Sabotage 1935

I researched Alfred Hitchcocks film sabotage to gain an insight in what creates suspense in thrillers. Alfred Hitchcock is said to be the master of suspense and this film is a prime example of exactly that.
Plot
In this film a little boy is given a cannister of film and asked to deliver it toa cinema by his cinema owning uncle. But inside the cannister is not film it is a bomb, the boy is unaware of this. We are shown by a note that the bomb will explode at 1 45 and the boy should deliver that package before 1 45. But as the boy does not know about the bomb he dawdles around london and watches the mayors show instead. The boy does not make it in time to deliver the package and the bomb blows up on his journey.









Suspense
Suspense is created in Sabotage by the use of dramatic irony. This is becuase we know 
something that the character does not know which in this case is that the bomb is in the film cannister and is going to explode at 1.45. Music help heighten the suspense in the film as there is frantic and fast symbolising that the boy needs to 
be quick in delivering the bomb, there is also a constant ticking sound in the background which shows that time is running out. The use of clocks in the film also create suspense as we are shown many different clocks with the hands changing time this shows the movement of time throughout a certain period, it also shows that the time for the bomb exploding is coming closer. The camera shots also create suspense as the film cannister is always in focus. Before the bomb explodes the bus stops at a stop sign this symblolises danger and that something bad is about to happpen.