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      Rope


The Trailer
The trailer is really effective because it grabs the viewers attention, the music causes a lot of suspense, it makes the viewers actually want to watch the film.Even though the trailer ruins the best bits of the film, it shows who killed him, it ruins the whole film.

The opening scene
The opening scene is one of the most best scenes of the film, this is because the opening scene has the most suspense, it makes the audience wonder why the two men have killed the person, what will happen next, if they'd ever get caught. The scene starts off by grabbing the readers attention already from the start.

Background context 
Rope is adapted from patrick hamilton's 1929 play which itself was said to be based on the grisly Leopold and Loeb case of 1924. Nathan Leopold and Richard Leob upper-class chicago law students who murdered a teenage boy.

Suspense
Devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliffhangers are used extensively, for an example ascene where suspense is used is the casket, when Rupert is going to open the casket to see whether the dead body is in there or not.

10 minute exract
When Alfred Hitchcock was filming this film he wanted to film it like it was a play, therefore he had to film very quickly, and if he wanted to change the reel he would have to focus the camera on one thing and do it quickly. This wasn't really good because everything was cramped in it didn't really look that good. The whole play was shot in continuous, unedited 10-minute takes.