Research into the Shining

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Writers: Stephen King (novel), Stanley Kubrick (screenplay)

Diane Johnson (screenplay)

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.

This film is a psychological thriller, which is similar to the type of film our group wants to film. 

The film starts with the opening credits:

·This includes creepy music and shows an Ariel view of a car driving through the mountain tops

· As the names come up it shows that something is different since it is scrolling upwards, compared to the typical of names scrolling downwards.

· The music sounds like people screaming, it shows the audience what type of film they are about to watch.

The next part shows an Interview

· The words ‘the interview’ comes up

·  It shows the main character at a hotel saying his name.

·  It then cuts to the house about the little boy a bit unhappy about going to the hotel.

·  Cuts back to the interview with a mid shot of each person talking at the interview.

·  Fades back to the house.

·  Creepy music starts and shows the boy at the sink talking to ‘Tony’ his finger and already knew that he got the job, this shows that the boy is unusual, the music makes the audience feel uncomfortable

·  Dad calls home saying that he won’t make it home by 9 or 10

·  It shows a close up of the boy as he is talking to his imaginary friend, which shows that something is strange as people don’t usually talk to their finger.

·  It then shows the boy see the future; it shows blood coming from a door and two creepy girls and him screaming.

·  Then cuts to the boy in the bed as he doesn’t remember what has happened.

·  Shows a conversation between the wife and the other women who spoke to the boy.  Using close shots, and over the shoulder shots.

This is pretty much the end of the intro, and it goes to the next scene