The title sequence in The Shining uses extreme long shots that pan across remote locations to establish a sense of isolation and helplessness typical of psychological thrillers. Non-diegetic eerie music further builds an unsettling atmosphere. Titles appear on screen for only a few seconds each, starting with the director and main stars before revealing the film title. The slow cutting rhythm and lack of context for the green car driving through the shots creates mystery and leaves the audience with questions as it starts the story in a state of equilibrium.

1. 19265901871980-895350-914400 The title sequence in the shining is very different compared to all the other title sequences I have seen. The main shots used throughout are extreme long shots which pan across a location following a green car. Extreme long shots are used to establish the location, in this case the location is pivotal to the success of the title sequence as it shows a very rough and more importantly a very remote location something which are stereotypically used by psychological thrillers and horrors to convey a sense if helplessness this is one aspect of the title sequence that hints the genre of the film to the audience. The use of non diagetic music is also key to the success of the opening title sequence. The very deep toned instrumental creates a very eerie atmosphere and is the only other aspect of the sequence that tells the audience about the genre of the film. The music seems to be used to counter the strong sense of normality and realism in the shots used to build this title sequence thus implying that danger is around the corner. 192405034925 1937385844550 1937385260350 It take 1 minute for the first titles to come on screen this maybe done because the director what the audience to zone in to the movement of the car and camera and not focus on anything else, the titles from then on stay on screen for a maximum of 5 seconds. The titles seem to go with the hierarchy of power system but starting with the director and then the two main stars followed by the film title. 1915795336550In the terms of narrative structure, the audience is left with many questions, who, what, why and where the care is going and what is the importance of this car, no hero or villain is clarified, one thing that could be said is that the film starts at equilibrium this is represented by the blue wirting as apposed to red which seems to be colour of choice in most other film sequences. 192405093980 The film sequence also uses a very slow cutting rhythm this is also used so the audience can focus on the screen and ease into watching the movie the slow cutting rhythm is also used to create mystery as the as the audience cannot tell anything about the prospective story line from the pictures they are getting. 1956435137160 1956435230505