Since most the movie was filmed in a set in a single spot, sound plays a very important role in the storytelling, certain recognizable sounds were repeated to invoke emotions in the viewer. The sound of the main characters door opening was throughout the story a sign of help of joy, with the main characters friends and love interest coming in, this was played with at the end with the antagonist of the story making that sound by entering the characters house. Hitchcock used the long panning shot as a way to show off the various sounds that would be heard the area, and at the end of the story, comparing and contrasting the sounds with the final panning shot shows the change of everyone. The house of the murderer now replaced by sounds of painting and reconstruction, showing that more was to come of that area. Another key feature of the panning shot and it's sounds is showing how everyone there lived their own lives, the ballet dancers boyfriend/husband returned home, the neighbor new marriage is having its first hardships, and the rich people are still playing their music. While Jeff was dealing with the murder and was fixated on it, other lives were happening around him.

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