Cliffhangers

A cliffhanger is hoped to ensure the audience will return to see how the characters resolve the dilemma and how they try get out of it. The main character is the person who falls into a big dilemma and tries getting out of it. It usually happens at the end of the scene that leaves the character in a impossible situation e.g. hanging off the side of a cliff. The purpose is so that the audience watching this or reading this watches the next series/chapter of the film/book.

The name cliffhanger came out because a film was made and one part of the scene was that a object was hanging off a cliff and now they use the term cliffhanger.

E.g.The Italian Job




This image shows a cliffhanger from The Italian Job which was made in 1969. This is the last part of the scene where there are many men on a runner, who stole gold and they are at the edge of the cliff. This is where the end of the scene ends so no one knows what happens this is why its called a cliffhanger.