Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Rear Window

This movie is directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is based on the story “it had to be murder” and was considered to be one of his best movies. The cinematography was done by Robert Burks. The movie is about a man and woman who spy out of a window to look at the lives of others. They witness a murder and try to bring it to light. In the end the murderer finds out and tries to kill them.
The lighting is relatively good. But when nightfall hits it gets poor. When the women go down to the floor and try to dig up the dead body the lighting is too dark, and you cannot see the dirt that good.
The sound was appropriate. Each scene had some sort of incentive and the sound helped to bring the directors thoughts to light. When the killer came back to his house and the girlfriend was trying to hide the music started to speed up. That gives off a sort of chase and hurrying effect.
The costumes seemed right for the time frame that the movie was in. The dress for the dancer was not too big. The only problem was that the man never really changed his clothes. He is at home isn't he supposed to take baths regularly.
I don't really have anything to say about the set. The set is the same throughout the whole movie. Even when they went down into the garden, nothing really changed because you could see everything from the bedroom window.
There was only one special effect, and that was at the end when he felll out of the window. The camera moved back away to make it look like he was falling away from the screen. But really he was being suspended on a rope and dangleing in midair.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

When you critique a famous movie, it is a good bet that everything was done on purpose.

Your mention of incentive is good. You have identified what is known as motivation. In a good movie, everything has motivation and flows form one shot to the next.

Camera moves, lighting, sound, and costuming support the story. Identify the way the elements support the story and help move it forward.