Continuity Analysis : The Shining

The Shining ( 1980, Directed by Stanley Kubrick)

I am going to analyse this scene from 0.00 to 1.20.

1. Long slow tracking shot. Corridor acts well as frame within a frame and follows the rule of thirds. VLS.

2. The next shot matches the action in the previous one and then follows the boy staying at the same distance away at all times until he stops. Mid OTS.

3. A sequence of shot-reverse-shots follows which go between the girls (OTS LS) and Danny (MCU). The length of this sequence and eerie speech from the twins adds to the tension and suspense.

4. A new sequence of Shot-Reverse-Shots follows between the dead blood covered bodies to the girls. The fact that there is no more OTS shots may suggest that the images we are seeing of the bodies are in the boys head and not actually there. Each time it cuts back to the girls it zooms in a length and ends up as a MS. This adds to the unnatural feel of the scene and the film.

5. The reaction shot of the boy is of terror and is reflective of what the audience is meant to feel and when the closes his eyes the girls dissappear which makes us think that the images were definitely in his mind. MCU