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.