Shining Path

Brandon Wright Carol Allen ENG101 37648 Lesson 7: Evaluation Essay The Shining Review One of the most ambivalent films by Stanley Kubrick is “The Shining” – a 1980 horror film, which tells a story of a family that has unknowingly moved into a haunted hotel known as the Overlook. Throughout the movie, a plot develops around the Torrance family: Jack, Wendy, and their son Danny. Kubrick based the movie on a novel by the same title written by Steven King. The novel is rather thrilling and compelling

The film The Shining is a horror film that shows the breakdown of the mental state of main character Jack Torrance, played by actor Jack Nicholson. The character Jack Torrance is a writer who takes on a job as caretaker of an isolated hotel named “Overlook”. Jack’s young son, Danny, possesses a psychic ability called “the shining” in which he is able to see things from the past and future, such as the ghostly apparitions that inhabit the hotel. Soon after settling in, the family is trapped in the

"Mr. Jacks! How have you gotten out of the force field?" Kate screamed from one side of the force field. But this is a story where you must know the full story to know how this problem is resolved. So starting from the beginning, Kate was a normal girl. But she was one day caught up in some activities and met Mr. Jacks. She and her companion were trapped in a force field with no way out. Until Mr. Jacks ended up on the outside of the force field. Kate wondered how Mr. Jacks escaped and Mr. Jacks

After watching the film “The Shining” I was so amazed of how well this movie was crafted and put together. This movie all around was amazing, Kubrick did well picking Jack Nicholson to be a part of this movie. He made it seem so much more realistic. In my perspective, I think the set design in this film can’t be compared to any other movie because the interior seems so dull, yet so evil. The Shining’s Overlook Hotel must be one of the most disturbing locations ever. It’s so scary and creepy looking

King’s The Shining both explore the theme of horror through the use of the key techniques; characterisation, motifs, symbols and setting. The texts are about psychologically disturbed protagonists and the events that they are involved in. Psycho was published in 1960 whereas the Shining was published in 1977, both timeworn novels. In Psycho, Bates is unable to contain the guilt of murdering is mother and therefore, murders those who he feels sexually attracted to. However, in The Shining, Jack Torrance

For those who have not read The Shining, its protagonist Jack Torrance is a clear mirror to King at the time of writing it. When the book is analyzed through the psychological lens it becomes clear that his purpose was meant to be a warning to those with alcoholism. This can be seen from the several types of rhetoric strategies used in The Shining. Due to the fact that King himself is a recovered alcoholic, the idea that the purpose of The Shining is a warning to any others who are also effected

Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is a masterpiece of horror and of cinema as a whole. Kubrick uses several elements mechanically and in exposition to give the audience a feeling of unease and to scare the human mind on a cerebral level. While most films in the horror genre seek to scare with a “bang” The Shining terrifies in a different way. The Shining uses a slow burn of small unsettling things that reach an apex to frighten the audience. One such example of this are the “Danny’s Ride” scenes which

tone of the film as energetic and gives the audience the impression that the narrative and characters are light-hearted. Furthermore, the movie begins at night which suggests a sense of romance, which is a central theme of the film. However, in ‘The Shining’, the camera follows a single yellow car through a changing scenery of mountains and landscapes. From the wideness of the shots, we see the environment as desolated and lonely. The audience is aware that there is no sign of life apart from the driver

saw that it spelled murder”- Stephen King. The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1980, based on the novel of Stephen King is an American horror film that portrays the life of a frustrated writer who moves into the Overlook hotel, where strange things begin to develop. The Shining displays the use of camera angles to make the film important in terms of horror and suspense, it shows the story of a man who falls into a state of craziness. The Shining takes place in the Colorado Rockies mainly in

from speculation or presumption. The viewer “knows more, sees and hears more than any of the characters can” on screen (89). Such a narration leaves the audience trapped by the immediacy or chronology of a story itself. As I will discuss below, The Shining is an exceptional candidate for this type of narration. In contrast to omniscient narration is restricted narration, in which the viewer has the same limited access to information as the characters. An example of restricted narration in a Kubrick