'Rear Window Timelapse': Hitchcock's Courtyard Compressed Into 3 Minutes (VIDEO)

Have you ever imagined what the courtyard of the apartments from Alfred Hitchcock's film "Rear Window" looked like in full? Videographer and special effects master Jess Desom has done just that. Using After Effects, Desom pieced together the scenes from the famous Greenwhich Village courtyard and all of the tenants' happenings into a cohesive three minute video. The results of his work are phenomenal and kind of mind blowing, providing never-before-seen perspective on a popular film.

Desom has also done visual work for the likes of NRP & WNYC’s Radiolab in their video "Words."

Watch below for Jess Desom's version of "Rear Window":

Rear Window Timelapse from Jeff Desom on Vimeo.

Comments

[george martini]

10:11 AM on 04/07/2012

See what people did before they had cell phones and the internet?

[Laughert9]

04:08 AM on 04/05/2012

Was that a full moon in the sky? For three nights?

[elamatt]

03:19 PM on 04/04/2012

Fabulous!! I think it's time to watch Rear Window again!

[makemesmile]

08:16 PM on 04/05/2012

It's a wonderful movie. I like the clothes worn in this movie, too.

[oferdesade]

03:11 PM on 04/04/2012

thanks. now i know what it must feel like to be paralyzed and sitting in a wheel chair at the back of the hosue staring out a window... aimlessly. no wonder he began imagining things.

[duncansdad]

06:38 PM on 04/05/2012

He wasn't paralyzed and he wasn't imagining anything.

[makemesmile]

08:17 PM on 04/05/2012

Thank you. That was a good movie with real movie stars.

[george martini]

10:13 AM on 04/07/2012

No, he didn't imagine that guy who killed his wife and buried her in the courtyard.

[Nikmc]

02:09 PM on 04/04/2012

On the Vimeo page for this vid, the name is "Jeff Desom", not "Jess" as the article states.

[peytonsmom4307]

01:53 PM on 04/04/2012

Love it...

[RusStyles]

01:16 PM on 04/04/2012

It was a well-crafted film...But I don't get the relevance of this FX....It looks gimmicky and does nothing to enhance the film.

[WomenOnGuard]

01:01 PM on 04/04/2012

That was great! So was Alfred Hitchcock, a true genius...

[keiserz]

12:37 PM on 04/04/2012

This may be the most impressive thing I've ever seen done in after-effects. I adore this film and to see this reworking of footage is stunning.

[Papi-Chullo]

12:35 PM on 04/04/2012

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[stacknef]

12:17 PM on 04/04/2012

wow!

[monrose]

11:51 AM on 04/04/2012

Awesome work. Alfred Hitchcock himself would have been impressed.

"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare. "
Alfred Hitchcock

[intawork]

12:05 PM on 04/04/2012

Some of the most boring crap I've ever seen- pointless - absolutely, totally pointless - or is that the point ?

[monrose]

12:14 PM on 04/04/2012

Well then. I hope you didn't torture yourself the full three minutes. Have you ever watched the movie? If so, this may have been a little more interesting to you.

[elamatt]

03:21 PM on 04/04/2012

You'd have to have seen the film to know what you were viewing in the montage. It was great, and the film,.. Even Better.

[Even17]

11:46 AM on 04/04/2012

Great film

[GuiltyUndertaker]

10:17 AM on 04/04/2012

What's with the music? It's highly obnoxious and annoying.

[RedDog79]

10:52 AM on 04/04/2012

turn down or mute the volume. problem solved.

[GuiltyUndertaker]

11:03 AM on 04/04/2012

Individual solution. Why does everything have to have a soundtrack? Hitchcock understood terror and suspense. He could make broad daylight seem terrifying.

[JScott]

10:15 AM on 04/04/2012

Always wondered why in the movies/tv they never seem to have screens on the windows but often there's a screen door on the very same house/building. For that matter why they are able to park a car convenienly or the robber just happens to find a car that's unlocked with the keys in it (not so much now tho) used for their getaway.