Cinematography's Use Of Suspense In The Film 'Tom Cruise'

n this movie, all the parts Tom Cruise acts are incredibly amazing and the director uses specific cinematography to emphasize specific actions of Tom Cruises at specific moments to increase the suspense. For example, at 7:40s Tom Cruise swings around the skyscraper in Dubai, in this shot the director uses tracking shot to emphasize the action he is doing. We then as viewers get an emotion that increases the suspense of his actions during that shot. There is this other two parts which the technique tracking shot is used that also emphasizes his actions to more suspense. The first part is when Tom Cruise is on his way down and he is held by the rope, at the moment the camera is physically moving forwards towards the opened window the other characters are. That specific shot is very amazing and it emphasizes the tension that Tom Cruise is running down that enormous building with only a rope with could snap at any moment. The other part is when the camera is physically moving sideways, filming the three character …show more content…
Then the camera tilts and we as viewers can see the height of the skyscraper, at the moment we feel the tension rising because we know that Tom Cruise is going to climb even higher and that emphasizes the suspense even more. The extreme long shot at approximately 3:59 in the scene, also emphasizes his daring actions to more suspense because we as viewers can see again how height he still has to climb. The extreme long shot also shows the comparison of the other skyscrapers beside the one he is on. When the camera makes the panorama, we can see that he is on the tallest skyscraper and that increases the suspense. The reaction shot of the british guy when Tom Cruise goes up a step, again also emphasizes the daring actions of Tom Cruise to more tension because he is climbing the skyscraper and it isn’t certain that he will make it to the floor without