To provide tension, Lang shows the importance of time. We see the mother look up at the clock when it is noon and we know that something is important at noon. Then we see the little girl from the beginning coming back from school. We can infer she is on her way her home since her mother has been setting  a place at the kitchen table for her. Next, we see her bounces her ball on a poster. The camera zooms in on the poster, so we know we are supposed to read it. After Google Translating it, I discovered it is a wanted poster for a murderer, which cannot be good. Lang then has a shadow of a man’s face appear on the poster implying this is the shadow of the murderer. He is talking to the little girl and since she alone, we can only guess she’s going to die. Then tension keeps building when we see the mother begin to worry and look at the clock once more to show that an usual amount of time has passed. We also hear the doorbell ring and to the mother and our disappointment, it is just a salesmen and not her daughter. Even though I don’t know German, the body language and movements used by the camera help to describe the emotion of the scenes and what may happen next. The mother also looks down the stairwell, and the camera pans down to show that there is no sign of the girl whatsoever, which is another bad sign. The camera pans to the clock once more to show how late is getting and how it’s been over an hour since school has gotten out. The mother also calls out for her daughter which just makes the scene even more heart-wrenching to watch. We then see the empty staircase, the empty downstairs area, the empty place for the girl at the table. It is very clear that she is not coming home. There is also an abundant amount of silence, which just further shows that the little girl is probably dead. Lastly, we see the girls ball and balloon unattended, meaning she really is gone.