Stanley Kubrick

"A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later."

 Stanley Kubrick. A man so intriguing it was of no surprise his final years were spent in recluse. His extensive career produced masterpieces such as The Shining, scenes of which are recognizable to even the most obscure of audiences.

Kubrick's dazzling and unique style has led to him being regarded as one of the best film makers of all time. The style is built up on attention to details to achieve realism and an inspired use of music scores.

It is also essential to note Stanley's  filming attributes which entail scenes that have a very slow tempo to them. Many have criticized them as too expansive, and essentially boring. But it is also believed the tense atmosphere produced by the prolonged scenes is key to the formula as to why the films he has made became so successful.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
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A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
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When I saw Lennie Henry bursting through the door in a similar manner to this in a Premier Inn advert not too long ago, previous viewings of the Shining have just not been the same. However what made this scene so fantastic for me in the first place was no doubt the protracted nature, which allowed tension to build up. It was fairly evident what was set to occur, but the lengthy nature made the climax of the scene even better.

Kubrick's preference towards camera shots was mainly a transition from a close up to a wide shot, potentially even more distant than a wide shot. Often the camera was held at a horizontal angle. This is signified by the scene in the video clip shown above. However, the swift transition's of close up to wide shot's is well signified in the Clockwork Orange clip below.
The shot's were obviously the core of Kubrick's philosophy as to how he preferred to display his films.