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How Does Stanley Kubbrick Use Sound In The Shining

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Natalie Bennett
Chaisson
Period 6
October 23, 2017
Sound in The Shining
In The Shining, the director Stanley Kubrick uses a wide arage of filmaking techniques like cinematography, editing, and Misce en scene, but the most persuasive is the element of sound. Kubrick uses sound to show the hotels impact on Jack, the films main character. The films sound shows the hotels strong supernatural power, which has taken over Jacks interior instability. The (diegetic) music is intergrated into the plot and througout the film to show Jacks character arch. The intesity of the music in the film protrays Jacks disturbing transformation in the erie Overlook Hotel. The persuasive element of sound is shown even from the start of the film. The opening scene is a series of slow ttracking shots which show an overview of the road up the mountain to the hotel. Kubicks choice of music during this scene adds suspence that from the start of the film inform the viewer that something bad is coming. Music in the film forshadows the trajic ending. The fast paced instuments, random violin strings and high pitched screeching shows the overpowering enviornment and unvails Jack’s inner madness. …show more content…

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