![]() The jump scare device is sometimes called the Lewton Bus after producer Val Lewton, who used it in subsequent films. Alice begins to panic, running, and the silence of the night, the contrast between light and deep shadow, shots of the fearful Alice, and the intermittent clacking of high heels set up suspense: abruptly, a bus enters the frame with a loud unpleasant noise, scaring the viewer. In the film, Alice is walking home along a deserted street late at night, and realizes Irena is following her. ![]() While editing Cat People (1942), Mark Robson created the jump scare, in which quiet tension builds and is suddenly and unexpectedly interrupted by a loud noise, cut, or fast movement, startling the viewer. According to Orson Welles, this was intended to startle audience members who might have been beginning to doze off towards the end of the film. Though not a "jump scare" by name, the film Citizen Kane (1941) included an abrupt scene transition of a shrieking Cockatoo. Cat People (1942), which featured the Lewton Bus technique, considered the first jump scare.
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