Suspense is a feeling that someone has when they feel that something bad is going to happen. Suspenseful moments happen in film as well as in reality. Many films build by suspension through diegetic sound e.g footsteps or a loud bang, or even non-diegetic sound e.g Strong musical scores that has lots of low violin keys played. This builds up anticipation to the audience as it makes them weary and anxious to know what will happen in the next scene.
Suspense also happens in reality if you were to hear someone drop something in a quiet place such as a library. Or if wife finds something that could indicate her husband is cheating which also creates tension between each other.
Films are able to create a much more dramatic suspense as we are able to match cut between two scenes therefore giving the audience information on what will happen whereas we can't do that in real life which makes suspenseful moments more 'random' as we don't expect it in our day to day lives.
In addition, creating suspense is a great technique if not usual technique when used in horror/mystery and thriller films. Suspense can also be used in slap-stick comedy such as a match cut of a close up of a banana skin on the street and a medium long shot of a man stolling on the street. This gives the hint to the audience that something funny is going to happen.
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