Rear Window

Some of the sound effects in this scene include an alarm clock when the couple wakes up on the fire escape. You can also here children playing in the alleyway.

In this scene, Hitchcock establishes the normality and happiness of the neighborhood through the happy music and sounds of children playing. This is a place where a murder seems very unlikely and hard to believe. He establishes the character of the dancer and shows Jeff's room to explain who he is. It is clearly shown by his cast that he has a broken leg, and the camera pans to reveal the smashed camera and picture of a car crash that explain how his leg was broken. His room contains a collection of cameras and many framed photos to explain that he is a professional photographer. There is also a photo of Miss Fremont to show his interest in her.




This analysis successfully explains what makes the movie so popular and what the audience is thinking during the most intense scenes.

This movie makes the audience wonder if Jeff is right about the murder the entire time. They see the same strange events that Jeff sees, but the strangeness is then refuted by the logic of Jeff's friends. This makes the audience question Jeff's sanity. Since the camera only shows what is happening through the window, it makes the audience feel just as trapped as the main character, not being able to leave the room to get more evidence to finally prove the murder.

Audio Basics

Exciting

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Suspenseful