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name rear window journal oh dear we ve become a race of peeping toms what people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in for a change stats year 1954 production paramount director alfred hitchcock screenplay john michael hayes cinematography robert burks music franz waxman editing george tomasini costume design edith head runtime 113 minutes color color rear window is based on the short story it had to be murder by cornell woolrich cast james stewart as l.b jeffries grace kelly as lisa carol freemont thelma ritter as stella wendell corey as thomas j doyle raymond burr as lars thorwald irene winstron as mrs thorwald judith evelyn as miss lonely hearts georgine darcy as miss torso ross bagdasarian as the composer jesslyn fax as miss sculptress

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character analysis name l.b jeffries important details symbolic importance notes lisa freemont stella

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lars thorwald mrs thorwald miss lonelyhearts

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miss torso the composer miss sculptress

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themes note your thoughts and examples of each as they apply to rear window voyeurism from the french voyeur one who looks can take several forms but its principle characteristic is that the voyeur does not normally relate directly with the subject of their interest who is often unaware of being observed the voyeur may observe the subject from a distance or use stealth to observe the subject with the use of peep-holes two-way mirrors hidden cameras secret photography and other devices and strategies moralityfrom the latin moralities manner character proper behavior is a system of conduct and ethics that is virtuous.in its descriptive sense morality refers to personal or cultural values codes of conduct or social mores that distinguish between right and wrong in the human society describing morality in this way is not making a claim about what is objectively right or wrong but only referring to what is considered right or wrong by people fiction/reality dreams

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film techniques cite examples from rear window and their effect sound camera angles lighting sets costume/props

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elements of suspense there is no terror in the bang only in the anticipation of it alfred hitchcock note devices in rear window that add to the feeling of suspense.

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daily journal record clues camera thechniques and compositional elements date date:

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daily journal record clues camera thechniques and compositional elements date date:

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