This document provides a detailed shot-by-shot analysis of the trailer for the film The Shining. It describes various establishing shots of the exterior and interior of the hotel, moments with the family doing ordinary things, the father acting strangely, shots of the murderer and his attacks, and clips from the film with dramatic music to build tension. The analysis breaks the trailer down into periods of equilibrium and disequilibrium to trace how it establishes calm before intensifying with disturbing images and quotes to unsettle the audience.

1. The Shining Trailer Analysis
Another establishing
shot of a house with
mountains in the
background at 8”
Establishing shot at 11”
of inside the house.
Period of equilibrium
At 1’16” there is a flickering
tracking shot of a woman running
with a man huffing as a voice
over.
7 seconds of different clips of
the family doing different
things.
Fade to black for
a few seconds
with voice over
of a child.
At 59” cuts to kid
screaming with
squeaky voice.
Next few scenes
are clips of the
dad acting
peculiar while
somehow
frightening his
son.
Moment of
Disequilibrium Period of disequilibrium
Establishing shot at 4” of
fields and mountains.
Production log at 1”
with voice over of first
character.
Fade to black
at 3”
Fade to black at
7”.
Pan shot of a living
room fades in to a
tracking shot of a
hallway, and then
fades in to a spooky
street.
Fade to black at
12”
Fade to black
at 10”
Point of view shot at 15”
down a hallway.
Fade to black at 17”
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”
At 47” there is an
Ariel shot of the
town which then
switches to a shot
with a family in
their car.
Cuts to black
screen at 1’13”
Zoom in close up of the murderer who has a creepy
facial expression which could freak the audience
out.
Close up shot of guys face
between a smashed door
“here’s Johnny”
Black out at
1’37”
Black out at 1’54”
Fade in tone card at
2’00”
Next few clips are
action from the film
with speedy music to
make it dramatic.
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”
At 1’52” there are
two little girls in the
hallway which the
little boy finds
.disturbing.