Hello, reader. Welcome to my blog. In this post, I'm planning how we're going to use suspense in our film opening. This is a continuation of the research on how to create suspense.
Recap:
The genres of our film opening are Thriller and Mystery. One of the main elements these genres share is "suspense." As I discussed before, suspense engages the audience.
What suspense technique will we be using?
Hiding information. I think this technique is the easiest to recreate and also the most effective. Since our opening is only two minutes long, our goal is to do everything possible to grab the viewer's attention. That's why we chose Thriller, Mystery (genres) and Causal Agent (opening type) for our project. They are perfect for keeping the viewer attentive and making them want to see the full film. We also plan to end the opening at the highest point of tension. Like a roller coaster at its highest peak, we will stop the experience before the big drop. We plan to play with the audience's expectations.
How does it apply to our project?
Thrillers: feeling of suspense and worry.
Mystery: suspense, investigation and the resolution of enigmas.
Causal agents: Introduces an event, object, or character that triggers the story.
Hiding information: Withholding information from our audience is also another way to create suspense. Secrets. It works by giving the information to ourselves, not telling the audience the secret.
The causal agent of our story is a book. Not where it is located, nor who is holding it. In fact, we have no information about any of the characters, nor is there a connection to the location of the events, because the most important thing is the book and what is not shown.
A boy arrives running to the library. Scared and agitated. The boy's face is not shown. He is holding a book. This book is unusual. It has no title or author. The boy looks for an empty space on a bookshelf and places it there. Time passes. A person arrives looking for something to read. They are drawn to the book. They open it. We see their expression. We do not see the contents of the book at any point.
This raises questions such as:
What does the book contain? What will happen next? Why is that book important? Why was the boy scared? Why did that person make such an expression?
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