Film analysis -2 - The Shining






The scene begins with a tracking mid-shot of Jack. This is to show jacks anger and madness towards Wendy, showing the camera backing away making jack have the power in the scene. The shot cuts to Wendy backing away from Jack with the camera looking over jacks shoulder. The sound in this scene that is used is both diegetic and non-diegetic. Diegetic sound is used as Wendy and Jack are talking to eachother to show the audience what is going on and what their emotions are like at that moment. Non-diegetic music is used in the back ground to intensify the scene and make the audience more intrigued and on the edge of their seats about what is going to happen next. The shots switch between from behind Wendy's shoulder to behind jacks shoulder. This is what is known as a shot reverse shot. This is to show the emotion and expression on each characters face during the scene. During these shot reverse shots we see a higher angle looking down on Jack and a lower angle looking up to Wendy. Even though this may seem Wendy has the power she doesn't as Jack walks towards Wendy and Wendy is cowering away backward. The camera highlights this using tracking.

The Shining film analysis-1






In this scene Danny is riding round the hotel on his tricycle as he rides round the sound is intense and eerie. the sun that is used is non- diegetic. The camera starts by tracking Danny around the hotel as if we are right behind him, stalking him. The scene starts really fast paced as if someone is chasing him. He comes to a stop as he cycles round the corner at the end of the dim hallway. He stops because there are twins standing across the hallway with vacant expressions on their faces repeating the same monotone words "come play with us". The colours red, blue and white are used throughout the film but in this particular scene the main colour that is green. Green connotates envy and rebirth. Both of these connotations link to the twins as it shows their envy for Danny's life and they're asking Danny to join them by saying "come play with us". Rebirth also links to the twins as they died and they're standing there looking at Danny with blank expressions on their face as if they have been reborn, as if they're not dead.

We see a 3 second long reaction shot of Danny's face when he first sees the twins to show the audience how petrified he is. This is to keep an emotional connection with the audience. The shot switches between Danny's face and the twins to show both sides of the situation at the same time and to portray the emotional distress Danny is going through. The switches between the shots get faster this builds tension and suspense to keep the audience on the edge of their seat.