lively music in the background.
It then changes to a industrial landscape with scrap metal everywhere. This shows a working class environment. It then goes to a house in the industrial landscape where Uncle Charlie is just laying in the bed with a very sinister look. He is wearing a suit, and there is money on the floor and on the side. This does not portrait the area in which he is in which is a working class.
The landlord then enters the room and Uncle Charlie does not move until she leaves the room then sinister music comes and creates a suspicious mood in the film. This makes uncle charlie become the antagonist of the film, then with rage he smashes the glass against the wall which shows that he is capable of being violent.
He then leaves the apartment and walks past the 2 men who were asking for him and then they begin to follow him. He avoids the 2 men and does it very calmly and resourceful. This makes him come across as an antagonistic.
After this scene it goes to another scene in a middle class, more civilized neighborhood. It then goes to Charlie's room, who is Uncle Charlie's niece, where Charlie is in the same position as Uncle Charlie was. This shows that they are similar but opposite as she comes across as the protagonist in the film where as Uncle Charlie is the antagonist.
This creates suspense because Charlie don't know that Uncle Charlie is a bad person.

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