Rear Window

1. Like Back to the Future, Hitchcock provides a wealth of information about the plot in an opening pan of L.B. Jeffries’ room.

1. What information is listed in this shot?

2. How much longer will Jeffries be in the leg cast?

3. What is Jeffries’ occupation? How did Jeffries injure himself?

4. If Jeffries injured himself while at work, what does that say about Jeffries’ character?

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In the opening shot, the camera reveals that Jeff is asleep in a wheelchair with his left leg in a cast. The camera wanders around his apartment, revealing a smashed camera, a stack of magazines, and a number of framed images of exciting and/or dangerous moments, taken from close range.

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In the opening shot, the camera reveals that Jeff is asleep in a wheelchair with his left leg in a cast. The camera wanders around his apartment, revealing a smashed camera, a stack of magazines, and a number of framed images of exciting and/or dangerous moments, taken from close range.

In the opening shot, the camera reveals that Jeff is asleep in a wheelchair with his left leg in a cast. The camera wanders around his apartment, revealing a smashed camera, a stack of magazines, and a number of framed images of exciting and/or dangerous moments, taken from close range.

n the opening shot, the camera reveals that Jeff is asleep in a wheelchair with his left leg in a cast. The camera wanders around his apartment, revealing a smashed camera, a stack of magazines, and a number of framed images of exciting and/or dangerous moments, taken from close range.