Engaging the viewer

Engaging the viewer is a technique the director uses to make the audience feel more involved with the film. A way of doing this is to make the audience think about what is going on and what they would do if they was in the characters shoes. There is many ways of engaging the viewer such as:

• Silent background - indicates suspense 
• Realistic scenes 
• Pace of the shots 
• A clear journey throughout

Silence is a strong technique to use because it has such a huge impact on the atmosphere of the scene. An example of this would be the film "Of Mice and Men" in one particular seen where on of the characters dog is about to be put down. 

This is such a strong technique for engaging the viewer because of how the silence keeps the audience waiting the gun shot to be heard. Its the inevitable wait for the gun shot that keeps the audience intrigued.


Another technique of engaging the viewer would be the a pace of the shots. Fast changing shots imply that a climax is due. Increasing the pace of the shot increasing the pace of how the viewer is receiving the story from the film. It tends to be films where the scene and camera shots are so long-winded that they become boring. An example of fast pace shots would be "Fast and Furious (2001)" in a scene where on of the characters is chasing the killers.





The increased pace of the shots implies danger, speed and overall inevitability.  The director of the film wanted to get across this to the audience and did so by increasing the pace of the shots.