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Monday, November 17, 2014
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick uses the music and use of diegetic sounds to emphasize fear, suspense, and madness. In one particular scene where Jack is sitting at his desk and typing on his type writer, the camera zooms in very slowly on Jack. The music is suspenseful, high pitched, eerie, and drowns out the back ground noises. The zoom in from behind Jack makes the feeling of the scene very sinister. You can't see what is in front of him except you can see Wendy coming in from the right side. As Wendy approaches Jack the music starts to increase in pitch and volume.
As previously seen in the movie the viewers can assume that Jack doesn't show much compassion towards his family. So when Wendy is approaching Jack it makes the viewers cringe and sit on the edge of their seats. At the very last minute when Wendy approaches Jack the music comes to a very abrupt and sudden high pitched noise as he pulls up his paper from his type writer. As the viewer you can only assume what he might pull up and to have the music heightened so much at this one particular instant makes the viewers jump. Do you think Kubrick should've used such suspenseful music in this particular scene?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRTGVvQosWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRTGVvQosWk
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Since the music was so suspenseful in this scene, I was expecting something more. I thought that Jack was going to act violently or hurt Wendy, instead of just yell at her. I think Kubrick decided to use it because it is building up the tension for later. I think that Jack yelling at Wendy shows how Jack is slowly driving himself insane. He is really stressed out because of his writing, but also something else begins to take control of him. As you said, it is clear that Jack lacks compassion towards his family, and we saw a lot of this in the viewing today. Jack begins to turn on Wendy and calls her a "little b**ch". He then goes off on a rant about how she can never let him forget about what he did to Danny. The suspenseful music is building up throughout the whole movie, and combined with his anger, it seems as though Jack is about to lose it and hurt his family.
ReplyDeleteI think the music is more used to foreshadow what is to come in later scene with Jack and Wendy. That scene is so vital for setting the stage for the dramatic scene when she comes in and sees the type writer. This rant is crucial for making the scene far more creepier later on the movie due to his first reaction. It also reveals a lot about Jack and his awful attitudes.
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