United 93, is a film based on true events relating to the famous 9/11 terrorists attacks in America, this films helps us to understand what actually happend on the high-jacked planes.
The film's suspense is shown obviously by building up the panic of a specific flight (United 93) and leaving the audience unknown to what will happen, and when!
As a pollitical thriller, the terrorists talk in arobic, and quote the Qur'an in their dialogue. With some words not being subtittled, it does give a sence of mystery. This language not being farmiliar makes it seem alot more suspicous, all suspected terrorists speak in a hushed tone in the lead up to the major events in the film. This makes them seem very suspicious.
Before the four main terrorists board the plane, the scene is made shorter with extreme close ups and scenes of them all calling their loved ones to tell them they love thim, this helps the audience to figure out whats going to happen.
Another way the director shows supsense, is the cross cut shots between control room, and the focussed plane, we hear in the control room that several planes crash, but we are kept in suspense not knowing if its the United 93 plane that has crashed. This mystery helped to keep us glued to the film, and a sense of panic to what is going to happen next.
The highest point of suspense for me, whilst i watched the film, was when the passangers on the plane decide to take action against the terrorist. A huge free frall of violence, blood and shouting happening so fast with hand held camera and creates a great deal of drama. We are kept in supsense into the final scene were we are not sure if the passangers will take over and survive. Until the end of the clip we realise that the plane crashed, and like true events...no one survived.
Over all the film creates great suspense considering its based on a true story and nearly everyone knows how its going to end, but we cant seem to want to watch it through till the end.
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