Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a uniquely captivating film that is an exemplary style of cinematic craftsmanship. Reaching into the minds of the characters, as well as the audience, Alfred Hitchcock is the master at utilizing the juxtaposition of images to bring us into the minds of the characters. In Rear Window, the story is so distinctively executed that it allows us to relate to our own curiosities, question our identities, and ponder our closest relationships. What is happening on the screen is merely a projection of our own anxieties, our own existence, and our self-ambiguity as portrayed by the characters in this wonderful film.

The film Rear Window, released in 1954, and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, portrays the shift of power in the relationship between the central characters of Lisa Freemont and L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries throughout the film. As the characters are introduced in the beginning of the film, Jeffries is shown to have control of the relationship between himself and Miss Freemont, the power later shifts to Lisa as the film progresses and she takes an interest in the suspected murder. However, the film ends with relative equality within the relationship, after Lisa's intelligence is discovered by her partner.

Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film Rear Window is a representation of the attitudes towards men and women in the 1950's. Through this film Lisa Freemont and L.B Jeffries experience a power shift in their relationship due to each individual's capabilities and ideas regarding the suspected murder case. Lisa and Jeffries relationship progresses through the film and their relationship experiences a power shift.

There is no flashbacks or flash-forwards, and no playing with time as everything is straight forward. As a viewer we spend every minute by Jefferies's side, seeing everything he's seeing and stuck in his apartment. The camera never leaves his wheelchair Except for one moment at the end of the film. Those are some qualification for considering Rear Window a first person film although it doesn’t entirely fit the definition. The mood of this film can be considered both restless and suspenseful. It seems like Hitchcock is punishing Jeff. Maybe he is being punished for his

In any neighbourhood, a sense of community is something that is quite often present. In fact, in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Rear Window, viewers witness a man progressively gaining a deep comprehension of his neighbours through his deeply-rooted voyeuristic desires to delve into their lives. In its entirety, the film demonstrates through its protagonist how this neighbourhood is too dispassionate and unconcerned to classify as a community. However, Hitchcock’s portrayal of how commonalities between individuals can assist in establishing new relationships, does suggest that on a minute scale, some individuals are more than just “people who live closely together”. Music, more often than not, is a form of art that intends to bring individuals

Alfred Hitchcock is perhaps known to many as either a dark, twisted monster, or as a devote Roman Catholic who layers his pieces of work with a profound sense of Catholicism. Many people failed to see Alfred Hitchcock’s hidden Catholic subtexts, however, his various concerns with redemption and justice, guilt and sin, and the presence of a Divine Grace throughout a world that is completely consumed with evil, is all mysteriously portrayed in a philosophical way. In his movie, Rear Window, not only does Hitchcock use his characters to divulge the guilty Lars Thorwald of murdering his nagging, sick wife, but he also uses them in order to prove that the presence of sin lies within everyone; even the neighbors who are just observing from a distance.

Normally too much of something is never a good thing, but the heavy use of mise-en-scene in Rear Window makes the styles of the film very strong. The primary setting of Rear Window which takes place in the apartment of L.B. Jefferies reveals an interesting and reoccurring motif. This motif is that Jeff is this “all seeing eye,” but beyond that, there is nothing else. It’s the idea that he has this great source of power, but he cannot act on it. Jeff, as well as the audience seemingly have the perfect view as we see all the events that occur in the apartment complex across from Jeff’s

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film “Rear Window” demonstrated a suspenseful and terrifying storyline, which captured the attention of a variety of audiences. The film focuses on James Stuart (Jeff) and ultimately his neighbors who live around him. Stuart is crippled from the beginning of the movie and is unable to leave his apartment. Due to his immobility, he remains confined in his home with a broken leg and begins to watch his neighbor’s particular behaviors and routines. The film progresses into drama and suspense that is seen through music, lighting, film editing processing and extensive detail to the neighborhood being watched. Rear Window exhibits these details in the scene where Grace Kelly who plays the role of Lisa, attempts to

One important technique used in The Rear Window is the panning camera. In the opening sequence, the camera tracks out through Jeffrey’s window to the opposite apartment building. A panning camera then zooms in on a set of steps in the courtyard, and then backs off while still panning to a shot of a man. The audience is then introduced to the protagonist, Jeffrey, sweating in his wheelchair. The shot then moves back to the opposite complex, panning from window to window, giving insight into the rooms’ inhabitants.

If you get bored, what would you do? The main character, Jefferies (James Stewart) broke his leg because of an accident, since he is during his treatment period. Therefore, he has nothing to do. To spend his boring time, he would observe his neighborhood's behavior. But his boring observation discover a murder.This film gave me a positive impression because of its plot, the message behind film, the characters and the fluency of the movie.

Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” is a short story about a bored voyeuristic man who idealizes a woman who is under appreciated by her husband. As the story continues, you’ll see how this man goes from voyeur and knight in shining armor to investigator.

In Rear Window, the set is used show the freedom Jeff had before he was confined to his apartment. During the opening scene, the camera pans over and zooms out – through the window – from the other apartment onto Jeff. The opening scene is significant because it demonstrates how Jeff confines himself to his apartment; instead, he could be outside venturing in his wheelchair, despite his disability. Also, the set only consists of the apartment across from Jeff, and his own apartment, while there are several of buildings looming in the background. This segment of the setting, Jeff’s apartment and the one across from him, suggests that the set is very enclosed and restricted of freedom; for no other areas of the

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954), is a psychological thriller that addresses themes of voyeurism as well as morality and ethics. The film is centered around L.B. Jeffries, an action photographer who is wheelchair bound following an accident that has left him with a broken leg. Stuck within the confides of his apartment, he finds pleasure observing the lives of his neighbors through his rear window. Things change for Jeffries when he believes that he has witnessed the murder of one of his neighbours. This essay analyzes the concluding fifteen minutes of the film, in which many of the films overarching questions are answered. Alfred Hitchcock uses the characters in Rear Window to control the emotions of the audience, he does this by projecting the emotions of characters onto the viewers. This raises questions of the morality and consequences of voyeurism, as well as questions of human curiosity.

Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock, tells a story of a cripple middle-aged man practically stalking his neighbors from the rear of his apartment. This man is a professional photographer referred to as Jeff. He is so dedicated to his career he breaks his leg while attempting to get an action shot at an auto race. This film came out in the fifties therefore; Jeff didn’t have much technology to play around with. He spent all his time observing his neighbors; he would even fall asleep in his wheel chair some nights.