In the opening scene (The lodger with better resolution) where news of the avenger's murder spreads across the media, there were a couple close up shots that are pretty significant. The first close-up was the scene we discussed in class about the victim being murdered by the Avenger. The next close-up scene begins at 5:18 where there is a string of close-ups featuring a variety of men and women. These two close-up scenes are linked in a way because we can see their expressions etched on their faces. The victim's face is marked with fear and horror, and the other faces show expressions of fear and shock. I thought the second close-up scene was significant because each face is quickly superimposed by a new face with a different reaction as if they were all one person expressing their reaction to the Avenger, whom the crowd recognizes as a figure with power given the angling of the faces; all the faces are shot so that the eyes are somewhat looking upwards or around to suggest their vulnerability. These two scenes provide a contrast to the reactions of the crowds of people as they read about the news. As the audience, we are able to confirm (or digress) our own reactions with the close-up shots.

In my next scene, at time 12:35, the camera begins with a medium close-up of the lodger and then pans across the room while alternating with a medium close-up of the lodger as he turns his head. There are many portraits featuring blond women positioned so that it feels as though the portraits are looking down towards the camera which is in the point of view of the lodger. This cinematography technique also helps the audience to see the close proximity of the portraits to the lodger. What I thought was particularly interesting was at time 12:48 after the lodger finishes looking around at the portraits. The mise-en-scene at this timestamp features a mirror above a fireplace and in the mirror is a portrait of a blond woman reflected in it. The lodger walks off the canvas of the camera so that the framing of the shot shifts the attention of the audience from the physical appearance of the lodger to the reflection of the lodger in the mirror looking at a portrait. This represents the a connection suggesting that the lodger could be the Avenger. In this scene, there is a reversal of power and vulnerability between the lodger and the blond women in the portraits. Not only do we see that the lodger is disturbed by the multiple portraits, but I thought it could signify a slight eerie haunting guilt of the Avenger. 

On another note, the text dialogue scene featuring the text "To -night Golden Curls" appeared multiple times throughout the movie. It appeared in the beginning scene, at time stamp 25:00, and the final scene at time 70:00. In the first two scenes, the scale of the dialogue is something of an extreme close-up to emphasize a connection between the Avenger and women with golden curls. It is unclear what it means exactly, but I thought it was an annoucement or headline from either the Avenger or a news article so perhaps it may have been a sinister message of some sort. The way the text appeared on the screen seemed to form the shape of a triangle, which was on the slip of paper the Avenger leaves behind. I thought that also helped to form a connection between golden curled women and the Avenger, and I also agree that the text dialogue could also be indicating a love triangle between Daisy, Joe, and the Lodger (whom could be the Avenger). The last scene with this dialogue is remarkably different than the previous two. At time 70:00, Daisy and the Lodger are together and the mise-en-scene shows a window with a view of a couple buildings. On one of the buildings, the text dialogue shows up but significantly smaller than before. There is a comparison between the dialogue and the couple and I thought it served to desensitize the sinister nature of the message that it conveyed in the two other scenes. The scale of the text also serves as a conclusion to the case and movie because it is no longer a close-up that suggests urgency.