Suspense In Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving’s short story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” was adapted into a movie titled “Sleepy Hollow” directed by Tim Burton nearly two centuries after the original publication. When the story was adapted as a film, several extensive changes were made. A short story easily read in one sitting was turned into a nearly two-hour thriller, mystery, and horror movie by incorporating new details and modifying the original version of the story. The short story relates the failed courtship of Katrina Van Tassel by Ichabod Crane. His courtship is cut short by the classic romance antagonist-the bigger, stronger, and better looking Broom Bones. Ichabod wishes to marry Katrina because of her beauty but also because of the wealthy inheritance

The development of the characters personalities helped to create suspense. With the development of Jeanine’s character it created suspense by making her attacks feared. Also she was feared because of the simulations, which could make people who were affected commit suicide, which also built the suspense with the fact that they needed to stop

The script uses some of the techniques that make for a compelling thriller, including an isolated setting, being cut off from communication, the sense of being stalked, and the threat of being harmed or killed.

Most readers identify Stephen King’s works as horror, however he sees them as suspense novels (citation needed). Stephen King is often associated with the horror genre because of his excessive use of gore in his novels. However, gore is merely a side agenda that helps King shape his ideas. Instead, King’s main goal is to create suspense. By creating a vivid image of the impact of a murder, rape, or other catastrophe he is able to foster his goal by unnerving his reader and creating a conflict. Stephen King’s extensive and creative use of detail and literary elements in his novels assists the motive for the conflict between good and evil, constructs a complete depiction of the supernatural and reality, and builds an ongoing sense of tension.

Ultimately, suspense techniques can be found in many works. Repeating phrases, vivid and dramatic descriptions, and characterizing anxiety and fear are three of the many techniques and author uses to create suspense. Suspense can take something otherwise very bland and make it interesting and

It can be positive and a cheery outcome, or a negative and frightening outcome. Suspense can be created in several ways including the creation of the Point of View, Irony, and Diction. Edgar Allan Poe, a Gothic story writer, knows the importance of including these elements to create successful suspense in his stories. All of his stories use these elements

Nolan creates an atmosphere where one scene will move steadily to the next, building anticipation until all hell breaks loose. Nolan has really done his research with this film as he explores a deeper meaning in good vs. evil. It makes the film seem so real life unlike most fantasy superhero movie. For some reason, the viewer can actually imagine this happening in real life. The lights and effects are very promising.

The Jungian and Proppian methods of analyzing myths are important to understand because they give you a lot of important factors to take note of. Sleepy Hollow is an excellent movie directed by Tim Burton that can directly follow these two analyses. Even though Sleepy Hollow is a very well written script and wonderful movie, it didn’t fully connect to the Proppian analysis because it didn’t not fit many of the steps mentioned, while it was easily able to connect to the Jungian analysis. These two theories are very helpful even if they don’t fully represent or fit the tale because you are easily able to understand why or why they don't fit.

In the book, author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle uses suspense, mystery, and the unknown to describe the mood. The author talks a lot about the non-existing and not knowing to build the mood. He starts by giving background info and leading into the murder of Sir Charles. He does it by showing the characters fear, and how they react to the situation.

Have you ever read a book so suspenseful that it keeps you at the edge of your seat the whole time? I have. Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell - Tale Heart” was mysterious. In this story, the narrator stalked and carefully killed the old man with the vulture eye. He was proud of the meticulous way he cut up the body up and and hid it under the floorboards. Later, the narrator to the murder because he thinks he hears the old man’s heartbeat when in fact it was his own. This proves how crazy the Narrator is. Poe’s writing techniques that build suspense include: pacing, and dialogue.

The script uses some of the common elements that make for a successful thriller. There’s a contained setting (James’ house); the victim is cut off from communication; the victim is being watched; and there’s the constant threat of harm or death. There’s also a twist at the end.

A great movie has suspense and a good story line. My favorite movie is Sinister. In the movie there is always suspense before a scare and the main story has a believable background story, one I can actually understand.

Many aspects of the movie expresses melodramatic aspects, such as mental illness, physical handicaps, pornography, and more. Within the film many scenes and sounds give off a mysterious feeling. As well as many things that confuse the viewer, making them want to find out more about the story life. The movie begins very intensely through lighting, filming angles, and motifs that creates questions for the viewer, to build up melodramatic tension in the plot line.

Throughout the United States, the story of the Headless Horseman, described in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is well-known in American folklore. It is a scary story that many children tell around the campfire in an attempt to scare one another, saying that if someone is not careful, the Headless Horseman will come for them. However, many Americans do not realize that this legend originated from a story that appears in Washington Irving’s book, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Washington Irving was born to a Scottish immigrant family on April 3, 1783, in New York City. Later that year, The Treaty of Paris was signed, signaling that America had at long last won her independence from Great Britain (Irving, Norberg, and Stade iii). From that point on, the United States of America began the journey to find an identity to call its own. Before, when these people were a colony of Great Britain, they identified themselves as a part of the greatest empire on Earth. However, by the time of the Revolution many of the colonists were questioning their identity and position within the British Empire. Through gaining their freedom, this new nation was able to create a new identity, generating what was thought to be a purely American culture.

The thriller genre has undergone many changes and phases throughout the past, which is evident in the changes within its subgenres, each of which has its own distinctions. Some subgenres of the thriller genre include the detective thriller and the suspense thriller. Alfred Hitchcock revolutionized the thriller genre during his lifetime. In fact, his work defined a whole subgenre of the thriller: the suspense thriller. The thriller genre has evolved and developed over the history of film and has changed throughout the postclassical and modernist periods. In the postclassical period, films would focus more on developing the character of the protagonist rather than the antagonist. The backstory and motives of the antagonist would not be a driving force in a film during that period. In the postclassical period, the elements of good and evil in the films are usually very distinct as well with little to no grey zone. However, as time passed, there was a transition from the postclassical period to the modernist period which also brought about changes in some of the aspects of cinema. During the modernist era, there was a greater emphasis on the antagonists of a film. Films would oftentimes give antagonists some more attention and backstory than they did before. There was also not as clear of a distinction between good and evil; there was oftentimes a grey zone which allows the audience to feel empathy for the antagonist. This newfound focus on the antagonists can be seen in Murder