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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a voyeuristic point-of-view (POV) style of filming. The point-of-view captures the intimate details of the neighbors lives through the view of Jimmy Stewarts character L. B. Jefferies (Jeff). Hitchcock set the tone for movies of the POV style. There are many films today that have used the same POV techniques, such as 2007’s Disturbia, directed by D.J. Caruso, who was inspired by Rear Window. Although the setting are different, Disturbia gives the audience the view

1.) What is the American Studio System? Please give four examples of how the system worked in films we have watched in class.  Be specific. 1a.) The American Studio System is a specific way of producing a film in which the film takes place mostly in a controlled environment created by the producers of the film. These studios had complete control over the film production market and used this control to dominate the film industry in the 1930’s and early 1940’s. Example 1.) Citizen Kane was released

Major Actors: James Stewart (L.B. Jefferies), Grace Kelly (Lisa Fremont), Wendell Corey (Thomas Doyle), Thelma Ritter (Stella), Raymond Burr (Lars Thorwald), Judith Evelyn (Miss Lonelyhearts), Ross Bagdasarian (Songwriter), Georgine Darcy (Miss Torso), Sara Berner (Woman on Fire Escape), Frank Cady (Man on Fire Escape), Jesslyn Fax (Miss Hearing Aid), Rand Harper (Newlywed), Irene Winston (Mrs. Emma Thorwald), Havis Davenport (Newlywed) Director of Photography: Robert Burks Produced by: Alfred Hitchcock

In the first podcast, Kelly Mcevers, the host, makes us listen to the actual video of a shooting where multiple gunshots were heard. An officer shoots Jonathan Ferrell twelve times. “Ten of those shots hit Ferrell. Officers handcuff him, and tell him not to move. At some point, Ferrell dies.” This works to great effect in really making an emotional impact on the listeners. The fact that they heard so many gunshots is chilling. Then host talked to the partner of Jonathan Ferrell. This uses pathos

Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller, Rear Window, broken-legged L.B. Jeffreys, played by James Stewart watches his neighbors through his back window and becomes obsessed with solving a murder mystery in one neighbor’s apartment, aided by Lisa Fremont, played by Grace Kelly. At first, Lisa does not seem able to fit into Jeffreys’ adventurous lifestyle as a photojournalist, nor does she take an active interest in his mystery. She begins the film being feminine, inactive and seemingly incompatible with Jeffreys. As the

honeymooners, witnessing them enter the apartment jubilant and don’t view them again until they are fighting, showing that Jeff is blinded from the respectable and beautiful. Though this film focal character is Jeff there would be no film without the Grace Kelly character of Lisa. There are few other significant characters, the antagonist Mr. Thorwald, Detective Doyle, and Stella. Detective Doyle though does help and arrests Lars Thorwald, but throughout the film, he is displayed as clueless and not even

They lost the competition. The later changed their name to "Destiny's Child". The original Destiny's Child member's Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, LeToya Luckett, and LaTavia Roberson made 5 albums. In 2003, Beyonce released her solo album, Dangerously In Love, with four major hits. She still performs 3 of the 4 songs at her concerts. The album went quadruple platinum in the United States

The first half of this course focused on Alfred Hitchcock and how his techniques are now recognized as iconic. From class discussions and film screenings, it is clear that Hitchcock pays every attention to detail when he crafts a scene. Many Hitchcock films we have seen this semester highlight how he builds suspense through cinematic elements such as shadow, dialogue, and composition. While many of his suspenseful scenes stir feelings of intensity and uncertainty, Alfred Hitchcock builds a more

Internal Desires: A breakdown of Alfred Hitchcock’s impulses Alfred Hitchcock was a man of many talents, and one of those was his ability to convey a theme. The themes displayed in his films were all over the spectrum in terms of their morality, but nonetheless conveyed something extremely relevant to the viewers life, or in some cases Hitchcock’s own life. There is an underlying theme in many of his works, sexual tension. This tension was often the result of his relationship with the actors. The

happens a lot in the criminal justice system (cite movie). Typically, in reality the prosecutor will first consult with the victim before offering a plea deal. In the movie, that was something that was not by the prosecutor Kathryn Murray, played by Kelly McGillis, which brought injustice to the victim. In this movie, the audience first-hand witnessed how this type of trauma can have a profound affect on the victim. There are many negative effects that can result such as depression or anxiety (cite