Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

The film Rear Window tells a story of a photographer name Jeffries who breaks his leg while taking pictures on a dangerous race track. Because of this, Jeffries is unfortunately stuck on wheelchair in his apartment with nothing to do but to look out the window and see the lives of his neighbors. Throughout the film, one night, Jeffries hears a woman screaming, and he notices one of his neighbor name Thorwald walking in and out of his apartment in middle of the night, carrying a case. Jeffries begins to suspect something is wrong and starts spying on Thorwald. As the film progresses, Jeffries becomes more suspicious by the way Thorwald is acting and starts to believe that Mr. Thorwald had murder his wife. In order to find the truth and perhaps find evidence of the murder, Jeffries girlfriend Lisa sneaks into Thorwalds apartment. This scene is one of the most important scene in the film, the director (Alfred Hitchcock) carefully shows this by using specific mise en scene, cinematography and sound. …show more content…
Thorwalds apartment. In the scene when Lisa sneaks into Thorwalds apartment, lighting plays a big role and becomes very important. When Thorwald finds Lisa, he turns off the light and starts attacking her. This action of turning off the light becomes extreme to Jeffries and the audience. The decision on turning off the light becomes very suspense because we become unaware of what is going to happen next. Here is when one starts to realize how important lighting is because it is he only source of power that Jeffries and the audience had in this film. As the police knock on Mr. Thorwalds apartment, the lights are switch back on, showing us that Lisa is