The importance of building tension

There are 3 main ways in which tensions can be built within a scene, these include:

-Unfolding the action more deliberately
-Slowing down the scene
-Building stonger characters

In the type of piece we are doing, being a thriller, it is extremely important to build tension because it atracts the audience attention and makes them want to watch on. Our group idea was to mix the concept of isolation with that of tension. We did this because we thought the idea of being completely alone with no one around was scary in its self. We then thought intoducing some tension would be useful, one way we have done this is by using slow tension building music. This multiplies the feelings of the audience and makes it much more thrilling.