Opening Sequence of Vertigo

In the opening sequence of Vertigo http://www.youtube.com/movieclipsFILMV#p/c/2AB9E31B917DD02F/5/O888bu0QrMg
we get a good representation of our protagonist and the danger he has to face a man fighting against crime in the backdrop of a city. He is represented as weak, he is the last one to climb the ladder and is unable to make the jump, where as the two others were able to jump across. This is a negative representation of our hero, this showed that the bad guy was easy to overcome him and escape his grasp. This is typical in a thriller genre; it shows the man who has to overcome something or someone if he wants to be successful.

The sound is fast and it creates suspense, this is typical of a thriller film - it was used in the opening as a way to introduce the action. The costumes they are wearing indicate a chase of policemen (one wearing the uniform and a detective). Defectives are often used in thriller movie as they are the ones who have to solve a murder. The camera work is slow, as it follows the people on the roof top, or stuck in one position filming the sloped roof toped.

The title are over an image of a women, this creates mystery, as the women is clearly important but we don't who she is or what she has/will do. The writing is bold and white which stands out against the image. later the titles evole into a lot of sprials, after the camera has zoomed into the eye of the woman, this cretes a feeling of dizzyness, like how the character felt when he was on the roof.

From the opening sequece and the titles I believe that the rest of the film will continue with the dectective shaken up over what happened on the roof, then the women will come into the film and togther they will have to solve a mystery, or the women is the mystery the protaganist has got caught up in.