Directors use many different ways to manipulate their
audience. Camera angles, lighting, and music can trick an audience into
thinking one thing is going to happen when, in reality, something unexpected
happens. These concepts keeps people waiting on the edge of their seats in
anticipation.
In the ending scene of Silence of the Lambs, directed by
Jonathan Demme, Clarice Starling is wondering around Buffalo Bill’s house. The
killer, Bill, has cut off all the power. The house is pitch black and Clarice
can’t see her hand right in front of her face. The scene switches from Bill to
a third person’s point of view looking at him head on. Bill is looking through
night vision goggles and can see Clarice’s every move. She has one hand
stretched out in front of her and the other hand is holding a gun. As Bill is
coming close and closer to Clarice, he reaches out his arm. He is clearly close
enough to grab her or cover her mouth but he doesn’t. If he had the perfect
opportunity to catch her while she was the most vulnerable, why didn’t he? Why wouldn’t
he grab her while he was ahead?
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