This thesis basically focuses on Alfred Hitchcock’s works on creation of suspense in his movies. He was a British born director and is one of the most recognized movie directors of all time. The thesis aims on the films of Hitchcock generally pointing out the elements that are directed towards suspense and how he created suspense in his films by using various techniques. “There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it”, said Alfred Joseph Hitchcock....
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This essay explores the way that practitioners have tried to change the way their audience relates to their environment, focusing on the techniques used by the company PLAYDEAD through its two games ‘Inside’ and ‘Limbo’. The company PLAYDEAD, founded bout Danish Producers Arnt Jensen and Dino Patti, have successfully drawn in players through their illustrated ery design and soundtrack of the game. The visuals reference common periods throughout history of film and the storyline has many links to childhood fear...
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In the short story “Gore” by Sarah Ellis, the author makes the atmosphere very suspenseful mostly through the use of literary devices. The readers can empathize with the protagonist, Amy because of her dramatic acting which escalates the tension within the reader. Amy, the main character is not very fond of her twin brother Lucas who is the complete opposite of her and one day steals her book then locks himself in the bathroom. Amy is extremely intrigued by the...
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Following its publication in ‘Lippincott’s Magazine’ in 1890, Oscar Wilde’s novel, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, was widely criticised for its focus on the sensual and passion driven behaviours of its main character. Wilde’s novel is classed as a gothic novel as it features common devices of the genre. We can also draw similarities and differences between ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ and Bram Stoker’s gothic fiction ‘Dracula’. Stoker’s novel, written in the late nineteenth century, focuses on the horrifying...
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Narnia is a world that was found entering a magical wardrobe that was found while playing a game of hide-and-seek in the home of an elderly professor. In this mysterious land, the four children discover a charming, peaceful land crawling with talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs and giants that has become a cold world cursed to eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Under the guidance of a noble ruler, the lion Aslan, the siblings fight to overcome the...
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Imagine being able to control the life of someone with a razor, just a bit more pressure on the razor and another life will end. Suspenseful scenarios like such are often created by skilled authors, like the one that is created by Hernando Tellez in the riveting short story “Just Lather, That’s All”. Therefore, it is undeniable that suspense techniques are used effectively in the short story “Just Lather, That’s All” by Hernando Tellez because they develop plot and characters...
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