How is suspence created in the film you watched in class?

Marathon Man

Marathon Man is a thriller film set in New York, which uses a lot of suspence to excite and involve its audience.

examples of suspence used in the film:

The man is in the bath. His house is silent apart from the slight sound of water moving about. The silence creates tention as it makes the audience really concentrate as they know something is going to happen and are curious to know what. The lights in the flat then begin to turn off. They go off in a sequence leading closer to the bathroom each time. The darkness coming closer represents that something bad is coming near. the man in the bath then jumps out the bath and shuts the door. The audience continue to ask themself "whats going to happen next". Whoever else is in the house begins to try break down the door. The panic on the man passes on to the audience as they still want to know whats going to happen. The scene then becomes more active as the man smashes the window and shouts for "help". It excites the audience and keeps the suspence but leads to the audiences anxiety to grow even more. "Will someone hear him?... Who are the people in the house?... Will he get help in time?..". Then we see the man try to escape as the door is broken off but does not get away.

The suspence used for this scene excites the audience and makes it a lot more enjoyable to watch. It lets the audience connect with the character and the storyline.