The genre of detective fiction is one that has changed significantly since its beginning during the Victorian era‚ with the scale of the crimes being committed on a larger scale nowadays and also the methods of solving crimes used by detectives. I will argue today that: “Fictional detectives that star in films and stories in the genre of detective fiction have changed dramatically in terms of their appearance and their role. Nowadays detectives can be anything from an investigative journalist to
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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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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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Katelyn Binkley THSP 2800 October 18‚ 2015 Rear Window Screening Report Rear Window is a film created by the cinematic mastermind Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock is a giant in in film history‚ due to his superior films and very edgy style. If one were to look at the some of the components of this film such as murder‚ suspense‚ and mystery they will see that these are common themes amongst Hitchcock’s work. Overall‚ the film was exceptionally well done‚ and a definitive favorite of this class so
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The film ‘Rear Window’‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954‚ enthralled worldwide audiences through its clever and original depiction of a suburban murder. It is a widely renowned crime thriller that employs many conventions of the genre‚ while subverting others‚ in order to portray a realistic environment that collapses into tension and mistrust. The depiction of protagonist L.B Jefferies as the ‘everyman’ is an important subversion of the conventional detective‚ piquing the audiences curiosity
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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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Writing. Caruso examines the social mores of their respective contexts while combining the traditional conventions of crime writing with their own unique twist. Caruso’s Disturbia depicts a new high tech world of voyeurism; directly parallel to Rear Window but with the added social facts of modernity and new technology to appeal to a younger audience. The protagonist and amateur sleuth Kale‚ being “6 months shy of eighteen” is judged as an undependable
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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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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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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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