The Master Of Suspense In The Movie : The 39 Steps

Most prominent in Chapter XVI of Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson incorporates setting and disaster as a way to create suspense for the main character, Isabel, on her journey to inform the Patriots. In the middle of the night when Isabel makes her way to the snuff jar containing the keys to the drawer with the Loyalists’ names, she “held [her] breath as [she] lifted the lid…[and] forced [herself] to remain still and count to twenty” (Anderson 98). During this period when she is retrieving the keys, the author uses the library setting to create suspense through the risk required to do so. Therefore, since the moonlight illuminates a portion of the library, the risk of making sounds Isabel takes causes the reader to fear for the possibility of discovery.

Francois Truffaut, when referring to Hitchcock said that “he exercises such complete control over all the elements of his films and imprints his personal concepts at each step of the way, Hitchcock has a distinctive style of his own. He is undoubtedly one of the few film-makers on the horizon today whose screen signature can be identified as soon as the picture begins.” Many people have used Hitchcock as the ultimate example of an auteur as there are many common themes and techniques found amongst his films. Even between the two films “Shadow of a Doubt” and “Vertigo,” many commonalities occur.

‘Jaws’ is a 1975 American horror thriller film, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on a best-selling novel by Peter Benchley. ‘Jaws’ is set at Amity Island of USA. The film is about a police chief Martin Brody of Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town; Brody just like other police chief’s tries to protect his people and tourists from a giant white shark by closing the beach although he is overruled by the town council who want the beach to remain open, so that the town can make profit from tourists during the summer season. The reason for this is that on the 4th July 1776, the declaration on independents of America was approved by the Contental Congress. So therefore Americans use this day to celebrate and people go on holidays

Shocking audiences of the 1960’s, Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ is one of the most influential films in motion picture history, often being referenced to as the the origin of thriller films. Hitchcock successfully incorporates cinematography, music, and multiple techniques, rendering the perfect amount of tension and suspense right until the climax of the film. Thus, evoking the thrill after which the genre is named.

Suspense in The Most Dangerous Game In The book “The most dangerous game” by Richard Connell, the author has many ways of creating suspense. He tries to make suspense by using a variety of different technics. One way is creating the overall mood of the story. He uses a mix of words to give you a feeling of the characters.

One way Stephen King increased the sense of horror and suspense in the excerpt is by adding a time limit and details. For example, when Cujo was about to jump into the open window next to Tad's seat and when Donna tried to close the window. This was an example of the time limit that I said earlier because Donna had to be fast when closing the window, if she was too slow then Cujo would've gotten into the car and they would die. This is shown in the text in paragraph 32 where it says, "...moving with such a hard muscular spasm that she cracked her fingers on the window crank. She turned it as fast as she could, panting, feeling Tad squirming beneath her." When Donna noticed Cujo moving toward Tad's window, she rushed toward the window and tried

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Alfred Hitchcock was known as the “Master of Suspense” for the psychological suspense in his

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure to view Livermore High School’s The 39 Steps. Though originally a novel, The 39 Steps at Livermore was displayed as a play. Directed by Ms. Carol Hovey, and starred by the high school students of Livermore High, The 39 Steps was shown during the last weekend of February and the first weekend of March. It brought in a huge audience, attracting people of all ages.

The original 39 steps was an action spy novel written by John Buchan in 1915. Then Alfred Hitchcock produced a film, then the play was written and when I first saw the play it was a bit of a shock seeing as the book and film are set as thrillers and the play is very much a comedy.

What excatly is suspense? The story “The Most Dangerous Game” by the author Richard Connell uses multiple ways or suspense. Just in case the reader doesn’t know what suspense is, I’ll explain. Suspense can have many definitions. The way I will be using it is by how the author grabs the reader into the book. For example, in “Little Red Riding Hood” the reader would say the suspence is when the wolf starts pretending like the grandmother and there is conflict between himself and Little Red. In this story, Connell uses story elements. For example, I will be explaing how he uses creepy settings, haracters and figurative language. It keeps the reader’s more intrested in the story. If the author uses discriptive workds like tall, dark, and more to describe something, the reader will have a better vision of the story. There are many crazy, physco things in the story that the reader would enjoy. This story “The Most Dangerous Game”

It is a mystery thriller film, directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The movie is written by John Michael Hayes and the stars in the film are James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. The release date was September 1, 1954. Music by Franz Waxman and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The setting is in an urban apartment complex where there

Alfred Hitchcock’s attention to detail in his films is one of the many things that makes him one of the most recognized film auteurs of all time. He was very particular what about he wanted seen on screen and how he wanted to get those shots. From camera movements to the things found in the mise-en-scène, Hitchcock was very precise about every little thing that is seen in his on screen worlds. He would strategically place objects throughout the mise-en-scène and have characters wear certain clothing. By doing this, Hitchcock is able to let the audience know things about the characters and the plot without it having to be said on camera. Hitchcock once said that “If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on” (Tiffin). That’s why there’s no surprise that when Hitchcock finally made his first color film, he began to use color as another way of communicating with his audience.

One of the ways that Spielberg conveys a sense of suspense in Jaws is by not showing the shark. He gives us man glimpses of it, such as the fin, and shadows accompanied by blood, but never the full until late in the film. I think this really helps us as the audience fear the shark more, as our imagination is forced to fill in the blanks, which sometimes creates something far worse than the actual thing.

The film Thirty-Nine Steps is a brilliant adaptation of the adventurous but complicated novel written by Scottish author John Buchan. Director Alfred Hitchcock tells the story of central protagonist Richard Hanney, (played by Robert Donat) a Canadian visitor in 1930’s London who sets off on an intense journey to prove his innocence. After shots are fired, Richard takes beautiful Annabelle Smith (played by Lucie Mannheim) back to his flat where she reveals she is a counter spy being chased by assassins and is responsible for the shots fired. This is where Annabella first mentions the Thirty-Nine steps but does not explain their significance. That night Richard’s knife is used to stab Annabella in the back but she manages to give him a map of a tiny village in Scotland to flee to before dying. Learning that he is now the main suspect in her death, Richard boards a train for Scotland and kisses the only occupant Pamela (played by Madeleine Carroll) to throw off police. She frees herself from his arms, alerts the police but he manages to escape. That evening he stays with a poor farmers couple and the following day ends up at the house Annabella described. After telling his story to a seemingly respectable professor, he is shot and left for dead. Fortunately, the bullet is blocked by the farmers hymnbook in his left coat pocket. Richard gets arrested for the London murder but breaks a window and ends up being mistaken for the introductory