The Shining Textual Analysis
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This document analyzes various technical elements of a scene from the film The Shining that is meant to terrify the main character Danny. It discusses the use of camera shots, editing, sound, and mise-en-scene to build tension and shock value. Specifically, it notes the use of long shots to show Danny's fear, close-ups of his face to convey emotion, flashing between images to startle the audience, and diegetic sound of a tricycle wheel to create a sense of speed and unease. Elements of the scene setting like an axe and blood provide context of a brutal murder. The document concludes by stating this analysis can help with effectively using flashbacks and establishing a scene's location in the author
The Shining Textual Analysis
- 2. Camera Shots Long shot from behind Danny is used to show the audience what is the thing, that terrified Danny, in this case the twins. You see how far away they are and are made to question why they are there and what is about to happen. The close ups used on Danny’s face show the emotions on his face clearly for the watcher and show just how disturbing the scene Danny sees is. This tries to make the audience feel similar emotions on what they are seeing.
- 3. Editing The flashes between the bloody scene and the normal twins makes for a startling effect, and makes the audience reel back and feel shocked. It is used to show just glimpses of the horror that Danny sees. There is montage used to make the time it takes for Danny to leave the long corridor and get to the small wallpapered corridor seem really short and makes the to shots to be continuous.
- 4. Sound There is diegetic sound used for the sound of the tricycles wheels going over the carpet, which makes it seem he is moving really fast. The sound effects make the tension build and then happen once he turns the corner and sees the twins. The loud ‘thum’ of a drum type instrument makes the watcher jump at the sudden change. There is also the twins voices which are airy and make the watcher feel quite scared that such seemingly innocent little girls could sound so sinister.
- 5. Mise en Scene The cart in the corridor makes you know that the scene is taking part in a hotel of sorts. The film is set in a hotel so they need to do this in nearly all the scenes. The axe on the floor shows the audience how the twins were killed and makes the audience imagine the brutal death they went through. The blood everywhere also makes the audience see that this was a horrid murder and every more disturbing on how a little boy such as Danny is seeing this.
- 6. What I Can Use We are planning on using a similar ‘flashing’ to make flashbacks or rapid changing of scenes in our thriller, so this will help us see how the makers of this film do it. We will also try to use similar ways of showing where the scene is set to get an effective idea.