Additionally, the music in this scene stands out compared to just about any other. Stanley Kubrick tries to trick the viewer with his ominous music and camera angles, implying that the moment of impending doom has finally arrived when there ends up being nothing waiting around the corner. However, the music in this scene, while ominous, isn't intense and suspenseful. It's more patient, almost hypnotic when combined with the zoom into the maze, because nothing really happens in this scene... It's just meant to foreshadow the family's new dynamic and new impending doom.
Monday, November 17, 2014
The Shining
Additionally, the music in this scene stands out compared to just about any other. Stanley Kubrick tries to trick the viewer with his ominous music and camera angles, implying that the moment of impending doom has finally arrived when there ends up being nothing waiting around the corner. However, the music in this scene, while ominous, isn't intense and suspenseful. It's more patient, almost hypnotic when combined with the zoom into the maze, because nothing really happens in this scene... It's just meant to foreshadow the family's new dynamic and new impending doom.
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I too found that scene scary. The music in the maze scene added to the suspense. You felt almost like you were there and knew something bad was coming. But didn't know what. The idea of the unknown was scarier than what was happening at the moment. I also found the scene when Danny was riding his bike around the halls scary. The way Kubrick shot this, made it hard to see what was coming. We saw everything from Danny's point of view, which made it hard to even watch because you felt like something was going to jump out and scare you. While nothing happened in the first scene we saw him riding his bike, the music added to the suspense making it seem like something was going to happen.
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ReplyDeleteWhile I found this scene also very terrifying and suspenseful, I actually thought the "gold room" and "red bathroom" scene(s) were the most terrifying. In the "gold room" scene what I found most fascinating was the immense contrast between what the audience hears and sees and what the audience actually knows. The viewers know that the hotel is completely deserted - there is no one there except for Jack and his family. The fact that all the interactions that Jack has with people, the music, Lloyd, the drinks, everything is either paranormal or a figment of Jack's psychopathic imagination. Jack is completely alone, which makes the scene a lot more "creepy." In the bathroom scene, there is absolutely nothing horrifying that happens, in contrast with the rest of the film. There is no blood, decomposing bodies, dead people, or "shinings" happening. The mere discussion between Jack and Grady is what brings goosebumps to the audience.The fact that Grady uses such polite and calm language to suggest such horrifying and immoral things to Jack is terrifying. When so politely he says that he "corrected" his wife and children is when the audience sees that by the word "correct" he really means "murder." The fact that he uses such proper language to speak about such improper actions makes the audience even more uneasy than before.
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