Rear Window Sound Desgin

                                                             Rear Window

Through out the film Rear Window By Alfred Hitchcock you may hear many sounds and voices coming from the different apartments behind James's (the main character) apartment.The sounds are carefully balanced to be realistic. You will hear a balance of music, voices, and sounds that equal out changing the mood.  The mixing of the sound in the film is very sophisticated. Rear Window is the 1st film that actually makes an effort in design of sound. 

Audio Levels

At -12 DB the audio is clear and just at the perfect level of volume

At -40 DB the audio is to low to hear and distorted 

At 0 DB the audio is very loud and the audio is also distorted

• What can you do to fix audio?

You can move the Audio mixer up and down to get the volume higher and lower.

• What cannot be fixed?

Distortion in the audio 

• What is the optimal level for sound recording?

Between -3 and -12 

-40 -12 0