
In Die Hard 4.0, suspense is created in many scenes throughout the whole action thriller. Just one example of this is were a video package is shown to the whole of America and it shows the White House being blown up. The camera work within the clip is essential for the creation of suspense for the audience. For example, when the video is being shown on the television screens, it shows many medium close up's of the man in charge of the investigation and John Mclain so the audience can see their main emotion of pure confusion when the video is first shown. This shows that the FBI doesn't know what is going to happen next and therefore the feeling of suspense for the viewer increases. This is because there is no indication as to what will happen next. This is then widened out as a wide shot of the cafe shows that they are not the only one's who are confused about the sudden change of program on all channels. The digetic sound/music that is in the background of the clip is first ordinary instrumental music which resembles the American anthem but as it goes on, the music starts to get deeper and more quick which fastens the pace of the clip, leaving the audience in doubt of what is going to happen next. On the video clip of the white house, there is typed messages that ask rhetorical questions aimed at the public. This further creates suspense because their doubts of what is going to happen next would increase. Also the sound bridge of the music links all the different locations together which creates tension and further brings doubt to the viewers mind. When the White house is shown to have exploded, the explosion sound becomes the action part of this action thriller. The zoom in on Mclain and Matthew shows their absolute fear that the one things they want to protect is being destroyed live on air and the handheld camera shots showing the senior FBI agent run out of the cabin quickens the pace of the clip as well as the short cuts in editing. The handheld tracking of Mclain running also creates suspense because the audience doesn't know what he will find. Also the dramatic music is still rising the suspense and curiosity of the viewer. Then at the end of the clip when the panning to the left shows the White House is still intact, the suspense of the clip finally comes to a close. All of this part of the clip creates a false plateau because the viewer thinks that the FBI including Mclain will find the White House blown up in pieces but really they don't.
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