Today I looked over the genres and sub-genres we were talking about yesterday. We predominantly spoke about horror and thriller so I looked that over today, mainly the theories behind suspense. I found an article that I particularly liked and believe we will use in our movie. According to Writer's Digest these are some tips that will elevate suspense: Give the reader a lofty viewpoint. Let the audience know something the characters don't. Maybe it is showing the viewer the thoughts and intentions of all the characters, or perhaps foreshadowing something, letting the viewer know something will happen without the character being aware.Use time constraints. Basically set deadlines, "The bomb will detonate in three hours!" Keep the stakes high. "If I don;t give them the money, they'll kill my wife." Apply pressure, make sure the main character bends but never buckles <- lifted right from the article. Be unpredictable add in factors you would not expect to see in the narrative world, perhaps a twister. Create a really good villain and really good hero, the protagonist and antagonist need to be matched so it provides a fair fight, a story where a robot policeman made of metal goes against a super villain who can control metal would make for a pretty uneventful story. The article has more tips that can be found here. Until next time, this has been your tour guide to the wonderful journey of (Still Unnamed Movie), A Beauty in the Making, signing off.
Wood, Simon. "9 Tricks to Writing Suspense Fiction." WritersDigest.com. Writers Digest, 12 July 2011. Web. 10 Mar. 2017.
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