Sabotage, 1935

Sabotage was another of Alfred Hitchcocks brillian creations, made in 1935. This film shows dramatic irony throughout, characters within the film knows something but we as the audience do. In this case, the husband of Stevies sister, Verlock gives Stevie a package to deliver to Picadilly circus by exactly 1:30. The boy does as he is told, not knowing that the package he has been told to deliver is in fact a bomb, set to explode at 1:45. Verlock tells the boy to go straight to Picadilly circus and be sure that it arrives at exactly 1:30, however Stevie is prevented from doing so by many different obstacles such as the Lord Mayors Show. This has deadly consequences!

How Hitchcock creates suspense and tesion throughout;

Hitchcock creates supense in a number of ways, one in which is through a number of close ups and extreme close ups of the bomb and the boys, Stevies, face. They occur more and more frequently as the boys time starts to run out.

There are also many close ups of the image shown above, what time the bomb will blow, and close ups of the time on various clocks to emphasise the change in the time. These also increase as the time decreases for the boy to deliver the package, bomb, on time.

The music creates tension, it sounds as if it is counting down making a 'tik tok' noice, similar to a bomb or clock counting down. The 'tik tok' noice speeds up as the time runs low creating the tension to build. The sound whilst the boy is walking through the market also creates tension and is contrapuntal sound as it doesn't fit in with the surrounding happy atmosphere.