1、Suspense,1 Words and sentences 郭枢佩(connection)2 Elements 陈晓芳3 How to attract people 陈卓羚4 Mystery 霍颖希5 Riddle 刘凤兰6 Literature 余梦哲7 Movie analysis 周玉霞邓欣晨8 direction 李雨遥,Group German A2,administer (manage,execute)e.g. welfare programs; a test anguished (painful)e.g. cry for help barbaric (cruel, violen
2、t)e.g. a act of terrorism maiden bride courtiere.g. a group of s swarmed around the king,Words and sentences,Words and sentences,crouch e.g. down；hidden dragon and crouching tiger decree(command,rule,order)e.g. issue the to release the detained trawlerman despairing(hopeless) e.g. of his shallow cha
3、rater destiny e.g. accept ones ,Words and sentences,devious (indirect)e.g. go through paths humanity(kindness)e.g. treat animals with (people in general)benefit personage(celebrity)e.g. a meeting with s presumee.g. to issue the order,phrases and sentences,far and near (everywhere;here and there)e.g.
4、 search for the missing moneyin a flash (suddenly)e.g. My heart began beating violently .take pleasure in(feel happy to do sth)e.g. in shopping On trial(be judged in the court of law)e.g. be for sexual assault,The Elements of Suspense,All Stories Contain Elements,Plot Character Setting,Dialogue Narr
5、ative,Suspense,Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or mysterious situation D,In suspense there must be an unknown; a suspicion, a mystery, a danger we expect,Suspense (mystery, intrigue, tension) is built with:,Facts Innuendo Atmosphere Action,Ways to deepen suspense,Drea
6、ms foreshadowing what may happen showing the characters deepest fears, his haunting past,Ways to deepen suspense,Clues journals / diaries / letters / notes / pictures, etc. physical evidence that can be used to determine time of death, how, and where,Ways to deepen suspense,The Weather the season ca
7、n match or contrast the characters emotional state,Ways to deepen suspense,The Villain his/her motivations or intentions simple greed, jealousy, money the complicated serial killer mind,There are two writers / directors who are considered masters of suspense,Stephen King & Alfred Hitchcock,Stephen K
8、ing,Bestselling author of horror short stories and novels. Successful screenplay writer. Master of suspense stories.,Reasons to study Stephen King,He is a good storyteller. He uses terror, horror, and “gross” techniques to captivate his readers. He cleverly creates the unexpected. He provides insigh
9、ts into the dark side of humanity. He writes about “taboo subjects”: death, destruction, and the unknown. His characters often harbor evil and/or vengeful feelings that compel their actions.,Kings views on Horror & Evil,“Horror fiction was conservative and that was its appeal to teenagers the two th
10、ings go together because teenagers are the most conservative people in American society. You know, small children take it as a matter of course that things will change every day and grown-ups understand that things change sooner or laterit is only kids in high school who are convinced theyre never g
11、oing to change.”,Kings views on Horror & Evil cont,“The horror genre exists on three basic levels, separate but independent, and each one is a little bit cruder than the one before. Theres terror on top, the finest emotion any writer can induce; then horror; and on the very lowest of all, the gag in
12、stinct of revulsion. Naturally, Ill try to terrify you first, and if that doesnt work, Ill try to horrify you and if I cant make it there, Ill try to gross you out.”,Other Quotes by King,“Horror is one of the ways we walk our imagination. Its a way to relieve bad feelings rather than something that
13、causes them.” “People ask me what scares me. Everything scares me. Bugs are badairplanesthe darkelevatorsFriday the 13thbad luck in general”,Why does suspense always keep the good-sell in the market ?,?,Death on the Nile -Agatha Christie,Classics,Why are there so many suspense movies and novels? Bec
14、ause.,curiosity,top-sell items,It is human nature,Mystery,Direction:You are going to be a detective to solve the following mystery.,what happened? a mystery.,There is a dead man in the middle of a desert with no clothes on.Between the mans fingers there is a matchstick.What happened?,Key word,Answer
15、,3 or 4 men were travelling in a hot air balloon. The balloon was too heavy. They threw everything they owned out, including their clothes. The balloon was still too heavy, so they had to draw straws to see who would have to jump. The dead man got the short straw( the match stick),Analysis of Who at
16、e the cake?,3:00 A Chocolate cake 4:00 The children returned home 5:00 Father would be home 5:30 A large slice of cake was missing,Charles: feed the dog Debbie:didnt meet anyones eye,reluctant to talk Fido(Dog):stayed close to Charles,Tips,Answer,Its you!Charles!,Answer,When Charles ate the cake in
17、secret,the dog smelled it,then he shared half of the cake with the dog.With the hope of getting one more cake,the dog stayed close to Charles all the time. The reason why Debbie behaved very abnormally is that she saw Charles eating the cake to the moment.But she didnt want to tell the truth.,wrote
18、letter got a reply nothing on itsecond99th letter same thing happened the 100th letter threw the 100th reply away left city get married met again regretful,Whats in the letter,clue,The 100th reply,I love u and I want to marry u I love u and I want to see u tonight How stupid u are,dont u know silenc
19、e is golden? Why dont we get married right away?,Riddle,Here are other riddles.Can you find the solutions to the problems?,1.Jumping from the TrainA man went to another town to see a doctor by train.After seeing the doctor he made a recovery from his illness and was soon back home.When coming back,t
20、he train went through a tunnel.And then this guy jumped from the train to kill himself.Why?,Clues:recovery,tunnel,A young man was walking with his girlfriend by the river.Suddenly his girlfreind fell down into the river.In anxiety,the man jumped into the river to save her at once.However,he had not
21、found out the girl.Many years later,when he revisited the old haunt,there was an old man fishing there.He wondered there was no float grass stained with the fish which the old man got.He asked the fisher why.“Never had float grass lived in this river.”After that the young man jumped into the river t
22、o take his own life.Why?,Clues:girlfriend,float grass,2.Float Grass,3.A Cow Eating GrassPeter lived alone.The next door neighbor was a couple.Between the two houses was a green lawn.One day late at night,Peter was woken up by the noise from his next door. One after another,he had heard some other no
23、ise like throwing something, wielding an axe and a cow eating grass.After a while,he heard that someone was knocking his door.But he didnt anwser and went on sleeping.The next day,he found the hostess living next door died in front of his door.Please deduce the the whole course of the incident .,Clu
24、es: a green lawn,a cow eating grass,Here comethe Anwser :,1.He was blind before.Now he thought he became blind again.,2.When finding his girlfriend,he had once seized his girlfriends hair,but he thought it was float grass,so he let it go.Now he was regretful,so he committed suicide.,3.The man living
25、 in next door cut down his wifes arms and legs with axe.The wife had to grip the grass with her teeth to move her body.,in Literature,Agatha Christie,Agatha Christie,18901976 England a crime writer of novels,short stories and plays Pen name:Mary Westmacott the best-selling writer of books of all tim
26、e, the best-selling author of any kind,three of her most famous books,Murder on the Orient Express,The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,And Then There Were None,plot summary,ten people of different social classes a mansion on a Soldier Island the nursery rhyme “Ten Little Soldiers“ a gramophone record plays,
27、 accusing each of the ten of murder be murdered one by one, parallel a verse of the nursery rhyme,Ten little Soldier boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little Soldier boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little So
28、ldier boys traveling in Devon; One said hed stay there and then there were seven. Seven little Soldier boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six. Six little Soldier boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little Soldier boys
29、 going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little Soldier boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little Soldier boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two Little Soldier boys sitting in the sun;
30、One got frizzled up and then there was one. One little Soldier boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.,nursery rhyme,Hitchcock and his suspense,Alfred Hitchcock,Overview,Date of Birth :13 August 1899 Date of Death :29 April 1980 Place of Birth :London Nickname :T
31、he Master of Suspense,Awards and honours,Style of working,Writing Storyboards and production Approach to actors,Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock 13 August 1899 29 April 1980,The Master of Suspense,How did he make a film suspenseful,The shots(photograph or scene镜头) The soundtrack The Stage property(道具) Ma
32、cGuffin,PSYCHO,Most of the shots are extreme close-ups the combination of the close shots with the shortduration between cuts makes the sequence feel longer, more subjective, more uncontrolled, and more violent than would the images if they presented alone or in a wider angle.,PSYCHO,The soundtrack
33、of screeching (a harsh high-pitched sound)violins, violas, and cellos This shower scene last 45seconds.But it was shot from December 17 to December 23, 1959(six days), and features 77 different camera angles,PSYCHO,The blood in the scene- chocolate syrup (which shows up better on black-and-white fil
34、m, and has more realistic density than stage blood.) The sound of the knife entering flesh was created by plunging a knife into a melon.,MacGuffin(term),The defining aspect of a MacGuffin is that the major players in the story are (at least initially) willing to do and sacrifice almost anything to o
35、btain it, regardless of what the MacGuffin actually is. In fact, the specific nature of the MacGuffin may be ambiguous, undefined, generic, left open to interpretation or otherwise completely unimportant to the plot. The MacGuffin is common in films, especially thrillers.,MacGuffin,Common examples a
36、re money, victory, glory, survival, a source of power, or a potential threat, or it may simply be something entirely unexplained.,MacGuffin,The director and producer Alfred Hitchcock popularized both the term “MacGuffin“ and the technique, with his 1935 film The 39 Steps an early example of the conc
37、ept. Hitchcock explained the term “McGuffin“ in a 1939 lecture at Columbia University: “We have a name in the studio, and we call it the MacGuffin. It is the mechanical element that usually crops up in any story. In crook stories it is almost always the necklace and in spy stories it is most always
38、the papers“.5,MacGuffin,Waiting for Godot,Signature appearances in his films,Hitchcock appeared briefly in many of his own films(as an irrevent charactor), for example, seen struggling to get a double bass onto a train, or walking dogs in the background.,Words and sentences Elements The way suspense attracts people Riddle and mystery Analysis of the movie psycho,Suspense,Thanks！,
