The story of the movie “Apocalysis Now” is quite simple. During the Vietnam War, a special agent, Captain Willard, is sent down the river to Cambodia with orders to find and "terminate" Colonel Kurtz, who has set up his personal army in the jungle. To represent a surreal world of the horrors of war and craftsmanship. a gripping suspense of the sequence in review, the director uses a wide variety of audio track devices such as diegetic sound effects, non-diegetic music, voice-over and editing tools to influence the audience's feelings. In the following essay I would like to focus on the specific audio and editing techniques used by Coppola in the “Apocalypsis Now” sequence to create suspense. First of all, diegetic sounds and ambient sound effects are integral in creating tension and apprehension in the film, as “…sound plays a fundamental role in determining how the audience reacts to the images.” (p.234) In the background of the opening shot the audience hears the distant rumble of thunder; gradually its sound increases and reaches its maximum, causing fear of imminent danger. As the tension increases, the volume of the sound increases, we hear the roar of the dancers' drums, and its sound is deliberately exaggerated, the pace of the music accelerates as well as the dance of the indigenous performers of ritual sacrifice to the gods. Altering the volume and pace of the sound increases the suspense and makes the audience look forward to the next shots. Furthermore, to increase terror and trepidation, influence the audience's feelings and intensify fear, the director skillfully uses non-diegetic music. “Filmmakers carefully choose which sounds to include in the soundtrack, knowing that emphasizing a particular sound helps shape the audience… middle of paper…k when Willard delivers his machete blow and then the viewer also sees the ritual slaughter of a cow with a machete. The camera does not show the details of Kurtz's murder; instead it depicts in detail the horrendous killing of the animal. The shots go back and forth as they are intertwined with meaning, and the cow symbolizes Colonel Kurtz. The public's sympathy is now with Kurtz. Parallel editing draws the audience's attention to important details of the narrative and shapes the audience's emotional response. I discussed how Francis F. Coppola uses a wide range of audio and editing techniques to create suspense, tension, and anxiety in the sequence to influence the audience's feelings. Despite the simple fabula, this multi-faceted film requires a certain intellectual involvement and effort on the part of the audience to fully grasp its underlying meanings and subtle nuances..