Suspense and Tension in The Others
In the film "The Others", there are three scenes, which are
particularly good because they show different types of shots, how the
director controls the audience and various other features. Also
featuring in these scenes is how music along with shots creates
tension in a scene. The director Alejando Ameriabar also has
techniques where he is in control of the audience this is very
powerful in a film like this as it can bring up the rating of the
film. The three scenes, which contain these qualities, are:
The scene where Grace the mother hears a child crying, The scene where
Grace hears the piano playing and The scene where Nicholas the son and
Anne the daughter climb out of the bedroom window and reveal the
gravestone.
In this scene where Grace the mother hears a child crying Mrs Mills
talks to Grace about Lydia the dumb house girl, and about her history
of being dumb, Mrs Mills stops minutes into the conversation and
leaves to check on Mr Tuttle. This makes the audience want to know
what actually happened to her. A short while after Grace hears a child
whining / crying, she assumes it's Nicholas (her son). So she runs
through the hall and unlocks the first door, when this is happening
the camera zooms into the door. Then shows the inside this makes the
audience feel as if they are actually there. Then she runs to the
second door, and as she unlocks it, the long shot of the camera zooms
in again but to reveal Nicholas.
The only sounds, which are in this scene, are voices and footsteps.
When Grace sees Nicholas she asked, " Why he was crying," Nicholas
then said, "I wasn't crying, I was re...
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...s at the servants. Who then explain that it is a waste
of time as tuberculosis finished them off, and there's no point of
shooting. The director has used a lot of music in this section
probably as it has the dense part of the film in it. The audience are
now completely terrified because of this outcome. This music, which is
being played, really gets the tension flowing and scares the audience,
the director has also used split scenes from the children outside to
grace in the house. This is effective as it shows the same thing
happening but in different places, like it is showing the truth but
showing it one by one. The audience have now come to the peak of the
films story; they have been twisted by the end effect, they never knew
that that was going to be the outcome and know realises why other
actions have taken place.
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