Film Studies: Vertigo

In this range of resources, Film Studies teachers will find activities specifically designed to introduce set texts to their learners. Focusing on key areas from the exam specifications, students will be introduced to ideas about the film, analysing selected sequences and looking at film stills. Teachers are encouraged to use these activities before, and immediately after, screening the entire film. The final slides of the PowerPoint offer extension activities and ideas about how to continue your study of this film.

In this PowerPoint, which introduces Vertigo, students will research the context of Old Hollywood and consider Alfred Hitchcock’s role as an auteur director. They will investigate Hitchcock’s treatment of women and reflect upon Andrew Sarris’s ideas about technical competence.