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"1. Using specific examples, describe how Hitchcock opens The Lady Vanishes. What tone, mood, or atmosphere is Hitchcock establishing for the audience very early on in this picture? Pay particular attention to the music.  \nTe song is very sweet and simple. The tune, the cuckoo clock and the fact that we can hear German and Italian being spoken made me imagine that Bandrika could be a metaphor for Switzerland, or at least a Bavarian country. Because of the avalanche and the delay, it’s not exactly a playful atmosphere, but it is light and dark at the same time. It’s the atmosphere of coincidences that put strangers in thrilling adventures. \n  \n2. Discuss the characters of Caldicott and Charters in this scene. What do the performances of Caldicott and Charters add to this scene.  \nAfter this first scene, I imagined Charters and Caldicott would have a bigger part in the picture. They are here for comic relief and, more than that, to be the first link with the audience: by seeing what they see, and thinking about how the manager treats Iris, they are the first characters the audience identifies with. \n  \n3. From their doorway entrance to their staircase exit, describe how Hitchcock uses dialogue, camera movement, and the placement of characters in the frame to establish Iris (Margaret Lockwood) as the star of this scene.  \nThe first thing showing that Iris is important is the fact that the manager leaves his place to greet her, leaving Charters and Caldicott behind. The camera follows her and her friends through the hall. The manager wants to make sure everything is right for them, and will give them any food or comfort they want. As they go upstairs, all the other people in the hall look at them, mad that the manager stopped giving information in order to talk to those “important people”. \n  \n  "
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