FILM TECHNIQUE

Visual exposition

Story information conveyed through what we see.

A room or a practiced movement can introduce a life before anyone explains it.

See it in a scene.

Rear Window · 1954

The opening courtyard and apartment

Before the mystery, there’s a man with a broken leg and far too much time to look out the window. How much can Hitchcock tell you before anyone explains a thing?

Visual exposition

See it in a scene.

The opening courtyard and apartment

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