As I watched this film I found that tension was built up through a couple different ways. The first way thing I noticed, like in many movies, way that tension was built up through the music that was used throughout the movie. A lot of tense moments were accompanied by short repetitive themes that looped and grew with intensity after each repeat.
The other more interesting tool, in my opinion, that I noticed was used to build tension was different types of camera angles and focal views. Many of the tense scenes had the camera at either an oblique angle, a low angle, or sometimes the shot was focused on some other stationary objects rather than the main characters in the scene. These camera angles gave a few different feels. I personally felt that any time the camera was at an oblique angle, it made it feel more like you as the viewer were a part of what was happening on screen. On the other hand I felt that the off centered shots, and low angle shots gave the feel of either someone who was spying on the scene or as a security camera observing the scene.
Personally I felt that the low angled shots, and off centered shots were the most effective at building suspense. At times, I almost found scenes comical when the camera was up close because it was easier to see stunts that weren't performed well. Like when Ben was supposed to be punching someone in the face and you clearly saw him swing at the guy's chest and miss by a good 3 inches if not more.
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