Characters
What is the name of the protagonist's nurse
stella
What is voyeurism?
The act of secretly observing others without their knowledge.
"im not much on..."
"...rear window ethics"
what is Jeff's powerlessness represented by?
Plaster cast
what camera angle does hitchcock use to first introduce jeff?
extreme close up
What is L.B.Jeffries personality described as?
emotionally detached
what are the main themes of the movie (there are 4)
Gender roles, voyeurism, McCarthyism, Isolation and community.
"...so much trouble as intelligence"
What does Jeff's binoculars represent?
The distance Jeff puts between himself and everyone else.
What does Hitchcock use to make Thorwald look more menacing?
low key lighting/Shadows
Who's the voice of reason within the film?
Stella
What is one of the main themes of the movie that Mrs Lonelyhearts is victim to
community/ isolation
"...lens you're looking through"
The urial Motif within Rear window is represented through this quote on Jeffries cast?
Here lies the bones of L.B Jeffries.
what is the technique diagetic sound
sounds or music that the audience can hear because the characters are also hearing it
which characters are artistic in the film
The composer and The scultors
McCarthyism refers to a period of intense anti-communist hysteria and political persecution that took place in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
"People looking in at our apartment for the first time..."
"...usually get the wrong impression."
What does Lisa's clothes represent?
Her glamorous lifestyle and her transformation throughout the film
why does hitchcock use diagetic sound in the film
to make the audience experience the film as if its happening to them
which character says this ""I wonder if it's ethical to watch a man with binoculars and a long-focus lens. Do you suppose it's ethical even if you prove he didn't commit a crime?"
Lisa Fremont
how does Hitchcock portray the theme of isolation and community in the film?
microcosm of greenwich villiage
"When two people love each other, they come together..."
"...WHAM! like two taxis on Broadway"
The rear window represents
A cinema/theatre screen.
What film technique is it when scenes are brightly lit? (has to be exact answer)
High key lighting