A spectral camera soars languidly through a deep valley, conjuring up images of the American frontier, towering mountains, evergreen trees, and discouloured water captured through a wide-angle lens. Sweeping across the landscape, the camera begins to follow a tiny yellow VW Beetle making its way up a winding road carved into the steep mountain cliffs. The lens frequently moves so the the car is only in a fraction of the frame, revealing how minuscule the vehicle is against the cliff on which it is driving.
Unusually, the title sequence for The Shining also employs rolling credits, a design element normally reserved for end credits. When paired with the unsettling musical score, the austere Helvetica typeface — cryptically colored a hot blue — seems immediately at odds with the pristine wilderness.
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