Definitions of Suspense
According to Hitchcock, this key element keeps audiences on the edge of their seats.
What is Suspense?
The audience knows this crucial (very important, necessary) detail from the very beginning of Rope.
What is who committed the murder?
What are plausible situations with realistic characters?
A traditional "whodunit" focuses on puzzle-solving, whereas a suspense story relies on this element.
What is giving the audience full knowledge beforehand so they keep guessing about the outcome of the story?
Hitchcock uses this phrase to describe letting the audience know secrets that the characters in the story do not know.
What is "Let 'em Play God?"
During the party, the victim's body is hidden in this location.
What is inside a chest used as a table?
Hitchcock defines "counterpoint" as pairing a scary plot with this type of environment.
What is cheerful or ordinary setting?
Giving the audience secret information makes the care more about on-screen characters for this reason.
What is creates anxiety and investment in the characters' safety?
In a mystery where the killer's identity is unknown, this is how Hitchcock says viewers react when a character gets attacked.
What is they do not know how to respond, whether to be happy or sad?
Tension (tense, nervious feeling) is created during a party scene because guests are doing this without knowing it.
What is talking and having fun right next to the hidden body?
Hitchcock argues dark shadows, windswept "moors" (fields, pastures), and creaky doors aren't always necessary for horror because of this element of the story.
What is contrast or counterpoint?
As guests mingle around the chest in Rope, these specific questions go through the audience's minds.
What is Will someone open the chest? Will they figure it out?
This film serves as Hitchcock's primary example to explain his concept of surprise.
What is the film "Rope?"
This instrument is played during Rope to contrast with the crime.
What is the piano?
If an audience doesn't believe a character is realistic, this happens to their feeling of suspense.
What is it disappears or the audience ceases to care about the outcome?
Hitchcock's main formula holding an audience's attention can be summarized in these words.
What is inform the audience, create contrast, and main characters?
Hitchcock feels this way about being know specifically as a director of mystery and suspense.
What is completely content?
In his essay, Hitchcock describes the two murderers acting this way during the party.
What is unconcerned, calm while masking their panic?
According to Hitchcock, a director's filmmaking style should develop in this manner over time.
What is becoming more simplified, controlled and focused on technique rather than flashy gimmicks?
Name a movie or scene where the audience knows a hidden danger that the characters do not.
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