Alfred Hitchcock’s film “Rear Window”, leads Cornell Woolrich’s short story “It Had to Be Murder” to life, and somehow parts to the storyline fit differently. One of the major differences that struck out to me between the film and the story is the visual aspect of the character in the film; I knew that Jeff is a mysterious, unshakable, and intelligent man that ends up solving a murder.  Also in the film, we know about his love life, his occupation, and the story behind his disability. However, in the story, while reading the beginning, I automatically thought that Jeff was an old man that is unable to walk. Additionally, we do not know anything about Jeff from reading the story, all we know is his name and that he is unable to walk; we do not know his job, his love life, the story behind his disability. Another major difference was the caretaker. In the story we have Sam, who is really obedient;  we know that he is able to jump over fences and climb ladders without a question. On the other hand, we have Stella, who is Jeff’s caretaker; we know that she comes in every morning to change his clothes and give him a massage (plus she is really talkative unlike Sam). Other minor differences we see is Jeff’s view of the protagonist. 48 minutes into the movie we see Hitchcocks’ notion of troubles starting, which begins with a mise en scene; where the black car runs across the courtyard between Jeffs’ view and his neighbors’ buildings. In the short story, we don’t have that imagery of Thorwald driving his car. What we see is Thorwald’s movements throughout the apartment; that becomes Jeff’s obsession and center of attention. Another minor difference is Jeff’s job. While reading the story I totally thought that Jeff was a stalker; who peeps into their neighbors with binoculars? We know Jeff as a photographer in the film. However, rather than not knowing the occupation(in the short story), knowing the occupation makes Jeff peer into his neighbors’ lives pretty easily.