An Example Of Suspense

W.W. Jacobs creates suspense using a mysterious monkey’s paw. Ricky Lewis Jr. attempted to create similar suspense using different techniques. As told in the story in the book,”He took the paw, and dangling it between his forefinger and thumb, suddenly threw it upon the fire. White, with a slight cry, stooped down and snatched it off. ”Better let it burn,” said the soldier solemnly. “If you don’t want it, Morris,” said the other, “give it to me.”.”I won’t said his friend doggedly.”I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don’t blame me for what if happens. Pitch it on the fire like a sensible man.”(Jacobs,108) Therefore, W.W. Jacobs fundamentally builds suspense with the dialogue between Morris, who owned the paw initially, and Mr. White, who was interested and curious on what the paw had to offer.

n the excerpt Cujo, the author uses third person omniscient to create suspense so the reader can play god. One example of suspense is in paragraph 14,it states" And the dog seemed to know. His terrible,thoughtless eyes never left Donna Trenton's wide blue ones. He paced forward slowly,almost languidly." the author is showing that cujo knew what he was doing.

Suspense in The Most Dangerous Game In The book “The most dangerous game” by Richard Connell, the author has many ways of creating suspense. He tries to make suspense by using a variety of different technics. One way is creating the overall mood of the story. He uses a mix of words to give you a feeling of the characters.

“‘Watch out!” screamed Maggie. Suddenly the road took a sharp turn, and a huge oak tree loomed in my headlights”(Shusterman 39). When Neal Shusterman uses suspense it’s usually in a way that would probably end badly. He loves to try and hook the reader with suspense, so then the readers would want to keep reading that same book. As evidence in Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman and “The Abandoned Farmhouse” by Ted Kooser, suspense can be effectively created through the use of imagery.

You have to listen to ALL of that, which means to be the best movie ever, you have to be deep, but not too artsy, complex, but not too confusing, familiar and relatable, but not overdone to death, entertaining, but not too mindless. Not to mention complying with little biases and nitpicks like how critics generally look down upon action, fantasy and sci-fi, and how American audiences tend to prefer movies in the English language, and how the film industry as a collective would rather praise a big budget studio film than a little low budget indie film 2 friends filmed in a basement, even if it was better than all the big studio releases ever

Where the movie comes into its own, however, is in its ability to incorporate and deal with a variety of genres. Every movie genre seems to make an appearance, so much so that to categorise the movie as simply a "psychological horror" or a "supernatural thriller" would be an unforgivable insult. Even

Film is my passion. I thoroughly enjoy watching and analyzing movies - finding the pros and cons. In film there are many different pieces that have to go together in order to make a movie work including: cinematography, the actual image and how it is displayed; sound, the score, sound effects and overall how clear it is to understand what actors are saying; the editing, how all the individual clips are put together; and dialogue and story, what the actors are saying and what the movie is about. A bad movie probably has done most of these poorly. A good movie may be lacking in one of these departments. A great movie has all bases covered, however, there are exceptions on this depending on personal preference. Some movies might end up being controversial. Some may love it. Same may hate it. But one must still appreciate a movie for all the hard work and effort that has been poured into it. My favourite example of a polarizing movie is Jared Hess’ 2004 movie Napoleon Dynamite.

A beautifully made and well-created movie is what makes a film great. Great films can affect the way people view them and can leave people with a warm and fuzzy feeling. One film that could be considered a feel-good movie is Wolf Children. It is a great film because of its intriguing and or unique plot, its well made cinematography, and its clean and precise quality.

Choosing my top ten favorite films was literally the hardest thing I’ve ever done. How did I narrow it down? I thought what movies could I watch for the rest of my life. What makes a good movie? Well, for one the script has to be good. If the storyline isn’t good, but the acting and effects are good; its still a bad movie. Its like having a slice of pizza that was cooked and dressed perfectly but the pepperoni and cheese are expired; it doesn’t sound to appealing. A good story has seven elements. Number one being the purpose of the story, whether it be informative, persuasive, etc. Then there has to be a three dimensional character that changes over time. After a story has established a point and main character there needs to be a quest, conflict, or task that is out of reach for them to pursue. Now we need an antagonist that’s hell bent on stopping the hero of the story. At this point, the protagonist is changing for the worst or growing for the better. Finally we come to big conflict scene were the truth comes out; the big fight scene, or the part that displays the growth of main character. In my opinion, a movie that displays this well is Enough. The movie Enough is about a waitress, Slim, that marries a wealthy contractor named Mitch. He seems like the perfect man who gives her everything she wants; a nice life in the suburbs and a family. Then he starts abusing her and she takes their kid and flees. The race against time

One of the ways that Spielberg conveys a sense of suspense in Jaws is by not showing the shark. He gives us man glimpses of it, such as the fin, and shadows accompanied by blood, but never the full until late in the film. I think this really helps us as the audience fear the shark more, as our imagination is forced to fill in the blanks, which sometimes creates something far worse than the actual thing.

All in all, certain elements of film can tell interesting and non-traditional stories. No film can better exemplify this fact than

The absence of a person, idea, or object in fact creates something. A hole in the room is the absence of the floor, but this absence becomes the main focus of the room. It is no longer a room, it is a hole in the room. This analogy is to express this void in most Hitchcock films that hurts the main characters. In several occasions main characters are hurt by nothing. It seems strange to be hurt by nothing, but the absence or rather the presence of this absence creates psychological torment for these characters. This absence and withholding of knowledge creates the perfect atmosphere for Hitchcock’s suspense. The looming absence controls the scope of the film and is what makes Hitchcock the successful suspense director he is today. The absence is where the anticipation lies and there’s an irony of the absent taking form, the black humor underneath, and the suspense it brings.

There are many different elements of film that filmmakers can utilize to make a film. Direction, storyline, cinematography, mise en scene, as well as point of view and tone can all lend a hand in making a film great. One might say that the most important aspect of a film is the script. Others might argue the actors are the most important part. However, an impressive balance of all of the different elements of film are what can elevate a film to greatness. That is why the best film viewed this semester is Night of the Living Dead.

Suspense is when the author makes the reader, or audience excited or scared for what might happen in the story, or even what will happen to the character next in the story. Suspense might even be something you see or hear that will make you have questions about what will happen next. If there is a cliffhanger at the end of a story, it will leave you with questions wondering what will happen to the characters next. The mood, tone, setting, emotions of character, sound and sight might affect how the story is suspenseful. We all enjoy watching suspenseful movies and reading stories, because they are exciting. It leaves us with questions that the author won't have the answers to in the end, so the author gives us as the audience, the chance to make up their own ending to the story or movie. The author will give you clues throughout the story, to help you fill in questions you might have in the end. This makes it more exciting for the reader and the audience because we get to engage with the characters in the book or movie. The tv series, Stranger Things, is about 4 kids who have to fight off monsters in a little town in Indiana. This TV show is a great example of suspense, and it shows it effectively because, of Foreshadowing, Dilemma, and Dramatic Irony presented throughout the show. With just using those four examples, Stranger Things is a great example of suspense.

The fifth convention, was the use of suspense as the clues accumulate, the pressure mounts, and suspiciously grows. In the episode of Sherlock’s detective fiction, there was a lot of suspense like when Dr. Watson and Sherlock were waiting for the murderer to show up at the café and when they chased after him. The second effect of sound was when they were chasing the murderer. The other good example was when they showed the murderer walked in the house. The music artist of that episode did a great job by adding the suspense music in the background as the murderer were slowly walked into the house. Moreover, the scene when Sherlock and the murderer were playing the death game which I consider was the climax of the episode is the most exciting part because there were a lot of tensions going on in the mind of the viewer like is Sherlock going to eat that pill or not, and many other. Especially, the minute when Sherlock had to pick one of the pills and eat it. By the scene where Dr. Watson went into the wrong house to rescue Sherlock. At that moment, I was biting my nails because I was so curious about what he is going to do and did he picked the non-poisonous pill or not. The episode of the Study of Pink had a lot of suspense that makes the viewer want to see more of Sherlock’s detective fiction episodes.