This scene from The Shining (1980 , directed by Stanley Kubrick) uses Steadicam in order to create a menacing effect because it makes it feel like something is following Danny , this is compounded when the camera lingers on a space before catching up with Danny  and this helps to increase the level of visceral discomfort that the audience will feel because they will be worried about Danny because it feels like he is being perused by a monster and this creates a contrast with Danny’s childhood innocence. Furthermore ,  the labyrinthine set makes the film feel claustrophobic and as if the people in the film are  trapped in a nightmare that they have to escape and this helps to increase the dramatic tension that continues to escalate throught the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy7ztJ3NUMI

This scene ,which is also from The Shining is a perfect example of Stanley Kubrick’s attention to symmetry as the actors are standing in front of a door which is the central focal point of the scene and this creates a jarring effect because it forces the audience to look at a scene in a particular way that they don’t usually have to. Furthermore , the fact that the twins are in the center  of the scene increases  the sense of existential foreboding that the audience may feel and it makes the twins seem like a central threat to Danny. Furthermore , the twins represent a past act of violence at the hotel and they  could represent what Danny  has the potential to become and they represent a perversion of the ideas of childhood because it is supposed to be innocent and free of pain and the twins were killed by their father who was supposed to be the person who was protecting them and this connects to one of the recurring  themes of the film which is that legacies of past violence can come back to haunt us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMbI7DmLCNI