The shining

In my last media lesson we watched a thriller called the Shining.

The thriller is about a man who gets a job in a big hotel and he, his wife and son move there. Before he moves there he is told a story of a man that use to live there. The man who lived there previously killed his wife and twin daughters. Once they move, strange things begin to happen. The mans son begins to see strange things like the twin daughters of the previous man and a corridor being filled with blood. He also begins to continuously see the words red rum. The father starts turning mad and tries to kill the wife and son.

One scene that I found thrilling was when the son was in the maze. The steady camera was used in the maze. This made it easy for us to follow the boy whilst he was running in the maze. I found this scene thrilling because you did not know what was coming next, and it felt as if we were with the boy because the steady cam made it as if we were running with him.

Another scene I found thrilling was when the son was riding around the hotel and he came across the room which he was not suppose to enter and the door was open.

I thought the cut away scenes of the twins and the corridor filled with blood were also quite thrilling. I thought these were thrilling because you never expected it. It was very random and would pop up out of the blue. the cut away scenes also gave hints to the audience about the storyline.

Also the diegetic sound of the tricycle on the floor and carpet added some sort of tension because the audience didn't know what was coming next. Also the sound was very loud which was thrilling because if anything were to happen the audience would being shock.