How thrillers create suspension an tension throughout a film:

In this blog post I am going to be talking about how suspension is made throughout the film black swan; I will be doing this through looking at different parts of the film and analysing why the producer chose to use the different editing, mise en scene, sound, camera angles and shots.

The first clip in which I look at was 22 minutes into the film this clip shows Nina finding it come critical information about her ballet school show which she very keen to play the lead role in this clip Nina finds out that she is in with a chance to get the main part after her rival is knocked out of the running then it goes on to show Nina getting the role and then it shows her calling her mum to tell her the good news. In this clip Nina is shown to be very confused and shocked throughout many different ways the first way is the close up of her face which is used straight away when she finds out this information. This camera angle is used to show the real emotion that Nina is feelings without having any other editing or sound this adds suspension to the scene as it makes the audience feel her true emotions and these emotions can be seen as quite unsettling emotions so this will cause the audience to fear for her. I feel that this camera angle is very effective and gives the audience a good opportunity to get to know the character well so therefore will relate better to her throughout the film and with this shot being very early on it is very effective for this. Throughout the clip the sound is very quiet and is almost hard for the audience to hear then while she is telling her mum the good news over the phone there is a high pitched the top this sound could be used to symbolise the joy which both characters are feeling however some people might think that the music is used to show how Nina might be unsure about the role and even though she is shown to be extremely happy about being given the role the music might show her worry about it. This creates suspension as it is likely to make the audience worry for the character and wonder what might happening next it may make the audience question certain things and they may have many unanswered questions this is a very good way to create tension.  Another way tension is added is the editing which is used throughout this the cutting from different places this happens quite quickly in this clip she goes from being in the toilet talking to her mum to being entering her house this change happening very quickly and is very effective as it adds a sense of the unknown as it makes the audience wonder how she got home and what may have happened on her way home from the ballet class; these questions are normal questions which the audience should be thinking during the clip.The mise en scene of the clip is very effective to adding suspension to the scene as it shows the change between Nina when she is doing ballet and when she is at home with her mother when she is doing ballet she seems very nervous and uneasy however when she is at home she is more relaxed and seems to be less on edge this adds suspension as it makes the audience wonder why she is not as relaxed in her ballet clothes this can make the audience feel uneasy.

In the next clip of black swan the character Nina is shown to be pulling a piece of skin off of her hand the skin being pulled off by the nail; this scene was shown and made very dramatic by the sound this helps to add the drama as when she is pulling the skin back the music goes to a high pitched noise which is often seen as a uneasy sound and is not often heard so when someone hears the noise they become unsure of what to think of the noise which they are listening to; it can also be a sign of pain so this sound is very likely to be showing the pain in which Nina is in.  The camera angles in this scene is used to make the audience feel uneasy, the camera angle used is a close up this shot is used to show the audience exactly what is happening it also makes the audience feel uncomfortable as they are watching the character in a great deal of pain; this adds tension as it the audience are not comfortable so feel under tension as to what pain she is being caused on the character and what is pain is going to happen to her next.

In conclusion there are many different effects which are used to cause tension on to the audience these include things such as camera angles sound and editing. The difference which are used throughout are very useful and add different things into the film.