Zachary Willard Film/Blender

During the long panning scene in the film Rear Window Hitchcock uses changes in audio to show the different life everyone lives on their own. The audio communicates this by changing when the camera pans to a new window. This demonstrates the plot of Hitchcock's movie by displaying multiple stories overlapping at once. Hitchcock also uses set design changes to show the different stories. For instance at the beginning of the shot the two people wake up outside on a fire escape, but when the camera pans to the next apartment the ballerina is inside walking around her apartment making something to eat. While watching this clip I was particularly found of the fact that there was a mysterious and intriguing mood created by the silent reaction shots and the omniscient view of the audience. I also like the perspective shots of the audience looking through the camera when Jeff looks through the camera which makes it feel like you're a part of the action. In total it was a well put toge...

Sound Effects In the Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window there can be many sound effects heard throughout the film that are being used. The first sound effect that I heard was the alarm clock that rang which woke up the man and the woman who were sleeping on the fire escape outside of their apartment. The next sound was the woman breathing while she sat up on the mattress next to the man. After that you can hear a radio begin to play and continue to play in the background throughout the entire scene. As the camera pans down to the next apartment window pigeons on the roof can be heard chirping and scene wondering around. After that the camera pans to look down at the street level and a car engine can be heard along the street as well as children laughing and playing in the courtyard. Lastly a woman can be heard humming very briefly as she hangs her clothes out of the window to dry. Post War Period Images

In the movie "O Brother, Where Art Though?" the Coen brothers borrow many characters and situations from "The Odyssey" by Homer. One of the first related situations is when Everett, Delmer, and Pete meet the blind man on the railroad. The blind man tells them about the future of their journey by saying that they will find treasure but it will not be the treasure they seek. This parallels a part in the Odyssey when Odysseus meets Teireseus who is also a former seer (blind)and he tells Odysseus about his future journey and how it will not go as anticipated. These encounters mark the first connection between encounters in the two stories.  The second connection that I noticed throughout the whole story is that both Everett and Odysseus are journeying back home to their families. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is traveling back to Ithaca after fighting in the trojan war where as in "O Brother, Where Art Though?" Everett is journeying back to his wife and kids af...