Hitchcock said "suspense = tension + cognition", then we can look at how Xi Fatt sets suspense in the train freak.
We learn about what happened to Guy and Bruno shortly after the beginning of the film, and Bruno takes the opportunity to come up with a plan to "swap kills".
As a result, Fatty Xi guided the audience, and the audience was also looking forward to whether the two would kill people. Fatty Xi met the audience's expectations in a timely manner. Bruno killed Guy's wife. At this time, a suspense of the film occurred: Guy would Not going to kill Bruno's mother. And this is the biggest suspense of the film.
But under the framework of this big suspense, Xi Fatt set up 3 points of suspense to arouse the audience's interest.
One is that the police believe that Guy killed her wife, leading to the suspense of "Will Guy be arrested by the police?"
The second is that Bruno sees a woman with glasses, a woman with Guy's wife who was killed, which makes the audience wonder "Did Bruno really kill Guy's wife"
The third is the police's tracking of Bruno, leading to the suspense of "Will Bruno be brought to justice by the police?"
Through these three suspense and a series of plots such as Bruno constantly pressing Guy to give him the keys to his house and appearing at the banquet to promote the development of the film's story.
In addition to the suspense setting, through the characterization of Guy, so that the audience can empathize with Guy, the audience will hope that Guy can get rid of Bruno's entanglement, and every action of Guy will also cause the audience to feel nervous. This is Hitchcock's usual method.
Master of suspense, endless fun
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