The Shining‚ a film produced by Stanley Kubrick in the year of 1980‚ is a classic horror movie about a family isolated in a haunted hotel for the winter. However‚ Bill Blakemore‚ a journalist‚ has written an article that claims that the film has much more meaning to it than just a man gone mad in a sinister hotel filled with dark entities. The article “The Family Of Man” written by Bill Blakemore‚ could make it seem as if it is almost an entirely new film. However‚ the movie is no more than what
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An analysis of Mise-en-scene and Editing in an extract from The Shining Superficially‚ The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by horror novelist Stephan King‚ is about Jack Torrance; a writer suffering from writer’s block and his family who move into the Overlook Hotel after Jack takes an off season job as caretaker. As stories unfold about the hotels previous inhabitants‚ Wendy and Jack’s son‚ Danny’s frequent psychic premonitions become vivid‚ paralleling Jacks deteriorating
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"The Shining" by Stanley Kubrick One of the most ambiguous movies shot by Stanley Kubrick is “The Shining” – a horror film‚ that tells a story of a family that has moved into a hotel called the Overlook‚ which was inhabited by ghosts. Throughout the film‚ the plot develops around the Torrance family: Jack‚ Wendy‚ and their son Danny. Kubrick based the film on a novel written by Steven King. The literary source is rather thrilling and intriguing‚ and the film can be basically given the same positive
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All of the very base elements of horror are certainly still present inThe Shining. There is a villain‚ who (or that) is out to destroy someone (it is arguable whether the hotel wants to destroy Jack or his family‚ or both). There is certainly a supernatural element‚ made all the more intriguing by the mention of the Indian burial ground‚ and the ambiguous ghostly ending. Kubrick even alludes to the supernatural or ghost element through his use of cutting. When Stuart Ullman (Barry Nelson) and Bill
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The Shining The Shining was originally a horror novel written by Steven King‚ and later became a movie directed by Stanley Kubrick‚ starring jack Nicholson‚ Shelley Duvall‚ and Danny Lloyd. The movie takes place at the Overlook Hotel in Colorado where Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is the winter caretaker with his wife and son‚ Wendy and Danny (Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd). As an aspiring author trying to cure his writer’s block‚ dark secrets about the hotel emerge and he begins to go crazy
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Analysis of the Shining In the Shining‚ Stephen King’s idea was to show the reader that they don’t have to go looking in dark alleys for terrible monsters or demonic creatures‚ because in every human there is a chance for monsters to develop in ones mind. He also points out that a weak mind plus psychological problems‚ can allow exterior pressures to force you to think or do certain actions. In this novel the Torrance family settles in an isolated Colorado hotel‚ the Overlook. Jack Torrance‚
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patriarchy‚ and so began an influx in the analysis of representations of women within the media; or lack thereof. Paralleling the popularisation of 2nd wave feminism‚ the 60s‚ 70s and 80s saw a prevalence of horror films within mainstream media; rendering the genre a target for scrutiny. In this essay I will discuss representations of gender in Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror‚ ’The Shining’ (1980) and Wes Craven’s thriller‚ ‘Scream’ (1996). Both The Shining and Scream are deemed
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Shadow Land “All cruelty springs from weakness” (Lucius Annaeus Seneca). So is true for Stephen King’s character Jack Torrence in The Shining. Jack’s character is weak and flawed and because of this he is unsuccessful at being strong. On the other hand‚ Danny‚ Jack’s son‚ is very innocent but very strong in character‚ which helps him to defeat the evil that lives in the Overlook hotel. Although there natures are very different‚ they both have many of the same traits‚ such as empathy‚ courage
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Name: Professor: Class: Date: The Theme of Family from the Movie the Shining Stephen Kubrick is undoubtedly one of the most innovative and influential filmmaker of the late twentieth century. His touching‚ interesting‚ appealing‚ and visionary approach to films coupled with his cinematography and film-making genius are an embodiment of great film-making that leaves an everlasting mark on the audiences. The Shining‚ a psychological horror film based on the novel by the same name by Stephen King‚
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Shannon Cree English 167 Professor Csicsery-Ronay October 10‚ 2008 Editing in The Shining In his classic horror film‚ The Shining‚ Stanley Kubrick utilizes many different elements of editing to create unique and terrifying scenes. Kubrick relies on editing to assist in the overall terrifying and horrifying feel created in the movie. Editing in the movie creates many different effects‚ but the most notable effects created add to the continuity of the film as well as the sense of fear and terror
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