The shining conventions:
Mise-en-scene: at the beginning of the scene the little boy riding the tricycle is seen wearing a red jacket, commonly in thrillers red represents danger, coincidently the boy is in danger as he rides round a corner and is faced with what seems to be ghosts. The twins (ghosts) are wearing light blue dresses, this shows irony in the scene as the colour blue is associated with calmness etc, the boy as shown is not calm or soothed by the sighting of the girls. Irony can be very common in thrillers. The little boy is in peril, this is also very common in thrillers, his age is mainly represented through the use of a tricycle which demonstrates youth.
Camera work and editing: the boy is being followed at the start of the clip, he is followed round the corner of the room, and this produces tension as we do not know what is round the corner. The camera then cuts to a close up of the back of the boy with the twins at the top of the frame, usually this would represent the twins having power of the boy, meaning the boy is very vulnerable, this creates tension and is a convention of a thriller movie. The camera then cuts to and from the boy and the twins, demonstrating a shot reverses shot, this confrontation is shown in both thrillers and horrors. At one point in the clip, we see a flashback/ jump shot of the girls lying dead, hacked up and an axe lying next them, this produces fear in the clip and adds to the thriller like behaviour of it.
Sound: throughout the whole of the clip, there is non-diegetic sound playing in the background, it is very orchestral and produces fear and tension, this is substantial in thriller movies. The music becomes louder and a sharp contrast of a large cymbal being hit alerts the audience and makes them “jump” again this is common for thrillers.
