Mise en scene:
- black and white, establishing shot to show they are in Arizona, undertakes an extremely long pan and zoom, to go from seeing all of phoenix to someones window sill.
- introduction two characters, partially clothed.
- extremely slow paced, if anything the style of the opening may be misconceived as it has all the characteristics or a romance visually.
- they have shared an intimated moment and now they conversing after.
- there is passion again which would suggest ts similarities with romance as the woman doesn't want the man to leave.
- deep Cello music, heavy piano riffs have all the characteristics of a very menacing piece of music, creating an atmosphere for the film, however the visuals would not suggest that it was a horror as it is a couple talking rather the instant action.
- just vocal sound, no other sound really heard.
- no non diagetic sound besides the soundtrack while credits role
- even though it is in part of an the credits, for 1960 the animated credit rolling was quite ahead of its time. doing elaborate opening credit animations is something Alfred Hitchcock did a lot, similar to "north by north west"
- besides the credits, there is also a transition, when the camera is zooming into the window a fade is used to bind the two shots together.
- finally another slow dissolve is used when the location change from in to outside of the window has taken place.
- a very nice camera pan and zoom combination is used as an establishing shot, then the camera zooms very closely towards a window.
- the slow zoom through the open window makes the audience feel like we are eves dropping, and that we shouldn't be there.
- also some very interesting and unusual camera techniques are used, there in shot where the angle of camera is very difficult to judge, adding a sense of confusion.
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