REAR WINDOW Sample Essay Successful crime writer’s know how to realise their intentions of keeping the responder’s mind constantly busy trying to work out ‘who dunnit’‚ often feeling as though they are working side by side with the detective to solve the crime and find the murderer. As well as effective characterisation‚ character motivation‚ and settings‚ crime writers must know the conventions of their chosen sub genre and more importantly how to use and subvert these conventions to achieve
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The action/thriller film of 1954 Rear window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock shines the light on the primary theme of marriage throughout the film. Each of the characters are related to their marital status‚ at one point or another‚ even the crime on which the plot twists is the product of a failed marriage. Within the first couple of minutes you are able to tell that L.B. Jeff Jefferies‚ tosses the idea of marriage around throughout the film. With Jeff examining his neighbours marital problems each
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Genre Speech: Rear Window vs. The Real Inspector Hound When you think of the term ‘genre’‚ what does it exactly mean to you? Well I’m sure it’s without a doubt that you all commonly believe it constitutes either a kind or category of text‚ but in actual fact does it really? Good morning Year 11. The prime focus of your studies during the HSC course next year‚ I’m going to discuss how the genre of crime fiction has extended through time‚ whereby a variety of notions and characteristics exhibited
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pure cinema. Through the use of formal elements such as lighting‚ color‚ spacing‚ and sound Hitchcock brings the film off of the screen and into the audience’s head. The themes presented in Vertigo: love‚ sex‚ obsession‚ and guilt play a far more important role in telling the story than the acting. These are common Hitchcockian themes‚ which culminate all within this one film. The visual elements in Vertigo are exceptionally important in the telling of the story. Lighting‚ color‚ sound‚ and editing
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Vertigo Vertigo is a very deeply loved masterpiece of Alfred Hitchcock’s. He made a stack of movies‚ yet Vertigo happens to be my favorite. The movie is about the inner and outer journey of two characters involved willingly and unwillingly in a set-up. In fact‚ there were a lot of behind the scenes ideas that the average movie-goer may not have known about yet. The movie begins with Jimmy Stewart talking to his friend after a long sequence where he is chasing a burglar on a roof top. In a
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see our own interpretation of the book on the screen. A film made from a book or inspired by a book is called adaptation. Many people who have read Cornell Woolrich’s short story "It Had to Be Murder" and then watched Alfred Hitchcock’s film‚ “Rear Window‚” were disappointed that the adaptation did not reflect exactly the story. That’s because‚ we lack the understanding that a Literature–Based film although called an adaptation is indeed a translation of the story. “Every act of translation is simultaneously an
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Observation is the most prevalent theme displayed in the film Rear Window (1954). As such‚ the aesthetics chosen by the director emphasize the altered gender roles of Jefferies and Lisa. The film’s editing techniques contribute to these roles; a series of point-of-view and shot/reverse shots exhibit Jefferies feelings of confinement in the scenes “Lisa” and “Something’s Wrong.” The sound techniques used‚ such as off-screen diegetic sound‚ echo Jefferies’ preoccupation with what’s going on in his
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psychological thriller. Hitchcock trademark techniques that made his film classics today include “Emotion”‚ “The Camera is not a Camera”‚ “Dialogue is not everything”‚ and “Suspense is Information”. Four of his recognizable films; Dial M for Murder‚ Rear Window‚ Vertigo and North by Northwest demonstrates the techniques of a typical Hitchcock film. EMOTION Hitchcock believed that emotion that comes from the eyes of the actors‚ he used close up shots of actor’s eyes which intensified the emotion‚ the
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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
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a mystery and thriller that leaves audiences in a constant state of suspense. Rear Window opens by showing photographs of high risk environments hanging on a wall of an apartment. This leads one to believe that whoever owns the apartment lives a high risk and adventurous life. However‚ once the broken camera is shown‚ it is understood that the main character‚ L.B Jefferies‚ is a photographer before it is stated through dialogue in the film. Early into the film we
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