Rear Window Opening Scene Analysis

Most people may just watch a movie for the story line, while others may look for specific film styles or elements of film within the movie. One specific element of a movie is the costumes that every character wears as it impacts the story line. This is illustrated in the movie Rear Window, which shadows a photographer “Jeff” in a wheel chair spying on his neighbors and witnessing a murder. During the course of this movie there are several costumes that are important to both the story line and style of the movie. Rear Window is like a fashion show with all of the different costumes Lisa wears through out the movie. Jeff even mentions in the movie that Lisa never wears the same dress twice. Over the course of this film Lisa appears to be dressing in high-end clothing to more casual clothing by them end of the film, many viewers may question why she is choosing to do this. The costumes in Rear Window play an essential role, as they mature from a narrow standpoint as well as helping to understand the themes of the movie. In the very first scene we see Jeff sitting in his wheel chair and Lisa walks in turning on all three lamps in the …show more content…
When she first arrives she is wearing a green jacket with a white silk short sleeve top underneath, a long green skirt, a white hat/veil covering her face, and white gloves. Her jewelry includes the same pearl necklace/earrings and a pearl bracelet. We could most likely infer from this dress choice that Lisa could possibly be coming back from work before arriving Jeff’s apartment. This dress seems to be a little less fancy from the dress she is wearing in the first scene of the movie. Later on in the night she shows Jeff her nightgown, which is made from what appears to be silk. This nightgown implies to us that she is getting more comfortable with Jeff and is trying to be sexually appealing towards