Horror films are notorious for using jump scares and other elements in order to captivate their audience. While most films use this universally accepted method, there's one film that take a more subtle approach. The film "The Shining" (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) uses sound, tracking shot, and lighting to create suspense in the shot where Danny meets the twins in the hallway while riding his tricycle. In this shot, Danny is riding his tricycle throughout the Overlook hotel. While turning on one of the hallways, he makes an abrupt stop. Danny is confronted with twin girls at the other end of the hallway. We see Danny appear to be shocked at the sight of the twins, who proceed to greet him and ask him to play with them. As they repeat the phrase, "Come and play with us Danny" followed by "Forever and ever and ever", Danny then covers his eyes in horror from seeing the twin's lifeless, bloody bodies jumping back to them being alive holding hands. As Danny peeks through his hand, the twins are gone. He says to himself, "Tony, I'm scared". His imaginary friend Tony, who we can differentiate by Danny moving his index finger indicating Tony is speaking, tells him to remember what the cook, Mr. Hallorann told him about things in the hotel not being real.
When Danny is riding his tricycle prior to him seeing the twins, we hear the noise of the wheels against the floor, followed with the faint, muffled noise of when the wheels roll over the carpet. This give the audience an uneasy feeling because of the alternating repetition between the sounds of the wheels rolling on different surfaces. The music that is played during this part of the shot also contribute to this feeling, as the music gains tempo as he approaches the corner where he encounters the twins.
The audience experiences a "scare" while using the tracking shot when the twins pop up around the corner.
