tension

Tension
The ways to build tension are to have shorter faster clips. Have high pitched uncomfortable music that gradually gets louder. To be set in a dark place or at night because it limits what the audience can see so they feel more vulnerable. The more in danger the main person is the more tension is built. I have found all these techniques work from my research of the three films Halloween was set in a big, dark house to show isolation and this built tension. Saw had high pitch uncomfortable music being played to build tension. Another way to build tension is by using Barthes enigma codes. An enigma code is where a part of the story is not explained e.g. someone getting shot but we don’t know who or why. This builds tension because it keeps the audience guessing and they will not know exactly know what will happen.