The changing effect of gender communicator style in “Rear Window” as compared to “Disturbia“
Sozialwissenschaft

Alfred Hitchcock uses the visual drive in drawing attention to the differences in power relations amongst gender in “Rear Window”. Hitchcock portrays the film through the rear window of Jeffrey as well as Jeffrey’s subjective camera allowing the spectator to ascertain the gender categories in comparing the gender relations which was focused on stereotyping and dramaturgical displays which also encompasses voyeurism. This film portrays the psychological self-portrait of Hitchcock. Additionally, the sequence of dramaturgical scenes relating to different events draws on the impact of visual sociology. It is apparent that “Rear Window” exhibits a concerning dissection of unethical issues on the male-dominance, the power relations pertinent to the way “women” and “men” were portrayed and the psychoanalytic construction of imagination. The interpretation of the murder mystery demarcates the primary process of thinking in contemporary urban life. It will be imperative to conduct a comparative analysis between the films “Rear Window” and “Disturbia” in order to learn and capture the findings about whether gender relations has been “normal ” or ”in reach ” or ”no longer at hand ” in those days as compared to the 21st century. Therefore, my planned dissertation will be examining the gender relations and communicator style from the 1950’s (20th century) setting by transcribing, emphasising on the dialogues and applying the rules of conversational sequence in order to connect the theoretical basis with the experiential findings to establish the divergence to the 21st century.