Tuesday, 2 February 2010

How suspence is created in "What Lies Beneath"


Example 1:
When Claire was looking in the mirror and saw a reflection of someone in the blackground. There was silence as she looked up into the mirror and this caused suspence. There was a close over the shoulder shot of Clair through the mirror and this is where she saw the posessed reflection. Claire then started to scream and this also caused suspence.

Example 2:
When Claire was looking through the binocular and was spying on the her neighbour. There was suspence here caused by the music and the suspicion of the character that he may be the one haunting Claire's house. There was a close up on Claire and this caused suspence by showing us Claire's fearful facial expressions. Then there were long and close shots of her neighbour acting slightly suspicious. Then there was even more suspence when Claire put her binoculars down and then up again and lost sight of her neighbour. The music created suspence here and so did the fast paced close shots of her neighbours window as she was trying to locate him.

Example 3:
When she tries to run away from her husband. Suspence is caused here by the fast paced music and fast paced match cuts. The was a match cut when Claire entered the car and we see an over the shoulder shot and see her husband in the car behind. The fast paced match cuts and loud sounds in general caused the suspence and offered something different to the film as it was quite slow paced before this scene. The close up shots of her husbands facial expressions also creates suspence.

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