First Impressions In Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

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The opening scene of a movie is always the most important and crucial part of the film. It is like they always say “first impressions determines how a person looks at you”, and the opening of Alfred Hitchcock's film Rear Window gave an indulging first impression to make me want to continue watching the film. The technical aspects are almost unnoticed when first watching the film, but when the viewer really looks at the film and digs deeper into something as little as camera movements; cuts, angles, and different types of shots, it can give the audience a sense of what the characters are feeling, the setting and theme. A continuous long panning shot of buildings, a close-up of a man’s face, these types of camera shots can tell you a lot about
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