Cliff Hangers

Cliff hangers are a very common and engaging way of keeping the viewer interacted with the piece of film they are exposed to. cliff hangers are often used in weekly soaps like Eastenders and Coronation Street. without cliff hangers there shows will not be a successful as no tension will be present in keeping the viewer to continue watching the show. Cliff hangers are even used in books, when Great Expectations, by charles dickens was published, it was published in stages and to keep the reader engaged in the book cliff hangers were used. Cliff hangers are successful when there are sequels to a show or film. A cliff hanger was used in harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1, to build tension and suspense as to what would happen in the sequel to ensure there will still be viewers. cliff hangers allow the viewer to imagine a possibility of what may happen next without making it entirely obvious as to what may actually happen.