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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 2161404" data-attributes="member: 259">Hmm, so dramatic irony is the only source of suspense in films?&nbsp; That's interesting, but I&quot;m not sure it's true.&nbsp;Though many people didn't find Blair Witch to be remotely suspenseful, a lot of us did--and we didn't have any information beyond what the characters did in many scenes.&nbsp; (Well, we knew the postscript, but the scenes would've been suspenseful without it).&nbsp; In The Vanishing, we don't know until the end what's going on, but it's extremely suspenseful.&nbsp; In Das Boot, the &quot;ping&quot; scenes on the submarine are all kinds of suspenseful, but we have no privileged information in them, I think.&nbsp;It seems to me that a director can create suspense by putting characters in danger, having the characters know they're in danger, and delaying the onset of violence (or other unfortunate events).&nbsp; &nbsp;I agree that Sin City wasn't very suspenseful, though:&nbsp;&nbsp; I think it's because I didn't much empathize with anyone in it, so I didn't worry about whether they'd live or die.&nbsp; Either way would be cool.&nbsp;Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 2161404, member: 259"] Hmm, so dramatic irony is the only source of suspense in films? That's interesting, but I"m not sure it's true. Though many people didn't find [i]Blair Witch[/i] to be remotely suspenseful, a lot of us did--and we didn't have any information beyond what the characters did in many scenes. (Well, we knew the postscript, but the scenes would've been suspenseful without it). In [i]The Vanishing[/i], we don't know until the end what's going on, but it's extremely suspenseful. In [i]Das Boot[/i], the "ping" scenes on the submarine are all kinds of suspenseful, but we have no privileged information in them, I think. It seems to me that a director can create suspense by putting characters in danger, having the characters know they're in danger, and delaying the onset of violence (or other unfortunate events). I agree that [i]Sin City[/i] wasn't very suspenseful, though: I think it's because I didn't much empathize with anyone in it, so I didn't worry about whether they'd live or die. Either way would be cool. Daniel [/QUOTE]

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