Hitchcock Principle Of Suspense

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One of the main principles of creating suspense is the delay in the time when the event occurs. On this occasion, Hitchcock has cited the example of the bomb, which clearly showed the difference between suspense and shock. CITATION Let us assume that viewers are watching a picture on the screen. In the picture, people sit at the table quietly talking, suddenly there is an explosion – there was a bomb under the table! The audience is amazed, but only for a few seconds. It is a shock. Now suppose that the viewer knows that there is a bomb under the table that is set to explode in 3 minutes. To build the tension before the event occurs, there are multiple repeating shots: people sitting at the table, unaware of the danger threatening them, and

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