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Suspense Chart, worksheet
Refine the thoughts below, and include your own observations regarding how to create suspense. Note that the example suspense chart provided for you is not accurate, and any ideas taken should be refined as necessary.
Example-1
Refine the thought- Several possible conclusions
The example has been done for you.
Description of technique Title of work Example of technique used
(how is suspense created?)
No defined ending Suspense by L.Ron Hubbard “Keep your reader wondering which of two things will happen”
Hubbard demonstrates this technique by having the reader wonder whether Legionnaire Smith will be successful in his quest of getting water, or discovered and killed.
Example-2
Refine the thought- Foreshadowing
Description of technique Title of work Example of technique used
Foreshadowing
Suspense by L. Ron Hubbard Foreshadowing is the process of
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The problem with using foreshadowing is ____________
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Example-3
Correct the following inaccurate information from the example chart supplied to you.
Incorrect
Description of technique Title of work Example of technique used
Repetition is when they repeat an element of the plot over and over again to stall for time to make more anticipation from the audience
Description is too lengthy Rear Window When the man comes forward toward the injured man, he keeps on taking a picture using flash over and over again. Unfortunately this does not work because that man is wearing glasses. So the injured man must resort to using the camera over and over again.
Inaccurate interpretation of the effects of the flash on the villain
Correct
Description of technique Title of work Example of technique used
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Rear Window
Some concepts to include
• Audience must have some information to work with, but how much information is too much? (suspense vs. closure)
• Several possible conclusions
• Use of silence
• Use of Sound Fx, music
• Quality of voice
• Repetition
• Delay in progression of story
• Disorder using symbols of order
• Physical or psychological link between good and bad
• Luck dictates our roles
• Everyone is guilty of something
• Evil wears an ordinary mask
• Surprise vs. suspense
• Fight action and suspense
• Foreshadowing
• Believability
