In my media lesson with Annabell, me and my class watched a example of a thriller movie out of choice we all decided we would watch The Coen brothers 2007: No country for old men.
i felt that the film contained suspense throughout and was a good film overall. Everyone was dying to find out what happened next. We was asked to note down examples of suspense and here are mine.
Number One: Llewelyn finds all the dead bodies
Llewelyn is out in Texas a normal man just like are self out. However he comes across loads of dead bodies, 2 Million dollars in cash also lots of heroin.Like anyone would in the end he takes the 2million dollars. When we see him approaching all the dead bodies we begin to wonder what has actually happened. The suspense increases as he walks around looking around the place slowly opening car doors. We sit back and begin to wonder what will happen to him expecting people to jump out however he just discovers more and more dead bodies this built up lots of tension.
Number Two: Man Gets Arrested - Then Kills Officer
We see the police arrest a man, he gets cuffed. At the police station the officer is on the phone we see the man slightly move. At first i didn't think nothing of it and become unsure of what he is trying to do however we see him trying to escape from the handcuffs. He gets up and is silent, from that point it gets us to a climax and want to know what will happen next. We see some gore after that the guy gets the handcuffs and places them around the officers neck chocking him while pulling him down to the floor. I thought at first he was going to just get up try and escape i was not expecting him to do that. We then begin to wonder what will happen next and we place a image in our mind that this man must be some serious sick guy with mental issues leaves us drawn in on the film waiting for some more dramatic events to take place.
Number Three: Psycho With coin in Shop
he goes around with a coin, telling people to pick heads or tails. There life is on the line it is a suspense moment for both the actor against the psycho but also the audience we don't know if they will die or survive its a 50/50 chance. However the way he is killing people is with a gas canister rather gory. When he goes in the shop he asks him to do the coin toss however it lands on tails and he kept his life. if you refuse to pick he normally would just kill them with out warning this made me and the class jump.
Last moment of suspense: The Sheriff goes into the motel room
For use watching this we don't know what will happen. The psycho serial killer is hiding and the sheriff life is obviously at risk. As he is hesitating to go in it shows tension the audience can see cross cuts between the sheriff opening the door, and to the serial killer just behind it. this scene was very slow it built up a lot of tension with the audience. I knew what could happen to the sheriff if the psycho serial killer got hold of him and so did everyone else this builds up even more tension while watching the scene.
Last moment of suspense: The Sheriff goes into the motel room
For use watching this we don't know what will happen. The psycho serial killer is hiding and the sheriff life is obviously at risk. As he is hesitating to go in it shows tension the audience can see cross cuts between the sheriff opening the door, and to the serial killer just behind it. this scene was very slow it built up a lot of tension with the audience. I knew what could happen to the sheriff if the psycho serial killer got hold of him and so did everyone else this builds up even more tension while watching the scene.
