Look Behind You! Mastering the Art of Suspense with Poe and Hitchcock
Margaret Mary Deweese
Published September 2015
Essential Questions
- How does an understanding of the essential literary elements assist a reader/viewer in “reading”
what the author/filmmaker is trying to get across?
- How do the elements of filmmaking, such as color, lighting, sound, use of angles, and camera shots, help
tell a story?
- How do writers create suspense in a literary work?
- How do filmmakers create suspense in a film?
- How does a filmmaker use setting to shape how we understand the story action? How is this similar or
different from how an author uses setting?
- How do film techniques influence our understanding of characters, mood, plot, or theme?
- How do films and literature inform me about my humanity and that of others?
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