Characters
Symbols
Missing Words
Film Devices
Rear Window Trivia
100

This character likes to watch his neighbours.

JEFFRIES

100

These symbolise voyeurism.

CAMERAS and LENSES

100

"Jeff, wives don't nag anymore. ________ ________." 

THEY DISCUSS

100

This technique is used when we are first introduced to the apartment complex.

PANNING SHOT

100

The director of Rear Window.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK

200

This character is often bathed in light.

LISA

200

This is a symbol of community and togetherness.

EATING and DRINKING TOGETHER

200

"I'm not much on ________ ________ ________."

REAR WINDOW ETHICS

200

The name for the background noise that happens in a film.

DIAGETIC SOUND

200

The year Rear Window premiered on the big screen.

1954

300

This character is the moral voice of the film.

STELLA

300

This symbolises Jeff's powerlessness.

PLASTER CAST

300

"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

300

This technique is used when Doyle is talking to Jeff in his apartment.

LOW ANGLE SHOT

300

The film was set here.

GREENWICH VILLAGE

400

This character lives alone on the ground floor of the apartment complex.

MISS LONELYHEARTS

400

This symbolises the intimate relationship between Lisa and Jeff.

LISA'S NEGLIGEE

400

"Every man's ready to get married when _______ _______ _______ _______ _______." 

THE RIGHT GIRL COMES ALONG

400

This technique is used when Jeff has been pushed out of the window.

EXTREME CLOSE UP

400

Alfred Hitchcock appears in the film doing this.

WINDING A CLOCK

500

This character mysteriously disappears.

MRS THORWALD

500

This symbolises Jeff's role in directing his own story.

LAMPS

500

"We're two of the most ________ ________ I've ever known."

FRIGHTENING GHOULS

500

This technique is used in most scenes that feature Thorwald.

LOW KEY LIGHTING

500

The names of the actors who played Jeff and Lisa.

JAMES STEWART and GRACE KELLY

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