Saturday 3 January 2015

The Shining Title Sequence


This is the title sequence of the film The shining.

The distributing company, Warner brothers, is seen at the start of the title sequence for 10 seconds,  from 00:10 to 01:19, we have 4 different cuts of scenery from an aerial shot following a car on the road set to minimal music, with brass being the main instrument heard, this is to show how isolated and alone the people in the car are. At 01:19, the first credit is shown, ascending from the bottom of the screen to the top, this is the name of the director, Stanley Kubrick. Then the main male and female characters are shown followed by the name of the film, the camera is still showing the same images but the music has changed to a higher pitched synth, this could be to create an eerie atmosphere and to foreshadow the strange happenings that happen in the film, as is common in a psychological film. Name of supporting actors follow up the screen, then the people involved in the making of the film. The music alternating from the slow brass, to the high pitched wailings of the synth, this could be to imply not all is right as it is showing normal scenery but playing eerie music over the top of it.

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