The Shining opens with a shot of an isolated island in the middle of a huge lake. You get a sense that the landscape is vast due to the reflection of the mountains in the lake, making the land look massive. This gives the viewer a sense of being very small in comparison to nature, that nature is very powerful in this opening.
The use of a crossfade transition is applied in this opening and is effective in giving a sense of a change in location and time. It makes you feel as though you are being taken on a journey and you feel this because the transition seems very natural. It keeps the continuity of the sequence going.
The credits that roll in this opening are a bright turquoise blue, which makes them stand out from the landscape. The first credit we see is "A STANLEY KUBRICK FILM", which captures the audiences attention as Kubrick is very well known.
One of the most captivating shots in this sequence is the drone shot that swoops down behind the yellow VW and then flys off the mountain. This gives the viewer a sense that the point of view of the camera is a bird or something flying and at one point that its of someone in a car. This is significant as Kubrick is trying to manipulate the audience psychologically from the very start, so we know that the rest of the film will be exciting. It gives us a sense of the genre of the film, a psychological thriller.
At the end of the sequence we see a ski lodge, indicated by ski lifts, with cars parked outside so we assume this is where the yellow car is headed and therefore assume that this is the setting for the rest of the film.
This opening has no dialogue or characters introduced, so it is quite impersonal but intriguing as you want to meet who's inside the car. Instead of dialogue there is music playing which helps pull you in to the scene.
The use of a crossfade transition is applied in this opening and is effective in giving a sense of a change in location and time. It makes you feel as though you are being taken on a journey and you feel this because the transition seems very natural. It keeps the continuity of the sequence going.
The credits that roll in this opening are a bright turquoise blue, which makes them stand out from the landscape. The first credit we see is "A STANLEY KUBRICK FILM", which captures the audiences attention as Kubrick is very well known.
One of the most captivating shots in this sequence is the drone shot that swoops down behind the yellow VW and then flys off the mountain. This gives the viewer a sense that the point of view of the camera is a bird or something flying and at one point that its of someone in a car. This is significant as Kubrick is trying to manipulate the audience psychologically from the very start, so we know that the rest of the film will be exciting. It gives us a sense of the genre of the film, a psychological thriller.
At the end of the sequence we see a ski lodge, indicated by ski lifts, with cars parked outside so we assume this is where the yellow car is headed and therefore assume that this is the setting for the rest of the film.
This opening has no dialogue or characters introduced, so it is quite impersonal but intriguing as you want to meet who's inside the car. Instead of dialogue there is music playing which helps pull you in to the scene.
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