Editing in The Shining In his classic horror film, The Shining, Stanley Kubrick utilizes many different elements of editing to create unique and terrifying scenes. Kubrick relies on editing to assist in the overall terrifying and horrifying feel created in the movie. Editing in the movie creates many different effects, but the most notable effects created add to the continuity of the film as well as the sense of fear and terror. One scene in particular stands out as a masterfully edited moment
1) Introduction The Shining is a thriller/psychological horror film that was directed by Stanley Kubrick and it was released on May 23, 1980. Surprisingly, the movie is based off Stephen King’s book, The Shining. The book was released in 1977 so the film came shortly after. A mini-series was also adapted from the book/film, and it previewed in 1997. A few of the main characters are Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd), and Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall). Tony, Danny’s imaginary
The Shining The Shining is about a white middle class dysfunctional family that suffers from natural and supernatural stresses in an isolated Rocky mountain hotel. .The father, a former teacher turned writer, is portrayed as a habitual drinker, wife- and child-abuser, with a kind of evil streak The mother is shown as a battered woman. The film suggests that due to the abuse at the hands of his father and the passivity of his mother, the child of this family developed psychological problems. He had
The Shining The story take place in Colorado and begins with Jack Torrence, going to a place by the name of "The Overlook Hotel" to be the caretaker over the winter month's, because of coast of keeping a twenty-five mile road, in which it take to get to the hotel open, because of all the snow. To get the job as the caretaker of the hotel, he would be alone for five months, and have free food, and also free stay at the hotel, all Jack has to do is mantiance and handyman work around the hotel. He
1980. Warner Bros. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Music by Wendy Carlos and Rcachel Elkind. Cinematography by John Alcott. Editing by Ray Lovejoy. With Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd. Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” presents the audience a twisted tale of a man named Jack Torrance and his wife Wendy and son Danny, who spend a few winter months in isolation as caretakers of the Overlook hotel. This is no typical horror movie. Viewers are slowly lead though a slow film journey following
Kubrick's "The Shining" is one of the most atmospheric well shot, and edited horror films to come out in the 1980s. The film’s formal construction creates tension and horror for the film audience in a unique way by delivering its scares through the use of intricate shot composition, editing and consistent use of atmosphere to create a sense of constant tension, a unique tension that can only be brought on by the feeling of being trapped like a prisoner. Like many films before and after; The Shining uses the
Technical Essay Director: Kubrick, Stanley Movie: The Shining Sources: “Understanding Movies” For my technical essay I am going to talk about the movie "The Shining". I will explore in this essay I am going to set to prove that Stanley Kubrick is trying to prove that violence can happen when you are lefted alone and isolated. I use a screen from 1:43:44 to 1:53:08 to prove this point. This scene is about when Wendy looks though Jacks work and is scared though the whole
The Shining: Rough Draft When it comes to classic horror films, what is a conversation without The Shining? 1980’s The Shining directed by legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick is a chilling movie with themes of isolation, the supernatural, and twisted time. Kubrick’s use of unique and complex visual styles along with many subtle details often confuses the viewer at a subconscious level. The various techniques and plot used by Kubrick in The Shining often puzzles the viewer into thinking, maybe there
fiction" is fiction that elicits those emotions in the reader. An example of a horror film is "The Shining", directed by Stanley Kubrick. Stanley Kubrick was a well-known director, producer, writer and cinematographer. His films comprised of unique, qualitative scenes that are still memorable but one iconic film in his collection of work is The Shining. Many would disagree and say that The Shining was not his best work and he could have done better yet, there are still those who would say otherwise
The Shining is a riveting tale of desperation, conviction and maniacal Characterization that creates a masterpiece of hysteria no other could have done. The movie had continuous themes throughout the movie such as the Apollo moon landing, Indian burial artifacts and cans of cornstarch. It's intense drama and precise filming as left many audience members in awe and in search of answers to all of their questions. Every time you blink, you seem to miss a critical moment. This is how a viewer feels
The Broken Family: An Analysis of Dysfunctional Behavior in American Society in Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita (1962) and The Shining (1980) This film analysis will define the problems related to the dysfunctional family unit in American society in Stanley’s Kubrick’s Lolita (1962) and The Shining (1980). The underlying dysfunction of Kubrick’s family unit is primarily based on violence and sexual behavior that results in loveless and obsessive relationships. Lolita (1962) defines the broken family
Stephen Kings, The Shining, is a mind blowing and intense story about how evil can affect and control people. Jack Torrance, a recovering alcoholic, takes his wife and son, Danny, up to the mountains in Colorado to a hotel that Jack was recently hired to look over during the winter months. For that period of time, the family will be isolated from the rest of the world. The history and stories of The Overlook hotel, that Jack learns and hears about, indicates that the hotel possesses some kind of
The Shining begins with Jack Torrance being interviewed for a job as the caretaker at the Overlook a hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The Overlook Hotel will close for the winter. Once the first snowflake falls Jack, his wife, and his son will be isolated in the closed down hotel. Which is why the interviewer, Ullman the hotel manager, is tentative to giving him this job, and he makes sure Wendy (his wife) knows that her and her 5 year old son will be there for the whole winter. Ullman tells Jack some
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980) initially received quite a bit of negative criticism. The film irritated many Stephen King fans (and King himself) because it differed so greatly from the novel. The Shining also disappointed many filmgoers who expected a conventional slasher film. After all, Kubrick said it would be "the scariest horror movie of all time."1 Kubrick's films, however, never fully conform to their respective genres; they transcend generic expectations. In the same way that 2001:
The Shining is often regarded as the best horror-suspense movie of all time, no doubt in part by its direction by Stanley Kubrick. Since its release, there have been multiple call backs to the movie ranging from television horror shows such as American Horror Story and Hannibal to animated shows like The Simpsons and South Park. The infamous “Here’s Johnny” scene has appeared countless times in popular culture. Curiously, when the movie first came out in 1980, the movie was met with mixed reviews
I eventually discovered the more the merrier. When finding my sources, I made sure they were all accurate and legitimate. I did this by making sure none of them consisted of blogs/wiki/about.com. Overall, after comparing textual evidence from The Shining with research from online sources, I have concluded that alcoholism can have tremendous effects on the people around the
suspcicious old man is accused. When King wrote Salems Lot his techniques for horror and suspense were still yound and under developed. The element of surprise was more evident than that of suspense. The writing of King matured greatly before he wrote The Shining. The scene in roo, 217 us a perfect horror scene as it takes a realistic situation and turns it frightening. As the beginning of the nover danny is warned by Hallorann not to enter room 217. The first step has been completed, the warning. The second
However, the quote does not originate from any philosopher, but instead from Jack Torrance of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. The film, from a superficial point of view, stands as an atmospheric horror film. However, instead of providing audiences with just a technically proficient film, Kubrick weaves the grounds for a foreboding subtext throughout his film. This essay examines The Shining by examining Robert Tonkin’s distinction between religion and
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As Joss Whedon so eloquently put, “To accept duality, is to earn identity.” In the 1980’s horror classic The Shining, Stanley Kubrick portrays the concept of duality through the juxtaposition in the mise-en-scene and the contrast between the mental and physical state of the characters. This theory is exemplified in the Delbert Grady Bathroom Scene in which both protagonist Jack Torrance and Delbert Grady, the previous caretaker and current waiter at the Overlook Hotel have a lengthy chat about their