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.