Rear Window

            First Scene:

-long shot
-pan and tilt

         

            Mise-En-Scene

- Apartments
- Urban 
- City
- Middle Class District
- Very Compact

The thermometer shows that it's set in the summer when the weather was really hot 
judging from the opened windows and how almost everyone was outside.

Scenes:

The opening shot of Rear Window (1954), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, which pans across a Greenwich Village courtyard and through L.B. Jeffries' apartment, establishes several facts about Jeffries (Jeff) without any dialogue. The audience learns that Jeff has a broken leg, is a photographer, and probably got his leg broken while photographing a car wreck. These facts suggest certain character traits. As a photographer, a professional observer, he looks at the world with a keen eye, recording events and actions, but he himself does not act. Even though he is willing to put himself in danger, as in standing in the middle of a racetrack, he does not so much participate in life as watch, experiencing life vicariously. The act of watching and vicarious action are important thematic concerns in the film.

In the opening sequence of Rear Window (1954), the camera pans across a Village courtyard and then through L.B. Jeffries’ bedroom. It shows a few facts about Jeffries and clearly his broken leg. 

-A man (presumably in his 40's) casually shaving with the window open, the objects around his house shows his class/status. You can see the bottles of alcohol around the room suggesting he might be alcoholic.

-A dancer with white pigeons above her room
-the camera is forced on her (panning up) This is called "The Male Gaze"

-During the dead dog scene you can see a women very upset, this is the only death scene you'll witness in the movie and it is of an animal. This particular scene shows the isolation between everyone which creates a slightly awkward feeling between the audience, as everyone was merely just staring at the dog, watching the women cry.

-You might notice one room with the light out so I assume that was the murderer.

-There seems to be no loyalty in the neighborhood.