“Unveiling the Hidden Gem: Could This Underrated Screenplay Redefine 2024’s Cinematic Landscape?”
Instead, we only sense that Mr. Reed is bad, something the girls, at first, do not. That’s what’s creating tension. And it also creates suspense. Now we have to keep reading to reach the moment where the heroes realize what’s going on. It’s very hard for a reader not to want to read until the heroes catch up with the rest of us. Dare I say it’s impossible. So that’s a very powerful tool to use as a screenwriter.
But that’s not all that’s going on here. Beck and Woods understand that setting up dramatic irony (or ‘shadow dramatic irony’ in this case) is just the beginning. As a writer, you want to then play with the tool.
