Lauren Riley Professor Piana February 26‚ 2012 Rear Window Last class we viewed the film called Rear Window. The main plot behind this film is the main character‚ Jefferies‚ has a broken leg therefore he has to spend 6 weeks in a wheelchair in his apartment. The one form of entertainment he has is to window watch all his neighbors. Jefferies has a girlfriend named Lisa but tells his nurse that he does not want to marry her. After a few weeks Jefferies catches onto his neighbors business. He
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Essay Rear Window shows us that relationships are not always easy Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock is a 1954 film primarily about proving a suspected murder‚ but the recurring motif of relationships is evident within the plot. The direction of the film revolves around Jeffries negative outlook on marriage. The foundation of Jeffries suspicion of Mr. Thorwald is built upon Jeffries predisposition to believe marriages always end negatively. The individual stories seen through the windows in the
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faced with a common issue regarding whether or not two wrongs make a right. If an individual were to solve a crime by committing a crime‚ have we really advanced as a society? The film Rear Window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ is centered around this question of ethics. Being handicapped and limited to the rear window in his apartment‚ L.B Jefferies passes time by watching his neighbors live their lives. As the story goes on‚ it becomes apparent that one of his neighbors has been involved in a murder
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Sequence Analysis 1 – The Rear Window Although many realist films tend to realize that the viewer is an observer‚ there is a theme that is clearly established in the first few minutes of Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock‚ 1954) with a variety of long shots that clearly show the setting; complimenting this Hitchcock also utilizes pan and dolly as well as transitioning angles so we can observe every apartment and tenant. Sound and different camera distance also contributes to the mise en scene that further
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Reflection of Rear Window As I read the title of this short story‚ I was wondering what kind of story is this. The title does not give me a really good impression of the short story. But well‚ I guess it is true that we can’t judge a book by its cover. The title is not that impressing but rear window is really an attention-grabbing short story. Once you have started read it‚ you just can’t stop. This story is full of surprise and it’s unpredictable. We never get to guess what is going to happen
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The Rear Window Spying on friends has never been easier thanks to social media. Social media websites such as Facebook and Instagram give you the opportunity to peer into other people’s lives without even having to contact them in person. Sometimes this can get out of hand‚ leading to voyeurism and stalking. Although “The Rear Window” was produced in 1954‚ it relates to social media in this day and age when it comes to peering into other people’s lives. L.B. Jefferies is the main character in
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Alfred Hitchcock touched on many different themes of relationships between sexes that I have observed in both of the movies‚ Psycho and Rear Window. Some of main themes in both of these movies include the theme of marriage‚ sex‚ infidelity and murder. Through class discussions and my observation of these movies‚ my analysis of these points are as follows: Women were portrayed to be desperate for companion‚ a hunger for control with a streak of jealous behavior. But‚ they are also compelled to
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(1Biography.com Editors 1). His first feature film‚ in Hollywood‚ was Rebecca (1939)‚ and then he went on to direct some other fantastic films such as‚ Rear Window (1954)‚ “Psycho (1960)‚ The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964)” (1 Biography.com Editors). Hitchcock was well-known for his suspenseful‚ scary‚ and dark films‚ but one theme that was introduced
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does not appear in just a few gimmicks and minor scenes throughout Hitchcock’s films it is rather a central theme of them. E.g. In most of Hitchcock’s films the female protagonists are often Blonde stylish types focused upon the usual stereotypical things of the time such as fashion and finding wealthy and well to do men for themselves etc. In Rear Window for example‚ this occurs in rear window in one of the initial scenes where Jeff labels all women as people who stay at home and nag all the time and
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opening credits are then followed by the opening scene which is a panning shot of Phoenix‚ Arizona on Friday the 11th at 2:45 pm. Having the date and time being shown highlights that something is out of place. The camera then begins to zoom into a window‚ forcing the audience to engage in a form of voyeurism. The audience is now focusing on two characters dressed in undergarments‚ which maybe suggests there is a secret physical relationship going on. Another scene where Hitchcock uses film techniques
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