In the opening scene, the mise-en-scene establishes the hotel room as the camera pans straight to the bed, with a medium shot of Marion lying down, with Sam's torso and legs to the side. Also, the fact that see Marion in her underwear is quite extreme, and almost unheard of in 1960. This technique would have shocked the audience, and grabbed their attention for the rest of the film. In terms of costume, Marion is wearing a white bra and underskirt, suggesting the pair have just had sex, but the wearing of white also suggests that in terms of representation, Marion is innocent and pure - or at least far too innocent to steal $40,000, surely? A cut-away shot is used to show the uneaten lunch - this again reinforces the view that she has just had sex, and that she is in her lunch hour away from work. As for the Texan (who Marion steals the money from) he is represented as being big-headed, over confident, and not at all nice. He tries to be funny, and fails miserably, and is very boastful about his cash. He says he "never carries more than I can afford to lose", which is as good as asking to be robbed. He tries to flirt with Marion, and the audience can tell from her body language that she probably wouldn't have made away with the cash had he not been so patronising, and besides, he didn't seem to care about losing his cash anyway.
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