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Write a comparison/contrast using Hitchcock’s two films and their source stories. Note at least three changes IN EACH STORY and defend why you think the changes were effective or ineffective.

The two films are : Rear Window and Psycho.

Comparing two stories to their films, both

directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Please write about how the two stories and their film versions differ. Explain at least three areas that were changed for each film. You may do these *one story at a time or point-by-point (characters, plot, setting, and so forth).

*If you do one story at a time, let’s say the first half about “Rear Window” and the second half about Psycho, you may and should connect them with transitionals.

Do not suddenly start writing about Psycho once you finish writing about Rear Window. Gracefully switch films by using something like “On the other hand.” or “In contrast….”

Do you feel the changes were effective or ineffective? Try to link the two somehow, like Hitchcock’s propensity for casting blonde actresses, the women’s desire to be married, the suspense scenes, the comic relief, the music. Be creative.

Note: Film titles and novels are Underlined or Italicized. Short story titles are “In Quotation Marks.”

Refer to the director and each story author by name.

Also, explain which strategy of translation was used for “Rear Window”:

1.The concentration strategy, in which the filmmakers keep most of the narrative elements from the short story but concentrate them at the beginning, middle, or end of the film and then add a new story.

2.The interweaving strategy, in which the filmmakers keep most of the elements of narrative from the short story, disperse them throughout the film (although not necessarily in their original order), and interweave either new elements or expansions of existing ones.

3.The point-of-departure strategy, in which the filmmakers drop most of the narrative elements from the short story; keep perhaps the plot premise, a character’s name, or just the title; and use these elements as a point of departure.