'The Endurance of The Shining'
This AV Essay, by Jacob Sweeny, explores the endurance of most famous horror film, The Shining '1980'. He picks out the most important parts of the film and explores them in lots of detail. He also points out how the film is different from other horrors at the time as The Shining did not use classic gore, just small amounts of blood, whereas other chilling horror films focused on the gore to keep the audience on the edge of their seat.
The film played with the minds of the audience, for example, the use of symmetry, all of the perfect angles, shots and just how sinister the film looks. The production team really had no idea that the film was going to become a huge hit, but thanks to all of the obsessive attention to detail involving numerous retakes of the scenes, the film was a success. He mentions that Stanley Kubrick (the director) was a perfectionist and said that when they were on set he drove one of the main actors crazy as for one small scene, they had 148 takes that were just a simple speaking scene. He also mentioned that Kubrick intentionally broke some of the fundamental rules, like the 180-degree rule and that he would use really long reaction shots just to make the audience feel uncomfortable.
This essay shows that Jacob Sweeny did plenty of research on and around the film and the production, and added his own personal opinion and theories. Overall his argument is very clear and strong as he uses lots of examples and research to back up them and explain them.
This AV Essay uses good examples and techniques to prove all the struggles the production company went through during the filming process. The way it is structured is really easy to understand, this is because he starts off by introducing the film, facts about the film and then going onto different theories (eg, the Apollo moon landing, the Holocaust and weird bear imagery).
The film played with the minds of the audience, for example, the use of symmetry, all of the perfect angles, shots and just how sinister the film looks. The production team really had no idea that the film was going to become a huge hit, but thanks to all of the obsessive attention to detail involving numerous retakes of the scenes, the film was a success. He mentions that Stanley Kubrick (the director) was a perfectionist and said that when they were on set he drove one of the main actors crazy as for one small scene, they had 148 takes that were just a simple speaking scene. He also mentioned that Kubrick intentionally broke some of the fundamental rules, like the 180-degree rule and that he would use really long reaction shots just to make the audience feel uncomfortable.
This essay shows that Jacob Sweeny did plenty of research on and around the film and the production, and added his own personal opinion and theories. Overall his argument is very clear and strong as he uses lots of examples and research to back up them and explain them.
This AV Essay uses good examples and techniques to prove all the struggles the production company went through during the filming process. The way it is structured is really easy to understand, this is because he starts off by introducing the film, facts about the film and then going onto different theories (eg, the Apollo moon landing, the Holocaust and weird bear imagery).
Wednesday 19th September