How Does Hitchcock Create Suspense In Rear Window

In the film Rear Window that was released in 1954 Alfred Hitchcock the director uses suspense through out the film to create a mystery. Hitchcock uses several techniques like symbolism, narratives, and voyeurism. Hitchcock main focus in the film was to create the entire film from a one-point vantage spot. The film depicts a vision in the audience head that is produced by visuals. How do gender roles. Having the film shown by the eyes of the protagonist Jefferies eyes the audience have a connection to the film and have one specific vocal point to focus through out the film.
As a viewer of the film you share the suspense that is happening with characters in the film. The fundamental function is made to relate to the characters and feel

apart of the story. Hitchcock suspends the audience showing different points of view and creating humor and fear. The audience range see life portrayed through Jefferies eyes during the time he is confined to a wheelchair due to broken leg. Jefferies spends time in his tiny little apartment looking out at a window that shows a courtyard outside. The audience watching has a direct perspective of what is happening, but the frame of reference forces the audience to the perspective of the foreseen hero who ‘s perspective is limited. The viewer is shown different windows through out the duration of the film that represent different ways of living that Jefferies view.

The pattern of suspense within the narrative whole localized suspense.

The line of suspense shifts the audience due to narrative action being slowed down and has humor derived from audience knowing something the characters don’t know. During the film the relationship of the protagonist shift due to what Jefferies believes neighbors commit murder of wife. The character Lisa in the film has a representation of gender role of what a ‘’perfect women ‘’ is. In scene 1 the scene is one minute and 10 seconds long. The scene ‘’ I’m with you’’ lasted 1 min and 30 seconds. There was a major commotion created because 27 shots in one to seconds in length. The duration of the entire film is 1 hour and 55 minutes

long.
In the visual structure it is parallel everyone is going about their daily business. The audience is shown characters shaving and waking up in the morning. Each character represents a different background of what America was in the 1950’s. All of the characters live in a short proximity of each other but have never met one another. In the film a couple newly wed are shown through the eyes of a binocular and show a vision of Jeff and Lisa. Lisa and Jeff come together when Lisa tries to find out what happened in Jeff apartment. The audiences throughout the film are shown natural framing that Hitchcock creates. The shots taken are from all different viewpoints. Jefferies has a movie like view and is sitting and watching all of what is happening. There are Bamboo curtains representing a theater style theme. A reverse shot reveals front view of detective. The use of props throughout the film, which Jefferies sees through the eyes of a binocular, symbolizes his sight.
The majority of the sound in Rear Window is diegetic as compared to non-diegetic.

In the very first scene the audience views there is a man shaving and has radio blaring in the background. An alarm clock goes off in a different apartment and the viewer is trying to find out where the noise is coming from which makes them engaged in the film. The setting creates depth because the audience only sees what Jefferies is viewing. At the dinner party, the music playing in the background set a tone to audience making them feel what he is missing out on. There is an alleyway shown from the window and it very crowded. The alleyway represents Jefferies being isolated

socially.
Lastly, the film Rear Window depicts the actually life in the 1950’s. There were specific gender roles of men and women. This film is a classical Hollywood Cinema because it was both a visual structure and sound. Hitchcock directed this entire film on only one set. The film is about being a spectator and Jefferies is a voyeur, which should make the audience one also. I think Hitchcock created this film to help film viewers change how they view movies. While watching the film I had major suspense guessing what was going to happen in the next scene. I do not necessarily agree with how Hitchcock portrayed gender roles, he made females a sexual object. A question I kept on asking myself during the film it is acknowledging a heterosexual relationship and questions the age difference of characters, what is the meaning of doing this. The theme is unity and breaking the characters together and is forming a relationship. We are shown a stereotype view
demonstrating as auteur. You don’t understand what one is going through until you put yourself in their shoes and feel remorse for situation. Jefferies was confined to his wheelchair and couldn’t get up and didn’t see what others saw, if he hadn’t been confined to wheelchair for so long would the film view point been different?