Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Carl Grant and Ingrid Bergman
Date Released: August 15th, 1946 (New York City)
The movie is in black and white so instead of looking at colours, I'll look at contrasts.
- Shot time: 3 minutes, 23 seconds into the movie
Devlin, a U.S. Intelligence Agent played by Carl Grant, has his back to the camera throughout the whole part scene, even when the camera changes angles. This makes the viewer curious about his appearance as well as to who he is after Alicia, played by Ingrid Bergman, says that she "loves party crashers". As she says this she seems to look him in the eyes but at the same time look right through him - as though the alcohol and her intrigue with him are the few things that are keeping her up.
The characters visible are the bare minimum - those that are needed for lines - so as not to clog up the screen too much whilst not leaving the screen overly empty either.
Since we can't see the colour of their clothes, they're made to look wealthy through the general style of their clothes - hence why all three men seen in the shot are wearing suits of some description with matching slicked back hair. Meanwhile the two women are shown in two different styles of wealthy clothing - the woman dancing in the background is wearing an expensive looking dress and long-sleeved jacket with puffed shoulders which contrasts greatly with Alicia's short sleeved dress. While the design of Alicia's dress is simple enough, it still seems equally - or even more so - as expensive as the other dress as the darker stripes contain jewels or sequins of some sort which glitter in the lighting.
We also see wealth from the older mans large cigar, the expensive-looking bottles of liquor scattered around the tables of Alicia's home and from Alicia and the old man talking about having a week-long holiday on a ferry.
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