The movie “The Shining” had many instances of feeling trapped. The American Society of Cinematographers mentions that they used cardboard models to help them set the scene of the wife swinging the bat so that he wouldn't hurt her. In that scene the way the house was constructed, it seemed as if she was trapped. As they were on the stairs when this happened, and the rail made it appear as if she was a dog trapped in a cage. As the wife steps back, we can see a wall behind her. The closer she approaches the wall from behind, the more it seems like there’s no way for her to get out. 

  In this scene, the position of the camera zoomed in, which made them look more trapped. One of the instances that made me feel trapped was when Danny was in the hallway quickly peddling on his bike. What made it feel more like being trapped was how the hotel looked like a maze that Danny was trying to find his way out of. Every dead end he’d see the two twin sisters whenever he stopped or turned around. It provided a sense of being trapped because he was going fast and the building was shaped like a jail. It feels like he was trapped in a maze when he would go in different hallways trying to find his way around the hotel.

Another scene in “The Shining” that made me feel trapped, was when Jack was chasing Danny because there was a connection with the maze and hotel. They were both mazes, but this one was literal. When Jack was chasing Danny in the maze, he was met with another dead end similar to the 2 twin sisters in the hotel. The feeling of being trapped was reflected throughout the movie as I watched Danny trying to find his way out of both the hotel and the literal maze outside of it both in the beginning, middle, and end. Every scene had different elements that made the viewer feel trapped within them, enhancing the overall idea of inescapable confinement. 🐾