“Here’s Johnny!” is one of the most famous lines in cinema history, said by Jack Nicholson, but what most people don’t remember is his facial expressions and the cut door he is looking through. Mise-en-scene is the representation of space affects the reading of a film, depth, proximity, size and proportions of the places and objects in a film. Jack’s expression is what makes this scene memorable, which is an example of the use of mise-en-scene. At the opening scene where the helicopter is flying through typing the long ride to the hotel is a great use of cinematography, with the canted angles and the extreme long shots. I think The Shining was a good choice for us to watch because it contains good representations of film analysis. Some might say The Shining was scary or gory on some levels but I thought it was really good; Stanley Kubrick along with Stephen King’s mind makes for a really intense film. The picture I chose is about ducks and how they are always calm on the surface but always busy beneath the water. That is how I felt this past week with the readings and viewing that we had to have done. Not only that but with the Image Music Text presentation we have to do on the Death of the Author next week has been keeping us really busy by meeting up every other day. This image also relates to the film analysis readings we had because it uses a momma duck with her baby ducklings which also says busy in a different way in how moms are always busy with their kids. So the objects that they use are part of mise-en-scene. The cinematography it uses is a medium shot to capture the shadows and ripples in the pond to show the movement. Hopefully this presentation on Friday will go as planned and everybody will learn something about the death of the author.