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Suspense In The Movie'sorry Wrong Number '

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The movie “Sorry Wrong Number” is superior compared to the story. This is because it uses filmmaking techniques such as lighting, sound, and editing to build suspense while the story depends on the reader’s imagination, which is not always good because not everyone has a good/creative imagination.

To start off, there isn't a whole bunch of characterization in the story which can be confusing for the reader because the story is mainly Mrs.Stevenson talking with the operators and the Sergeant, it sure would be nice if we got a visual description of them. In the story, there aren't any description of Sergeant Duffy, George, and the other small part characters which is confusing because they do talk a lot even though they don’t have the biggest parts the readers want to about the small characters. In the story Sergeant Duffy states, “Just now I’ve got …show more content…

The story was not suspenseful and you had to use your imagination to create suspense but not everyone has a creative imagination. For example, when the person was coming up the stairs in the movie there were many filmmaking techniques and foreshadowing to build suspense at that point and it was a very exciting point compared to the story where she knows the killer is after her and she just screams (Fletcher # 228). We all knew it was going to happen from the beginning so it wasn't suspenseful at all and I am pretty sure everyone in the class was relieved that the story was over and we're looking forward to the movie. The filmmaking techniques were a big help to build suspense because it kept the audience on their feet and they followed the movie and didn't get bored. The movie had many clips that were suspenseful and made the movie fun to watch, it didn't get boring at any point because of all the filmmaking techniques such as sound, editing, and many different types of

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