ABSTRACT
Hitchcock "covers" the Notorious Patio scene economically, using 13 camera setups to obtain 32 shots constituting the edited scene. Each shot has a specific function— from "merely" rendering the action to articulating it. There are two camera setups in the first dramatic block: one to take Devlin to the Patio, the second to take Alicia. Looking at the film, it might seem as if the camera was in the same position for each shot because both end their panning with an almost similar frame. If it looked closely, the camera for Alicia has been moved to create an angle that supplies more energy to her entrance. She "bursts" into the living room, reflecting her enthusiastic expectation. Camera setups are prefaced by the number sign. The four narrative beats contained in the shot are articulated through staging, as is the fulcrum: Alicia challenges, Devlin fends off, Alicia backs off, and then offers herself.
