Fellowship Of The Ring Suspense Analysis

Suspense is a state of anxiousness or uneasiness about a situation. This tension is easily felt in movies, such as The Fellowship of the Ring.This movie is a very adventure filled and action packed story. Director makes this film very tense and makes viewers what to know what is going to happen next. Many different techniques are used to give the movie its edginess. The suspense in The Fellowship of the Ring is created through POV shots and angles, sound effects, and pace. The Fellowship of the Ring uses POV shots and angles to convey its thrilling scenes. The camera can be the most useful way of presenting suspense. It allows you to see the excitement unfolding in front of you. One way the camera exhibits suspense is through POV shots. One scene using a POV shot is when the hobbits are running away from The Nine after being found at the Prancing Pony Inn . They make it to weathertop and once they think they safely at the top, the camera views Frodo’s face. After showing Frodo’s face, it flashes to the steps where a Black Rider appears. The camera switches back to Frodo’s terrified reaction. The second way the camera gives you suspense is through angles, or how you view the scene unfolding. One suspense creating angle is the …show more content…
The speed set is called pace and is set by elongated scene and short, choppy quick cuts. Quick cuts give you a very deep impression of danger. The quickness makes you wonder where you should look. An example of this technique is when Arwen Evenstar and Frodo are racing to see her father, Elrond, to heal Frodo. On their way they are chased and caused to fight The Nine in the river. Those scenes go quickly and are very choppy. This gives a severe sense of danger. However, the scenes can be rather long. When Elrond is trying to unite the realms, there are lengthy scenes of the ring. The elongated scenes make you wonder who will reach out to grab the ring while under its