How Does Stanley Kubrick Use Cinematography In The Shining

THE SHINING

The key to a great movie is using cinematography to control the mood and tone of a piece in order to affect the viewers' feelings. In Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining", the cinematographer manipulated the lighting to create a certain mood and cast of light onto the scenes. Since lighting is the key to cinematography, it can have a major impact on a films narrative. During the scene of The Shining, entitled "Great Party, Isn't It?" the cinematographer used light to put emphasis on what was happening. The scene starts out indoors under fluorescent lighting. Normally when filming under fluorescent light the shot is given a green tint and the colors do not produce correctly. Although, in the movie, there is no green tint, and the colors seem to be correct. To create that effect a correction gel was used. A Correction gel is a thin piece of polyester that has been dyed a specific color. When filming under fluorescent light correction gels can eliminate certain tints. Although the color correction gel for fluorescent light looks magenta it doesn't actually add magenta to the light it simply removes the green. During the next part of this scene, one of the main characters walks around a corner and the lighting takes on a dramatic change. A strong red tone is added to the shot. In the movie the color red is a
The light in this scene is coming from a window. Although it is suppose to be night time, there seems to be a lot of light coming in from the window. Enough light to illuminate the entire shot. The blue color-effect gel was also used in the shot to try and produce the "night time" effect. This is one of the only shots where I feel the lighting was not working for the scene. When the character turns the corner in the hallway, the entire room is filled with an overpowering blue tint. This shot does not seem to be