Analysis Of The Uninterrupted Shot In The Shining

While researching on the different techniques applied on previous notable films created by distinguished filmmakers, I learned that they all similarly applied their understanding of human perception into the creation of their craft. To give a better point of comparison among the films cited in this section, all of the movies presented below share a similar technique: the uninterrupted shot. This method was preferred by this researcher in order to identify the differences in styles that were incorporated by each director in presenting his version of the uninterrupted shot. In the 1980 film ¬of Stanley Kubrick entitled The Shining, a long uninterrupted shot of the young boy Danny was shown as he explored the endless hallways of the
Cinematography guides the audience painstakingly as the cameraman expertly follows Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco into the legendary nightclub from the backdoor all the way to their seats. This scene reportedly took eight takes to successfully make and effectively depicts the level of power and access to a crime world that opens up to the audience. In the classic 1958 film entitled Touch of Evil, Orson Welles expertly shows off his skills in film noir. In a scene, which was made as an uninterrupted shot, the audience follows a car planted with a bomb. It not only introduced the protagonist but it also demonstrated that there was more than one-way to tell a story and create a sense of fluid story telling. The 1948 film entitled Rope is an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece. This film can be said to have been a very ambitious undertaking because the entire film was done in real time. This was accomplished by having it made completely from eight- to ten-minute takes with the story centered on two killers having strangled a classmate. The tense thriller focused on them having hid the body in their apartment and having invited friends and family members just to see how good of a job they had