Stage Fright Analysis In Stage Fright, the director for this film was Alfred Hitchcock released in 1950. The cinematographer was Wilkie Cooper and the editor was Edward B. Jarvis. Furthermore, Jane Wyman who played Eve Gill was a starting actress who was a friend to Jonathan Cooper. Richard Todd played as Jonathan Cooper who was the murderer of Charlotte’s husband. Marlene Dietrich who played Charlotte Dietrich was an actress and singer. Moreover, Michael Wilding played as Wilfred O. Smith who was the detective trying to find the murder of Charlotte’s husband. Alastair Sim played Commodore Gill who was the father of Eve. In this film, Jonathan is trying to convince Eve that Charlotte set him up for the murder of the husband. Eve is helping …show more content…
In the scene where she talks to Jonathan in the dressing room, the viewer sees that she is beginning to use black jewelry. The change of color in the jewelry can infer that the guilt and anxiety is affecting not only her personal life but also affecting her work. In the beginning of the film, she starts off with wearing a white dress but tells Jonathan to get her a blue dress. The change of color in the dress is a foreshadow that Charlotte will feel helpless and lost. In comparison, the Psycho film also shows the change from white to black dress to show the consequences that will be suffered because of her actions and can be also considered a transition to being malicious. In addition, she has a manipulative character that shows when Eva as Doris is handling a mirror for Charlotte even though she has one behind her. The continuation of Charlotte looking at herself in the mirror throughout the film shows how she only cares about her image without giving much importance to her surroundings. In the scene before she gets questioned about the murder of her husband, there is a sense of irony because of her comment in wishing her outfit could have more color even though a tragedy …show more content…
Jonathan is obsessed and trapped throughout the film that leads him to unavoidable, fateful destination. His obsession for Charlotte takes him to commit a murder and is willing to do anything for her. Furthermore, he becomes irritated when talking to Charlotte and mentioning that they can’t be seen together for a certain amount of time. In the close up of his facial expression, the audience can see that he squints his eyes to her in disapproval of her plan. Moreover, Jonathan is willing to kill Eve in order to plead for insanity and maybe spend fewer years in jail. There is use of voice over at the beginning of the film when Jonathan tells Eve about what happened. In this false flashback, the audience is tricked into thinking Jonathan is innocent and gives some audience clues about how he can be considered manipulative. Throughout the film, the lighting on Jonathan is mostly of strip of light in his eyes making some audience assume that he is hiding a secret and giving a doubt about the character’s