Rear Window Mise En Scene

In the film, Rear Window lighting is an effective technique to tell the story visually. The lighting has many themes and significance in the story's plot and story. The lighting becomes bright and hard lighting during the day. This lighting casts a beauty-like light on the characters, especially Lisa. The hard beautifying light is portrayed to make Lisa's character glow, as she is a “glowing” woman whose character is played to be a high-class beautiful woman. At the beginning of the film, when the audience gets introduced to Lisa's character, it is clear that when she turns on the lights, they give her face and body the glow as described prior, (17:23). This lighting element is extremely important because the first time meeting Lisa: it is

This helps Jeff discover the suspicious activity around his house (52:31). At night time during the film; practical lighting is the only light used in the film. This sets the nighttime mood as darker, dim, and suspicious. The dark lighting at night sets the scene for all of the apartments in the apartment complex. The dim or dark lighting does not allow the audience to see into other apartments at night. This lighting technique allows the plot of the story to take its course. The plot is a murder mystery; therefore, not allowing the audience or the characters to see into others' apartments restricts their knowledge of the problem. The darkness in the apartment of the alleged murderer adds suspense and worry to the scene (1;40;56). When practical lighting is used at night, it creates low-key lighting to add suspense and mystery. All of the lighting throughout the film is important because it gives the audience an idea of what the mood of the scene is, adds to the suspense of the plot, shows which character is the main focus of the scene, and specifically emphasizes smaller ideas the audience might not have paid attention to if the lighting was not

The screeching of cars, honking and screaming (15:50) allows the audience to know the area in which the movie is taking place. These diegetic sounds create a natural and real feeling and help the watcher figure out what type of environment the movie is set in. The film also includes other diegetic sounds, such as music. In the film's first few minutes, lots of music was playing. The music playing in the film was softer than it would have been if it were inside Jeff's apartment. This proves to the audience that when others around Jeff play music, he can hear it, too (14:30). The music also sets the tone of each scene, which is interesting because most movies I have watched use non-diegetic music to set the mood of the scene. However, this movie uses all diegetic sounds. Interestingly, the film does not have any non-diegetic sounds at all! This was very rare and something that caught my attention immediately. Although the film uses all diegetic sounds, the soundtracks played by neighbors nearby substitutes for the non-diegetic soundtracks most filmmakers