THE SHINING

In the massively influential 1980 horror film, Stanely Kubrick film is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name and strikes

heavily of the novels themes of isolation and communication. Kubrick demonstrates, through his carefully selected camera angles and

rhythms, an atmosphere that is dark, disturbing and claustrophobic.Kubrick employs the use of tracking shots in the winding passages of

the corridors and the maze. More often than not, it is Wendy and Tommy whom the camera follows through these passages, and this

gives us the sense of confinement and helplessness in their situation. Also Kubrick reveals the vast empty spaces such as the grand hall

by slow zooms out. It is often Jack shot in these spaces, representing his growing isolation.