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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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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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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Smart Phones: Windows vs. Android With time‚ phones have changed drastically. First from the house phone to the “brick phone‚” flip phone and now touch screen. Not too long ago Google and Microsoft Windows created smart phones that were really similar to the Apple iPhone‚ which was the phone that achieved better management of apps—BlackBerry being the first to launch phone applications. These smart phones are called Android and Windows Phone 7 which differ a lot from each other. When someone is seeking
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------------------------------------------------- CIN 375E: formal notes for Novermeber 8‚ 2010 Part 2; Prepared by: Sivfong Liu (Siv) We began the second half of the class discussing about the film Rear Window. Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a movie about an injured photographer’s (Jeff) accounts and observations of his neighbor’s daily activities through the windows of his confined New York City apartment. After being injured during an auto race accident‚ Jeff’s left leg was encased in castings up to his waist‚ leaving him immobile
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Do You See What I See? : An analysis of theme in Rear Window’s “Meet the Neighbors” scene Rear Window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ introduces a plot about the voyeur-esque lifestyle that has overcome L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries while being temporarily immobile in his New York apartment. The viewer is given a visual introduction to the neighbors that live in the same area as Jeff‚ as the camera pans left and right by the different windows across the courtyard. The panning of the camera imitates the moving
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Fear of Marriage and Voyeurism in Rear Window In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic thriller Rear Window‚ Jimmy Stewart stars as L.B. Jeffries‚ a world traveling magazine photographer accustomed to living a fast pace active lifestyle. When Jefferies injures himself taking a risky picture he is immobilized‚ confined to a wheelchair inside his apartment for two months. Bored with his uneventful life he becomes completely obsessed with the lives of his neighbors spending the majority of his
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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 meet Stella
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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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Rear Window Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart‚ Grace Kelley‚ Wendell Corey‚ Thelma Ritter‚ Raymond Burr Screenplay: John Michael Hayes based on a short story “It Had to be Murder” by Cornell Woolrich published 1942 Cinematography: Robert Burks Music: Franz Waxman Paramount Pictures Use of Subjective point of view. Someone said there are two kinds of people in the world‚ there are people who
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