The Shining Trailer Analysis

Period of equilibriumMoment of

Disequilibrium Period of disequilibrium

Production log at 1” with voice over of first character.

Fade to black at 3”

Establishing shot at 4” of fields and mountains.

Fade to black at 7”.

Another establishing shot of a house with mountains in the background at 8”

Fade to black at 10”

Establishing shot at 11” of inside the house.

Fade to black at 12”

Point of view shot at 15” down a hallway.

Fade to black at 17”

Pan shot of a living room fades in to a tracking shot of a hallway, and then fades in to a spooky street.

At 28” tracking shot of a man limping while holding an axe in the street.

At 32” guy attacks the door with an axe.

Fade to black out at 35”

“Reassure you that’s not going to happen to me” at 40”

Fade to black for a few seconds with voice over of a child.

At 47” there is an Ariel shot of the town which then switches to a shot with a family in their car.

7 seconds of different clips of the family doing different things.

At 59” cuts to kid screaming with squeaky voice.

Zoom in close up of the murderer who has a creepy facial expression which could freak the audience out.

Cuts to black screen at 1’13”

At 1’16” there is a flickering tracking shot of a woman running with a man huffing as a voice over.

At 1’25 woman and man are beside a table on the floor as he tells her “I dreamt that I killed you and Danny”

Next few scenes are clips of the dad acting peculiar while somehow frightening his son.

Black out at 1’37”

Close up shot of guys face between a smashed door “here’s Johnny”

Next few clips are action from the film with speedy music to make it dramatic.

At 1’52” there are two little girls in the hallway which the little boy finds .disturbing.

Black out at 1’54”

Fade in tone card at 2’00”