Shadow of A Doubt

There is classical music playing right from the beginning which is based upon merry widow. The costumes are glamour of the past. Then a dissolve is used to go into an industrial landscape which is rundown and poor environment/atmosphere. The music changes with the transition from classical to sinister music.

The camera slowly goes from a rundown city, to a poor street, into a hostel where Uncle Charlie is smoking a cigar, wearing a suit and we, there is money all over the room; he does not fit the scene/environment that he is in. Uncle Charlie comes alive in the dark, when the landlady closes the blind, a shadow goes across his face and sinister music starts to play, informing us that he is the antagonist.

Then we see his niece Charlie who is in a happy, civilised atmosphere, she is lying on the bed similar position as Uncle Charlie. Charlie and Uncle Charlie are similar however their personalities are completely opposite. It is good protagonist Charlie verses bad antagonist Uncle Charlie.

The suspense within the film is Charlie does not know that her Uncle is a murderer. What will happen? What will be the effect of this?