For my first film analysis I chose to do the opening 3 minutes of The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick.
The whole of the opening 3 minutes involves extreme long-shots that show a car driving down a long, winding road in some rocky mountains.
It grips you in a way that is different to many modern films; this is because it isn’t fast-paced but creates an enigma because the audience wants to know where the car is going and who is driving it. The opening titles involve light blue, upper-case text saying “A STANLEY KUBRICK FILM” that isn’t bold but catches your attention as it scrolls up the screen and the audience cannot ignore it.
The soundtrack in the opening 3 minutes is of slow, continuous and changing in pitch music.
The shots are on screen before cutting to another shot longer than modern day films, this creates a slow-pace that coupled with the sound creates an eerie feeling.
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