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Although Kubrick does use many aspects of filmmaking, like cinematography as well as editing, there is no doubt that the most vital of all is his use of sound. Throughout his movie ‘The Shining’, Kubrick uses both diegetic and non-diegetic sound cues to control and guide the audience. This is often shown even from the opening scene of the movie during which slow and eerie music track is played over shots of Jack Torrance driving up to the hotel for...
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Throughout many years films have taught audiences what domestic violence looks like. Big movie stars have taken action upon this situation to bring awareness to show what it looks like, and show the importance to what an audience witnesses onscreen. Many believe that in the movie ‘The Shining’, directed by Stanley Kubrick, silently conveys domestic violence within it. The movie begins with Jack Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson, who is a novelist and receives a job as a caretaker at...
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‘The Shining’ is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd. 40 years since the initial release of ‘The Shining’ in 1980, it’s still a part of mainstream culture, but what exactly happened behind the scenes that made this film into the phenomena that it is today? During the French New Wave, a...
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As known, the narrative clarity rules dominated the cinema industry since 1910. One of the most important rules is the 180-degree rule, which is used to illustrate the relation between the characters or a character and an object. It says that the camera should remain on the same side of an imaginary axis (the axis of action) to keep the spectators oriented. After deciding on which side of the axis you will place the camera, you should keep the positions...
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