The shining is not only a classic, but it is one of the best horror movie ever made. What made The Shining different was the way it was filmed. The shining is one of the view movies that shoots longer shots instead of the standard jump cuts in other movies. The movie is shot in a continuous format which make you feel as though you are not missing anything at all through the wide camera angles. Stanley Kubrick is known mainly for his camera angles in this movie. Stanley Kubrick brought high intensity into this film by doing close of his cast to show how deep the situation is through suspenseful camera techniques.
“Here’s Johnny “is a tense scene where he used a close on Jack Nicholson to capture the madness he had in his eyes. This scene also captured the strength of the Jack Nicholson effort to break through that door. The camera made this one of the best attempted murder scenes. To show how eager the killer is (Jack Nicholson) as the camera zooms in on his demoniac eyes. To keep the intensity of the movie going Stanley Kubrick also zoomed in on the victim being harassed and chased. The most interesting camera angle of this scene is the close of Shelley Duvall being stuck in the window, and then the wide shot of her being stuck in the window from a distance. I interpreted this scene as no matter where she goes no one is around to save her as her screams are muffled by the snow storm. I felt as though Stanley Kubrick used this shot to show the snow around her which meant that there is no other escape and they only way out are through the cold and wet snow. “Here’s Johnny “is a tense scene where he used a close on Jack Nicholson. This scene captured the strength of the Jack Nicholson effort to break through that door. The camera made this one of the best attempted murder scenes. To show how eager the killer is (Jack Nicholson) the camera zooms in on his demoniac eyes. To keep the intensity of the movie going Stanley Kubrick also zoomed in on the victim being harassed and chased. The most interesting camera angle on this scene is the close of Shelley Duvall being stuck in the window, and then the wide shot of her being stuck in the window from a distance. I interpret this scene as no matter where she goes no one is around to save her. I felt as though Stanley Kubrick used this shot to show the snow around her which meant that there is no escape, but the wetness of the cold snow melting around here body “Here’s Johnny “is a tense scene where he used a close on Jack Nicholson. This scene captured the strength of the Jack Nicholson effort to break through that door. The camera made this one of the best attempted murder scenes. To show how eager the killer is (Jack Nicholson) the camera zooms in on his demoniac eyes. To keep the intensity of the movie going Stanley Kubrick also zoomed in on the victim being harassed and chased. The most interesting camera angle on this scene is the close of Shelley Duvall being stuck in the window, and then the wide shot of her being stuck in the window from a distance. I interpret this scene as no matter where she goes no one is around to save her. I felt as though Stanley Kubrick used this shot to show the snow around her which meant that there is no escape, but the wetness of the cold snow melting around her body.
Another interesting camera work is when Danny Lloyd was riding his bike around the house. The interesting thing about this scene is it shows how big this house they are staying in. The camera angle shows the emptiness of the house and the distance between the characters. The long continuous (long tracking shot) angle shots is like a metaphor is this movie to me which means no matter where you go this house is too big, but too small at the same time to avoid the evil that is floating inside of it.
The Shining would be considered selection of suspense movies to me. With the outstanding camera work Stanley Kubrick could film the movie in a way that your heart will be pounding wondering what will happen next in his remarkable scenes. Another example is when Jack was having a dispute with Wendy, and as the scene continues you start to ignore the surroundings and focus on the intensity. The interesting fact about the perfect camera angles is that you did not notice that jack was pushing Wendy up the stairs with an intense gloomy, but serious stare.
For a movie with a small cast Stanley Kubrick was able to show the connection between the three main characters. Stanley Kubrick was able to do this by using extreme close up shots to show how serious each serious moment really was from an emotional aspect to a murder aspect. This movie camera angles are unique to me. With each camera angle, it tells a different story. Stanley Kubrick was a man of metaphors with his camera work. As stated before his wide shots showed how empty the house was. He was able to show there was a lack of connection to show the truth of what was going on around that household. The tracking shots were a sign of no matter where the characters went inside or outside the house there was no escaping the situations that had taken place in that house. The shinning was a great example of cine photography.
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