Suspense

Rating: 8/10 (8 February 2018)

Rear window is a mystery thriller movie that focus on the male protagonist Jefferies life and way he helps capture the murderer. He always seen looking at the neighbor's window. He broke his legs and always shown sitting on the wheel chair. He keeps his eye on different activities of neighbor through windows. Some neighbors are alone and some have job and some with wife. however, movie is mainly tell the story of Jeff try to prove the salesman crime, a neighbor of Jefferies who he believe murder his wife. And trying to get off from police eyes.
The movie was shot in same neighborhood area till the end. The event takes place in same area from beginning of movie to the end of movies. it is entire shot indoor set design. Only outside scene movie show is the glance of helicopter up above the building. Here, helicopter is use as mese en scene because adding scene of helicopter create suspense thought. Since, male protagonist could not able to walk, everything happens around him. The usage of sound in scary tone is brilliantly executed. The film not one focus on one-character story but also briefly take a peak story of lonely women and pianist guy. A movie is not much scary as I expected it to be. But full of suspense.it express the pain of loneliness, boredom, happiness and thirst for love. A scene when lonely women is having a candle light dinner but creep me out when she pretends to be with guy. This resemble the pain of being loneliness and boredom. Well, Jeffries neighborhood is not friendly and cooperative. The environment is fill with loneliness feeling.
The movie feature point of view shot to some extent. in movies, it uses this idea when, Alfred focus on antagonist with closer angle of camera, showing suspicious face expression or covering detail of character. This point of view shot also use whenever, Jeffries try to keep tract of the activities of salesman.
The story is arranged structurally. When no one believe protagonist story, even his girlfriend and detective friend don't believe in his story. but he himself decide to find the truth, kind of show the behavior of true detective. He uses his professional skill to find the true face of salesman. But later on, his girlfriend believes his story when she herself see the suspicious activities of salesman. This scene put life to the movie. It is always better to see when two lovers believe one another and together trying to solve the case. There is also a scene when hint of antagonist cruelty is displayed. when innocent dog is found dead, everyone come out expect the salesman. this event easily increases the viewer suspicion toward salesman.
The suspicious act begins when male protagonist heard the scream of women but next day he did not see the wife of salesmen in bed. This unexpected scene, take movie plot into different track. From this scene, begin the real fun for suspense lover audience. Before this scene, a film Is not much entertainable.
There are lots of movement of camera going on because to show other characters from the perspective of main protagonist. The background sound of children scream in movie is nicely projected by sound designer. It creates fun full environment in movie for brief period of time. Visual artist uses dark color to symbolize the scary and suspense scene. At the end of the move the look of antagonist when Kelly shows ring to Jeff show the guilty expression on the face of salesman. The silence on phone, sound of walking on stair, suddenly showing antagonist in dark and the panicking expression of protagonist really feature super scary scenes. Because everything happens inside small windows. it feels like watching a tv. Like most film this film also ends happily. A dancer lover come from war, criminal accept crime, Jeff girlfriend spend time with him and lonely neighbor woman chatting with pianist.