Suspense and Mystery

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Suspense andMystery?


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SUSPENSE

Suspense is an anxious or uncertainfeeling while waiting for something to

happen or become known.


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MYSTERY

Mystery is something that can not beexplained or understood, something

puzzling.


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stairs, so many stairs spiraling upwards-Low angle of the stairs- this makes the audiencewonder where they lead to

-Some light at the bottom of the stairs, but the further

up it gets, the darker the light becomes

-There is a red strip going down the stairs- red is

associated with danger, warning and alert-Point of view shot of the man walking up the stairs

-You hear each squeak of every stair the man steps on

-As he gets very close to the top, non-diegetic music

starts to play, it gets louder and louder

-There is a door at the top

-It flings open without him even flickering a movement

-The lights in the room fall down to the ground

instantly and it goes pitch black


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Suspense or Mystery?

Suspense and Mystery are both created in this as

-The audience are scared as to what is at the top of the stairsand if something or someone is up there waiting for him to

arrive, this creates Suspense The audience dont know where the stairs lead to and why

hes going up them which createsMystery


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a darkened corridor with a door at the end of it,out of which a beam of light shines, laminating athin strip down the corridor

-Mid-shot and tilt of camera up to long shot of

the door

-During the tilt, a red carpet is shown with dark

enclosing walls-As soon as the long shot of the door appears, a

quiet piano starts to gently play/ a slow sound of

water dripping to the ground starts to play

-A point of view shot is used as the person walksslowly towards the door


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Suspense and Mystery are both created as

The viewers get scared as the lighting is almost on the edgeof pitch black and the walls are enclosing. This enrolls a

sense of claustrophobia. This creates Suspense The audience wonder what is behind this door and why is

this person there alone. This creates Mystery


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The glow of a tip of a cigarette inshadowy darkness

-To begin this mystery there is a close up of a young girl with herhood up, lurking in the darkness down an ally in Central London.At this point the audience are unable to see her face.

-As she smokes the cigarette , all you can see is the glow of thetip and the deep cuts over her dirty hands.

-This follows to a cut to a long shot of her and a pan of theoverflowing ally bins, smashed glass and rubbish. This is so the

audience get a round idea of where the young girl is.-Close- up of the girl smoking. She lifts her face and looks up atthe street lights , her makeup is smudged and she has a bloodylip, this is done to foreshadow a sense of fright and despair.

-Girl throws cigarette to the ground. The camera follows the falluntil it gradually ends to a extreme close up on the cigarette

slowly burning out. This is a representation on the girls lifeheading for ruins.

-The last shot is a mid shot of the girl walking out of the ally anddisappearing into the crowds of London leaving he audiencedesperate to find out more about the girl.


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Mysteryis created in this because

-The fact that the girls face is in darkness due to it beingcovered by her hood makes the audience question why they

cant see her. -The audience wonder why she has cuts on her hands and

face and why she happens to be alone in an alleyway in thedarkness


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man hanging by his finger tips from the guttering of a roof highabove the teeming, heedless city

-Mid shot of a man clinging on from a guttering of a roofabove a city. This makes the audience alert to danger,concluding to the ending result and the harsh realitywhich is death.

-Close- up shot of the man slowly losing grip, his fingersare hurting him due to the weight and the struggle to

keep grip.-Non-diegetic music is used at a fast beat to highlightthe urgency of the man finding safety.

-Fast sharp cut to the clock to portray a sense that timeis running out for the man that is stuck; there's nowhere to go, no safety. This follows to an aerial shot of

passerbys , which is concurrent to the fast music , thisforeshadows no one can help , he is isolated away fromsociety.

- The man cries for help to show he is beyond desperatefor his safety


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Suspenseis created because

The viewers are uncertain as to what is going to happen tothe man, will he survive or will he not?

The fast cuts create a feeling of time running out, this makesthe audience worried and highlights suspense


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a flashing neon sign, now on- illuminating the sleazy,little office with the filing cabinet that has nothing but aquart of scotch on it

-Point of view of man walking, he looks

up at the neon sign

-non-diegetic scary music is playing, it is

amplified as he gets closer to the cabinet

-cross-cuts to his feet slowly walking

-cross-cuts to mid shot of cabinet

-close- up of scotch bottle empty

-cross-cut of neon sign starting to flicker,

about to break (metaphorical as the mancould be about to be in danger/die)

-mid-shot of man approaching cabinet

-repeat


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a shower bath, and a pool of something that isn't waterspreading , spreading

- Point of view shot of the door, the door is

red to represent death or even danger - thedoor is a jar

-There is a diegetic sound of the showerrunning tricking the audience into thinkingsomeone is taking a shower.

-Close- up to a hand opening the door, as thedoor opens their is a outline shadow ofsomeone in the shower , who is there ?

-Point of view shot of someone walkingtowards the shower slowly.

-Close- up of someone opening the showercurtains expecting someone to be there

-Quick sharp tracking shot of blood goingdown the drain, leaving the audienceconfused and intrigued as to what hashappened


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Both Suspense and Mystery are created as

The audience get frightened as it is a point of view shot and theperson is walking slowly towards the shower curtain. The audiencealso get scared when the shower curtain is just about to be pulled

open. This creates Suspense

The door is ajar so the audience want to find out what is behind it.They also want to know why there is blood running down the bathtub. This creates Mystery

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