Rear Window: Film Analysis and Audio Study

 In all of Rear Window, one thing that I really liked is the minimal use of instrumental score and the emphasis given to natural noises. This (unknowing to the audience) creates a form of suspense as there is no beat drop or anything of that form for the viewers to wait for and the plot twist comes forward as a much more impactful surprise without the instrumental score, whereas with one, the audience can guess what the tone and mood of the scene is and what it is leading forward to. 


I like this analysis video because it gives a very simple breakdown of the types of film techniques used and how they affected the film. I thought it was unique that the analysis was of the types of shots and cinematic techniques used instead of a literary analysis that explores the deeper meaning of the film and its plot. 

What I analyzed throughout the film was that we only ever get Jeff's point of view of the entire story that takes place. We see what Jeff sees and never get the point of view of all the other characters there are in this movie. This is probably because Hitchcock wanted Jeff to represent the audience and make the audience feel the same emotions Jeff is feeling throughout the entire movie. If the audience ever got the point of view of another character, the bond the viewers have built with the protagonist could not have been very well established.  

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