2. Immediately we see the Warner Bros production splash, simply showing
that this big name company produced the film.

3. SCORE
In contrast to the visuals we see in the opening two minutes of the
film, the score we hear is quite surreal. The non-diagetic music we hear is
very dark, whereas the images we see show colourful and bright scenery.
Maybe this shows that things will change for the worse in this movie, that
something dark will happen.

4. The camera pans across this scenery at the very start of the film. It has nothing to do
with the film in the slightest, but I think the director wanted it to be symbolic of the
film as a whole. The island in the middle of the lake is on its own, isolated from
everything else. The theme of isolation plays a big part to this film, and I think that
this is why Kubrick made this his first shot.

5. As the viewer our attention is drawn to this car. The bird’s eye view allows us
to see the car and it’s surroundings, suggesting environment/setting is very
influential on the film. We automatically assume that the person in the car is
of vital importance. Later we find out the person in the car is Jack
Torrance, (Jack Nicholson) who is travelling to an interview so he can become
caretaker of a hotel, which ultimately becomes the setting of the film. As the
car is placed between a forestry of trees, the theme of isolation is also tackled
here again, showing that more isolation is to come for this man in the car.

6. As soon as the credits start we Although that might be the
see that the name of the case, the text is exactly the
director/screenplay writer rather same here as the director’s. Not
than that of the stars of the film. only that but it also seems to
appear on the screen for the
same amount of
time, connoting that they are
equals. It also shows that
this is an actor who plays a vital
part in the movie as he is the
first to appear in the credits.
This is the case, as Jack
Nicholson plays the part of the
man who turns psychotic and
attempts to kill his family with
an axe.

7. Shelley Duvall also shares the Next comes the title of the film.
same colour, font, and size as The font does not differentiate
the others. She is another star of in anyway to the font for
the film, who plays the part of Stanley Kubrick, Jack
the wife. Nicholson or Shelley
Duvall, suggesting that the film
is being sold on the big names
rather than the title. It also
suggests that they are the only
stars of the film, as they get
priority over the title.

8. Danny Lloyd plays the boy in The Shining who actually has the gift
called “The Shining.” He has a similar amount of time on camera to
Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall yet he is only “featuring” in the film
and not “starring” in it. The fact that he comes after the stars of the
film and the title show that perhaps the film is being sold on big
names, and just because Danny Lloyd does in fact star in this film it
doesn’t mean he gets put up with the big names in the credits.

9. At the end of the two minutes we see this stopped car. This is the only other
vehicle we see, and it is stopped dead. This may show that no one will be
there to help later on, and that no one wants to follow him to where he is
going.