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GCSE Media Studies · key term
An ending that leaves a significant danger or uncertainty unresolved, encouraging audiences to continue watching.
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An ending that leaves a significant event or danger unresolved, encouraging audiences to continue with the story.
Revise: Narrative and Propp's character typesAt the end, the teachers’ departure raises new questions about where they will go and what will happen to them. This cliffhanger encourages viewers to return.
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A cliffhanger leaves an outcome unresolved; it does not necessarily make a chronological narrative non-linear.
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An ending that leaves a character in danger or an important outcome unresolved, encouraging audiences to continue watching or reading.
In Trigger Point, Series 2, Episode 1 (2024), bomb-disposal operative Lana Washington faces terrorist threats. Her attempts to defuse devices against the clock drive the action towards possible solutions. However, the episode ends on a cliffhanger, leaving an important outcome unresolved and encouraging viewers to watch the next instalment.
