Compare And Contrast Psycho And Rear Window

The famous films, Psycho and Rear Window, by Alfred Hitchcock use editing and color differently, yet have similar base plots. While both films are justly considered suspenseful masterpieces, they each achieve this differently.
In the film Rear Window, the point of view was always set as the main character, Jeff. Jeff was stuck in his apartment room due to a broken leg; therefore the camera only showed shots from looking out of his window or in his own room. Hitchcock chose to do this as a way to create suspense: by allowing the viewer to only see from Jeff’s window, it meant that they only got to see what he saw, putting the viewer in Jeff’s perspective. Contrastingly, in Psycho, Hitchcock chose to change perspectives multiple times, the camera never stayed in one room for an extended period of time. In Psycho, the camera first followed Marion, then Arbogast, next Lila and Sam, and finally Norman. In addition to point of view, editing was different in both films regarding voice overs. In Psycho, during two different scenes, there was a voice over. The first scene with a voice over was Marion driving away with the stolen money with the voice of her boss asking where she is and worrying about where the money went. The second voice over was the last scene in the movie where Norman is sitting in jail, thinking to
In both Rear Window and Psycho, there is a character that mysteriously goes missing and people try to figure out why. In Rear Window Mrs. Thorwald goes missing and Jeff believes that it is her husband that killed her. With the help of his caregiver, his girlfriend and the detective, Jeff catches Mr. Thorwald and proves that he is guilty. Similarly, in Psycho Marion mysteriously disappears to Norman’s motel. Marion’s boyfriend, sister, and a detective come to find her and end up at Norman’s motel as well. Both films have a murder that eventually is solved with twist