Rear Window Comparison

The film Rear window is not a worthy adaptation of the short story “It had to be Murder” because it does not develop the theme, character, and literary devices well through the failed use of film techniques. First, the theme love, is focused a lot more in the film Rear Window than in the short story “It had to be Murder”. The film had a great deal of information about Hal Jefferies relationship with Lisa. It also, showed us about Miss Lonesome and her problems she went through trying to find a man.

Jefferies shows that he’s a hero in the film Rear Window by catching on to Lars Thorwald's suspicions and not letting go whenever Dt. Lt. Doyle and others told him to stay away. Saying that he will end up in trouble or get caught, like when Stella (Jeffery’s nurse) says “What are you gonna do if one of them catches you?”,

Throughout the movie Jeff tells us the story through the flashback. He is telling his flashback to Ann, a girl he's in love with. The time period is set three years back and is narrated by Jeff. The flashback is the backbone of the movie because it shows the audience how the whole situation started and ended. Over half the movie is told through the flashback which is important because it shows that the character chooses to focus on the past instead of the present. The flashback is told because Jeff is going to Lake Tahoe to handle some unfinished business and he decides to let Ann in on the truth. Jeff was working for Whit and was assigned to find the girl who stole Whit's money. The flashback goes into great detail throughout the whole situation. The theme passion is shown when Jeff meets up with Kathie. Soon enough he forgets all about getting the forty grand and returning Kathie to Whit. Jeff fell for Kathie so they ran away to San Francisco. The characters in the flashback are shown to be a litte edgy. Fore example, when Kathie first meets Jeff, she plays hard to get, pretending she is uninterested in him. On the other hand, Jeff plays it smooth and doesn't let it faze him. The whole flashback sets us up for the ending and

In the film, the character Jeffries, is middle class and has different respects for Lisa and Stella, both ladies’ gender influencing on the way he communicates with them. Jeffries character portrays a casual person who doesn't car much for money or wealth, but thrives on adventure, qualities which can be linked to the director himself. He is content and comfortable with the way he lives and happy working in a job that he loves, but not currently as he is “trapped” in his leg cast. Some of the characters don't have this luxury as him but rather a job that is solely provide them with money, like Miss Lonely Heart. Jeffries is disparaging of the wealthy, which is targeted to Lisa on many occasions, and believes that they live in a world with not

It is through this past time that he comes to suspect one his neighbor of murdering his wife, after seeing him leave his apartment multiple times one night and noticing his wife to be missing.

From the moment I first met Jeff, I have tried my best to get close to him. I have gotten to know him for who he is, rather than the diagnosis that society defines him as. In “Just Mercy, Stevenson states that, “Each of us is more than the worse thing we have ever done.” (INTRO) In a way this ties in to how I approach Jeff.

In the movie Jeff looks from window to window spying on every resident. The one couple across the courtyard was kissing and dancing around. Jeff spies everyday on them and one day the couple catches him in the act. They close the blinds quickly and then tease him with their continuing silhouettes. He continues on with his night. The setting in the movie is dark and mysterious, it gives off an intimate feeling. Lisa, Jeff’s lover, always ends up over while he is spying. Lisa being over there at the same time as Jeff practicing voyeurism is not a coincidence, she is a voyeur too. They do it together.

Throughout the film, I have to remember that this is a professional voyeur. He is paid to look at people through a lens. So I have to say that looking is an essential part of his everyday life. In a conversation he has with his nurse in the beginning of the film, she tells him that " We have become a race of peeping toms" reinforcing our suspicions about Jeff's part in the narrative.

Rear Window (1954) and Dial M for Murder (1954) both cover a narrative about a man wanting to kill his wife but from two different perspectives. Director Alfred Hitchcock’s films, Rear Window and Dial M for Murder both utilize excellent visual imagery.

The set design is made up of one primary location, which is the Jeff’s house. The design is a modern aesthetic with no eye catching elements. I believe this was important to the storyline to not make Jeff seem like he would be a sexual predator but that he would come off as a seemingly normal adult man. Most of the color palette in the film is monochromatic with the main uses of red and blue. Most of the aesthetics of the film are very minimalistic making the viewer feel isolated at the same time intimate. Breaking away from the norm of thriller genre films, the sound in the movie is minor and never up-beat in tempo. The beginning of the film uses the most sound from coffee house meet up all the way to the arrival at Jeff’s home. The music is very light and almost dreamlike, using warm sounds, giving a false sense of peace and relaxation to the viewer. I feel this highlights the disturbance of the subject matter of the film and keeps the audience enticed and guessing how the narrative will unfold. The costuming used helps the audience understand the disturbance od the situation early on in the film. We are introduced to Haley wearing a red hoodie with leggings under a skirt, giving the impression of a young girl and not an older woman. Props in the film are very on theme for thriller films, taking normal items

In the past people were filled with prejudice and racism, but there was still good people. The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was written in 1960, but set during the 1930’s. During this time the United States was going through a hardship known as “The Great Depression”. Another terrible act during this time was the mistreatment and segregation of African Americans. These things brought about prejudice people who did not want kind people to be free. Among the hate and distrust in To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus, Mr. Raymond, and Calpurnia are the least prejudice.

As the sequence begins to escalate, shifting from Jeff’s dimly lit apartment to Thorwald’s brightly lit and later pitch dark apartment, it as if each shot after shot, films the audience’s reaction to what is going on in the scene. Jeff being the audience his emotions are then felt by the true audience who would feel anxious as well.

It is a mystery thriller film, directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The movie is written by John Michael Hayes and the stars in the film are James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. The release date was September 1, 1954. Music by Franz Waxman and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The setting is in an urban apartment complex where there

The first half of this course focused on Alfred Hitchcock and how his techniques are now recognized as iconic. From class discussions and film screenings, it is clear that Hitchcock pays every attention to detail when he crafts a scene. Many Hitchcock films we have seen this semester highlight how he builds suspense through cinematic elements such as shadow, dialogue, and composition. While many of his suspenseful scenes stir feelings of intensity and uncertainty, Alfred Hitchcock builds a more romantic suspense in his 1955 film To Catch a Thief in the fireworks scene (1:06:35-1:11:00).

he novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is a bildungsroman written by Harper Lee. The novel takes place during the 1930s and is told in a flashback as the narrator and main character, Jean Louis Finch, or Scout, recalls the events that occur within a three-year span in her home at Maycomb, Alabama. In that period of time, Scout and her family are introduced with multiple predicaments that derive mainly from the discrimination and unacceptance shown by the citizens of this southern state. Throughout the novel, Harper Lee uses the literary element of conflict. Conflict is specified as the complication that arises between opposing forces in a story. The author uses conflict to convey the central idea that courage is displayed by attempting to