Film_Analysis_Oxenreider

Rear Window - Opening Breakdown from Jason Fraley on Vimeo.

-Hitchcock is telling a story by showing the outside world and what's around the main character before introducing him to the story. It gives you a good look at the set too, and how everything is put throughout the movie.

-I like how they have the noises of the main focuses louder than the outside/background noise and not just blending them altogether making it hard to hear what's happening.

-My own analysis for the movie would be: When Hitchcock made this movie he made sure to get straight to the point of what the main character (James Stewart) does.  He is a photographer who was injured. While he's stuck up in his apartment he watches his neighbors throughout the day. When Hitchcock films James Stewart looking outside at the neighbors, not only does he show what the neighbors are doing, but he also shows how James is reacting to that specific scene. If the ballet dancer was on screen and she bent over he would raise an eyebrow. Or if the newly married couple just got home and they started kissing he would look away then back again. Every scene has a reaction of some sort. Even if it's a background character or an extra- they all react to/in a scene.