Marnie Analysis

The first part of the film opens up to the credits. They use the animation of a book to show the cast and producers possibly due to the film deriving from a book. They use triumphant, undulating music during this scene that adds tension and suspense to the film.

From the very start of this scene we see a closeup shot of a yellow bag being carried by someone. A closeup shot of the bag could be suggesting that it has some sort of significance in the film and that something important could be inside it.

From this we are now able to see that the person carrying the yellow bag is a women who is at a train station which suggests that she is going to be travelling somewhere. Something else that grabs the viewers attention is the bland colours used on the women and also at the station with this yellow bag that stands out, possibly to show its relevance in the film. The establishing shot is used in this part as it gives the viewer information about where the scene is set.

The scene after the train station reveals to the audience that a robbery has taken place as the safe shown on screen is completely empty. It then goes on to show the police interviewing someone who appears to be a successful businessmen. During the conversation the audience hear the culprits name repeated twice by the businessman (MARIAN HOLLAND) purely so that the audience are clear of her name. In addition, the audience are made aware that a women is present in the room and by the way she stands and the way the other men speak to and about her it leads us to believe she is a secretary or receptionist.

Sean Connery appears later on in the scene and when he does it appears to the viewers as if the businessman loses all power that he had. This is depicted in the film by Sean Connery being noticeably taller than the other man and also by the way that the businessman is having to look up to him to speak suggesting that he is his superior. It also reveals that the thief was hired without a reference implying that she is an attractive women and so easily employable. The two shot is used here as it shows two characters engaging in a conversation

There is yet again another closeup shot in the following setting which provides more evidence to how significant this bag could be and also backs up the viewers earlier suspicions about why the bag could be so meaningful.

In this scene we see the woman being escorted to her room by the porter who is carrying one of her many suitcases. Furthermore the director of the film Alfred Hitchcock appears from one of the other rooms in the hotel.

It is then revealed that in the yellow bag was in fact the money that had been stolen from the safe and that she did infact commit the crime. During this scene we also see that she dumps all of her old clothes into one case and she has all her new ones pristinely folded into the other case.

Next we see that she reveals a gold tin with 3 different named ID's in. This raises suspicions about the women even after the crime has been committed, showing that she is trying to hide herself from something or someone.

In this scene you finally get to see the women in question's face after she rinses the black hair dye out of her hair to reveal her natural flawless blond hair. This also links to the fact that she is attempting to change her identity along with the fake identification and new clothes. When you see her face for the first time, the victorious music starts again as this is an important time in the film. A closeup shot is used in this seen because it draws the audience's attention to the woman only and nothing else.