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    ABC’s suspense drama show “Quantico” has kept us on the edge ever since it started airing from September 2015. And now with only four episodes left in the current season‚ it is still not clear if Alex would succeed in her mission of finding the terrorist aka the voice. But if Josh Safran‚ the show creator is to be believed‚ fans will get the answers but not before the finale “Yes”. He is reported to have said that the audience will not find themselves embroiled in any kind of guessing game regarding

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    “How is suspense created in The Turn of the Screw?” The Turn of the Screw is a very suggestive and highly ambiguous story. Its suspense and horror is generated primarily by what is not said and what isn’t shown. Because of the vague and very mysterious story‚ the viewer is compelled to fill in the blanks from his/her own personal fears. The audience ultimately conjures up a more horrifying set of images and circumstances. The story is set in the 1840’s‚ in a country home in Essex‚ England

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    Suspense is the name of the game when making a movie. Suspense is a strange aspect in film‚ the audience almost knows that something is going to jump out‚ but they still scream as if it was unexpected. Alfred Hitchcock was the king of suspense‚ especially in his film Psycho. Hitchcock uses different camera angles‚ lighting‚ and especially music/sound effects to really get the audience’s heart racing. Alfred Hitchcock is notorious for using McGuffin’s in his films. A McGuffin is an occurrence or action

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    tries to forget‚ but things in the Revolutionary War are getting worse. In My Brother Sam Is Dead‚ the authors James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier use dialogue‚ description‚ and symbolism to build suspense. All throughout My Brother Sam Is Dead‚ the authors use dialogue to build suspense for later events in the text. For instance‚ when Sam is about to go off to war but needs

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    Many Hitchcock films incorporate his own stylistic approach towards suspense‚ but one of the most common seen in The 39 Steps‚ is the use of lighting‚ which is also an important use in German Expressionism. The scene where Richard Hannay‚ the protagonist‚ is standing and listening to the police in the room next door highlights

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    Alfred Joseph Hitchcock‚ or ‘The Master of Suspense’‚ was born in August 13‚ 1899‚ in Leytonstone‚ London‚ England. He was a British filmmaker and producer who‚ in his 50 year career‚ greatly contributed to filmmaking’s growth as an art. His brilliance was sometimes too bright: He was hated as well as loved‚ oversimplified as well as overanalyzed. Hitchcock was eccentric‚ challenging‚ creative‚ and impassioned. Hitchcock started working as a title card designer for the London branch of what would

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    Second Draft “You’re under arrest madam for child abduction!” exclaimed the police officer. Jenny’s eyes faltered with fear as her trembling knees met the ground‚ arms folded. Earlier that afternoon Jenny‚ an exceptionally kind hearted young lad in her teenage year‚ was on her way to Mrs Ho’s block unit‚ which was on the second storey‚ to take care of baby Ben as she left for her weekly cooking class every Wednesday. Mrs Ho was well thought of by her fellow floor neighbours due to her thoughtfulness

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    Waiting in the Dark : The Suspense in “Wait until Dark” - Aditi Bose "The blinds moving up and down…the squeaking shoes…and then the knife whistling past her ear." This slogan from one of the posters of the film “Wait Until dark”‚ establishes the element of suspense in the film. It released in 1967 with explicit instructions to all theatres to switch off all the lights for the last 8 minutes of the film so that the climax unfolds in complete darkness. There is no doubt that the film

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    like the reader is left in suspense wondering about how Marlin and Nemo are going to find each other in Finding Nemo‚ many authors use suspense to keep the reader interested in the story. Suspense is the excitement or tension that readers feel as they wait to find out how a story ends or a conflict is resolved. In "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell‚ "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe‚ and "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury‚ all three authors use suspense to captivate the reader’s

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    create suspense and tension in the extract for the novel? At the start of the novel Kevin passed the inination test‚ and he joined the gangs. They started having fun playing together. At the end the story gang has dismiss and gone and the “Walk of Death” was also gone. This extract is a significant moment because this is when the “Walk of Death” ends and shows exciting moment at the end. This is where she builds lot of suspense and tension in the story. MacPhail builds and crate suspense in the

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