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Many critics claim that at the inception of color filmmaking the connection of the audience, in the film itself deteriorated. It is said that the art of black and white film was lost to technology and Hollywood. However, Alfred Hitchcock is the exception to the rule. In the movie Rear Window, Hitchcock uses subtle colors to hint towards the actions about to take place. This may not seem evident by merely watching the film, but the subconscious mind is at the heart of every Hitchcock work, not only in plot but also design. The movie begins with a camera pan across an apartment complex in New York City. From the start Hitchcock alludes to the violence that is coming. From the window at which the camera is panning, the glaring red brick of the apartments across the courtyard overwhelms the audience. As the camera pans down a black cat crosses the way just in front of the window, a classic warning of luck. Then a close up of a bright red thermometer that reads over ninety degrees is shown. Hitchcock fills this scene with warnings of danger. (Mata) This scene continues to introduce the main character, L. B. Jefferies or “Jeff” (James Stewart), whose apartment is the focal point from which almost all camera shots are ta