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    The Narrative Techniques Used by Hitchcock in Rear Window L.B. Jeffries is a high-class magazine photographer for what seems to be a worldwide publication. In Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rear Window', he is a temporarily wheelchair-bound man and his voyeuristic side appears later on in the film. 'Rear Window' depicts a 20th century New York in which fraudsters, murderers and salesmen all live alongside each other. The story describes a man who broke his leg during a photography

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    Reality is ultimately dependent upon what is seen and how it gets seen. Rear Window, directed by the renowned Alfred Hitchcock, centers around a temporarily wheelchair-bound photographer and his beautiful, affluent girlfriend, who believe that one of his neighbors has murdered their wife. With the help of his caretaker and a friend of his, who is a detective, they attempt to prove that the murder did indeed take place. L.B “Jeff” Jefferies, played by James Stewart, is the hindered photographer, who

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    In Rear Window, by Alfred Hitchcock, Jeff, a photographer in New York City, breaks his leg while trying to take a photo at an auto race and gets stuck in his apartment until his leg heals. To pass the time, Jeff spies on his neighbors with his photo lenses. However, while in the process of spying on his neighbors, the Thorwalds, he suspects that a gruesome murder may have taken place in the household. In Rear Window, Hitchcock creates a suspenseful tone by utilizing five cinematic terms: sound effects

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    Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film Rear Window is a representation of the attitudes towards men and women in the 1950's. Through this film Lisa Freemont and L.B Jeffries experience a power shift in their relationship due to each individual's capabilities and ideas regarding the suspected murder case. Lisa and Jeffries relationship progresses through the film and their relationship experiences a power shift. Alfred Hitchcock's film Rear Window released in 1954 portrays the power shift between the fictional

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    All of the greatest films contain well used cinematic techniques, in the film Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock does not simply use these techniques, but he masters them. For the most part, Rear Window is shot from one perspective, and that perspective is our unmoving protagonist. What this means is that the whole film is shot from one room that the audience never leaves. The concept sounds like the making of a film no one in their right mind would want to see twice, but Hitchcock uses lighting, and

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    When observing the films: The Man Who Knew Too Much and Rear Window we as the audience can easily be captivated by the essence of the films. The way in which Alfred Hitchcock chose to tell his stories allowed for the audience to not only view the characters journey, but to also be apart of the characters journey. This “it” factor is timeless. This is one of the reasons why Alfred Hitchcock’s movies and literary works have been adored for decades. It is not always what the moral of a story is that

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    Bringing this to an end, the film “Rear Window” by Alfred Hitchcock and “Do Things The Right way” by Spike Lee both have it's similarities and also it's differences, but through both of those the directors give an certain things that contain to something special. An life learned lesson, in Rear Window, Hitchcock shows the viewer what focus is but showing key point in the film with different sets and moods. And on the other side Spike Lee gives the viewers a first look at racism, in real life conflict

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    Alfred Hitchcock's Control Of What We See in Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock controls what we see in the film by firstly controlling what the camera shows, he adds small details to the film to provide reasons for various events happening, he also uses each of the characters to convey a message to the public, includes some short but effective shots of some of the characters to stir certain feelings within the audience, uses light humour and sometimes uses only visual aids

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    Drama Through Costumes: Lisa Fremont’s Character Growth as Depicted by Her Costumes in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller, Rear Window, broken-legged L.B. Jeffreys, played by James Stewart watches his neighbors through his back window and becomes obsessed with solving a murder mystery in one neighbor’s apartment, aided by Lisa Fremont, played by Grace Kelly. At first, Lisa does not seem able to fit into Jeffreys’ adventurous lifestyle as a photojournalist, nor does

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    In Alfred Hitchcock’s famous film Rear Window, a photographer named L.B. Jefferies is forced to spend the entirety of his time in his apartment after an accident has left him stuck in a wheelchair. To pass the hours of free time he now has, he decides to spend it all looking out his window, overlooking his neighbors and peeking into their business. Throughout the movie, Jefferies takes interests in a large array of characters ranging from a newly-wed couple in their new home, to a bachelor musician

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