The Shining 2 scene analysis
The first scene I am doing is the start of the scene which
is called Wednesday in the film. The scene starts with Danny playing with his
toy keys on the rug and the camera is at a high angle looking at Danny playing
with his cars. The effect this has on me is that God is looking over on Danny
kind of protecting him from danger. Throughout the start of this scene there is
none diegetic music playing that for me creates a gloomy atmosphere as the
music is quite scary and is a typical convection for a horror film. Also with
the music it makes me feel like something bad is going to happen pretty soon as
in films like Freddy vs Jason something bad happens after the music is played
like when the woman is in the shower, gloomy music is being played and straight
after her boyfriend is killed by Jason. The camera then goes behind Danny and
goes in to a long shot of him, and also the camera shows the rest of the corridor
which is empty and is a typical convection for a horror film as its empty long
corridor with a lonely helpless character (Danny). The music gets louder and
then the camera edits to Danny at the front. As Danny stands up and shouts “mom”
the camera goes to a mid-shot of Danny standing up. The music gets louder and deeper at this point
which makes me feel that danger is around the corner. As Danny starts to walk
down the corridor the music then gets quieter again and the camera then pan’s
forward as if we are looking out of Danny’s eyes as he makes his way forward
down the corridor. The music gets louder this time as Danny makes his way to
room 237 and also the music gets deeper which makes me think that there is
danger in that room and something bad is going to happen to Danny as the music
is creating a dangerous tension and also by Danny walking slowly towards the
room it is building the tension up as he goes along as he walking slowly and it
makes me want to know what is in that room and it keeps me on the edge of my
seat waiting to see what happens when Danny goes to room 237. This is a typical
convection of a horror film with the building up of dangerous tension as it
makes me feel that something dangerous is about to happen. As Danny gets to
room 237, the camera edits to Wendy so we don’t actually know what happens to
Danny as he enters the room so for me the end of that scene created suspense as
I wanted to know what happened to Danny when he entered room 237. Throughout
the scene there is high key lighting which I think is unusual for a horror film
as normally the typical convention if a horror film the lighting is low key
because with low key lighting it normally means there is danger.
The next scene I am doing is towards the end, just after Wendy
had slit Jack’s hand with a knife (which is a typical weapon convection for a
horror film) as Jack is trying to get into the bathroom and kill her by smashing
the door down with an axe which is again is a typical weapon convection for a
horror film. The scene starts with Danny running down the corridor with the
camera in front of him going back with him so the camera is always showing a
long shot of Danny running. The room he is running in is green and green is a
sign of sickness and illness which makes me think Danny is going to get hurt
very soon. The camera then goes to a mid-shot of Danny as soon as he stopped
running to show him looking around which to me he is checking his is safe to
hide in this room. The camera then goes to a mid/long shot of Danny getting
into a cupboard and this scene is similar to Jurassic Park where the kids in
that film are running away from the dinosaurs and they go in the kitchen to
hide in some cupboards so the dinosaurs can’t find them. The camera then parallel
edits to Jack and pan’s to show him walking down a corridor looking for Jack.
The camera is showing Jack as a longshot, and there is a diegetic sound of Jack’s
hobbling footsteps as he tries to hunt Danny down. There is also a non-diegetic
sound of the wind howling which to me is a typical convection of a horror film
as it shows that this hotel is alone and it is also a cold night. The camera
then parallel edits again but this time to Wendy and it shows her crying in the
corner of the bathroom and the lighting is very high key in this bathroom which
to me shows that the bathroom is like a safe place and is safe to hide in away
from Jack. At this point the camera is a mid-shot of her. The camera then goes
to a close up of her face as she tries to open the door, and by looking at her
facial expressions I can tell that she is really struggling to open the door
and is beginning to panic. The camera then edits to the chef this time as it
shows a mid/long shot of him walking towards the hotel to get in. It is snowing
heavily outside the hotel which makes me think they are a little isolated form
everyone else as it is extreme weather conditions so people would struggle to
get to them in this weather. This is a typical convection of a horror film as
it shows how isolated they are from everyone else. The lighting is low key
which to me suggests there is danger going to happen soon and again is a typical
convection of a horror film. The camera pan’s to show him walking towards the
hotel and goes in to a long shot of him trying to get into the hotel.
By Jamie Harper
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