The International Journal of Professional Management - ISSN 20422341
A Scientific Approach to Filmmaking: Maximising Suspense and Audience Engagement – Management Lessons
Volume 12, Issue 2, March 2017
Keith Bound, PhD
Why does suspense matter?
The digital revolution of the 21st century has changed people's viewing experience. No longer are we seeing feature films confined just to cinemas or TV screens. People are consuming video content on smaller screens, and on these devices they’ve got e-mail, messages and apps. As a result, the narrative flow people would normally see in a film is being broken up, and this disruption is distracting people from what the story is about. Stories need to be more engaging, and suspense is a key engagement process - something that’s true across all genres, though more pronounced in horror.
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