Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" (1954)

Using the method I mentioned earlier of the three different perspectives, I will write my observations of the Alfred Hitchcock's thriller film Rear Window (1954).

Stylistic Perspective

• Themes: looking and gazing
• Jeff watching the actions of his neighbours, each one with a different story 
• Hitchcock shows another idea of a movie (each neighbour's window tells a different story and thus a different movie)
• Jeff watches in horror as Thorwald catches Lisa snooping around his apartment.
• Thorwald notices Lisa with the ring and his gaze turns to the camera (*gasp*)
• Always through Jeff's point of view for the entire film, except a shot at the end of Jeff falling from his apartment window - subjective camera.
• The idea of who the real victim is - Thorwald's wife, Mrs. Lonely Heart, and even Jeff

Perspective of Intent

• Creating a thriller of a murder that elicits fear without actually showing the actions of the murder.
• Subjective camera showing only Jeff's perspective causes the audience to be blind to certain information. This adds a greater amount of suspense.

Enjoyment Perspective

• A very good film. Without a doubt, the audience feels fear for Lisa's life when she is caught by Thorwald and then for Jeff when Thorwald is throwing him out of Jeff's apartment window.
• Grace Kelly is of course very beautiful, but at the same time she takes on part of the heroic role by entering Thorwald's apartment and looking for evidence that he murdered his wife.