Mise-En Scene For The Shining 1980

Mise-En-Scene; the Shining 1980
Sound;
At the start of the scene the sounding is quiet, with just ‘Johnny’ speaking, and then when he starts to knock down the door with the axe, the smacks get louder and louder. Also the woman starts to scream so this makes the scene seem a lot more intense. The extra-diegetic sound in the background also become louder and the scene progresses until when ‘Johnny’ put his head through the door and says “here’s Johnny”. This makes the audience feel more uncomfortable and on edge at what will happen. ‘Johnny’s’ voice is quite deep and husky making him sound nastier then he is. The women’s scream is quite high pitched making her sound a lot more like an innocent victim. When the women picks up the knife from the sink, it makes quite a loud clanging noise so I think this draws the audience to the fact that she has a knife, and that she may use it as a weapon.
Costume;
‘Johnny’ is wearing quite dark, placid colours so this could give the impression that he is quite dark and nasty. Also, the colour of his jacket is a deep red/claret colour, which could resemble blood. Underneath that he is wearing a checked shirt. Typically this gives off a lumberjack sense, as its stereotypically the sort of thing they wear. As he is wearing this, the axe almost fits together with ‘Johnny’ because it’s the tool that lumberjacks use to cut trees down. This could give the audience the impression that he is quite strong, overpowering and a violent character. The woman is wearing quite pale and pastel like colours. The dressing gown is a pale purple colour and the jumper underneath it cream so this could give the impression that she’s quite angelic like, hence being the victim. The woman seems very distressed and scared and we can tell this not only through her body language but her makeup and facial expressions too. She seems rather hot and you can tell this because she seems to be quite sweaty. Also, her face is very pale so it could give the idea that she feels sick, and is very scared. Her hair is dull and messy, but this is because she is worried and frightened. ‘Johnny’ has a small beard so this indicates that he is quite rough and not very proud of his appearance, also making him seem more rough and weary.
Lighting;
The lighting in the bathroom is very bright, and quite pure so it almost looks quite heavenly. This could be because the victim is angelic like or the fact that she is in danger, and will be going to ‘heaven’. As this scene is quite terrifying, the bright light in the bathroom could contrast with the fact that the victim is seen as angelic. It’s as if nothing can hurt her. The walls are white and look clean, so it seems un-like a murder scene.
The bedroom however where ‘Johnny’ is seems quite dull and dark. The only light in the bedroom is that coming from the lamp on the bedside table. The bedroom seems to be a lot darker than the bathroom because of not only the lighting but also the colours on the wall. White makes the bathroom look bright and clean, whereas the creamy colour on the walls of the bedroom make it seem small and dingy. Also it looks unclean compared to the bathroom. I think this is due to not only the lights, but the colours aswel.
Camera Angles;
There are a lot of camera angles and shots used for this scene. For example when ‘Johnny’ is first talking, they use a close up so we can just see his face. The camera angle however is always straight onto the character. They use quite a few close ups, like when the axe has gone through the door and when the victim slashes the knife onto ‘Johnny’s’ hand. Medium shots are used when the women is in the bathroom. This is so we can see not only her, but also the axe going through the door at the same time. Also they are used when Johnny puts the axe through the door for the first time. The camera follows the action of the axe for the first few times where it smashes into the door. The camera angles stay the same for most of the scene.