15-12-08 analysing the shinning

In Rebbecca's  lesson we watched six opening of thrillers. One of the best out of the six  thrillers was 'The shinning'. There were very good shots used in the opening, i felt scared and excited to see what was going to happen next. To begin with there was an EXLS of a building. The building looks scary and old, already we know that this is going to be in the thriller genre, and i can confirm this with the mysterious music in the background, it makes you scared and shiver. Then there is a shot of a boy peddling on a bike in the corridor which i'm asuming is a hotel. This shot would not have been scary if it was not shot from behind. It makes the little boy look vunerable and we feel scared for him as the music level rises. Later there is a shot of the boy  looking over at a door. We as the audience make a conclusion that there is something weird and spooky in that room as he stops right in front of it, gets out of the bike and looks at it for a couple of seconds. It cuts into a close up of the little boys face and we can see his fear as he begins to breathe harder. When he begins to reach for the door, we , as the audience don't want him to go into the room and feel scared that he is going to get hurt. There is also another good shot, when he looks up and two girls appear. If i had seen this image another time i wouldn't have been scared but because we see them now, it symbolise something scary. I still jumped as i saw the two girls even though the music did not change. It just shows, that through good camera work you can make the audience feel what ever you like.