The Shinning Analysis

18th December:

Today’s lesson we were analysing 5 different thriller clips, we watched a very suspenseful psychological thriller called The Shining. We watched The Shining to give us an idea of what makes a good thriller, and the answer is a lot of suspenseful moments. The shining creates suspense through a variety of methods. The main way in which suspense is created is through the soundtrack and background noise as it is very effective making the audience feel the anxiety. Then we are introduced to the long corridors of the hotel and we do not hear anything but the screeching of the little boy’s bike. Also the low angle shot of the boy created suspense because we were at his angle at a worm’s eye angle following the boy on the bike. We are on journey with the boy as he is the taking the lead of taking us around the hotel. Suspense is also created when repeatedly we are shown the emphasis on the door number. We then see a jump cut as the camera shots to the twins who create more anxiety and suspense. We jump from fright because we were not expecting to see anyone through the door. We then imagine the little boy feeling this and we see him get on his bike as fast as he can and see him pedalling off.