The Shining (1980) is a great example of cinematography because of the use of symmetry and one point perspective. For example the many corridor scenes. These demonstrate how even with all the alternate paths in the doors, there is only one way to go. This contributes to the implication of the hotel itself being alive, as if the characters being in the jaws of the beast and the only way forward is down the gullet.

An inspiring practitioner of cinematography is John Alcott who worked on The Shining (1980) with the director Stanley Kubrick

John Alcott, was an English cinematographer known for his four collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), for which he took over as lighting cameraman from Geoffrey Unsworth in mid-shoot, A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), the film for which he won his Oscar, and The Shining (1980).