'The Shining' - Production Design Quiz

Answer: Mr. Ullman and Jack

Jack's tie was green and Mr. Ullman's red, but they were both this distinctive knitted material. Bill's tie was a multi-colored silk thing.

Answer: Sailboat

Bugs Bunny is on the shirt Danny wore in the first scenes of the film. Mickey Mouse is on the shirt Danny wears when he and Jack talk about whether or not they like the hotel. The space shuttle sweater is the one that gets torn when Danny goes to room 237.

Answer: red

I think red, particularly bright red, was a significant color in the film. Jack never wore bright red (the jacket he wears through the end of the film is red, but very muted, more of a maroon). Danny's clothes almost always incorporated red (the only scene where they didn't was the space shuttle sweater, when Danny went into room 237).

The key to room 237 is red, as is Dick's telephone.

Answer: mirror

There is a significant amount of the scene that is filmed through the mirror in the bedroom. This sets the audience up to be watching doubles and reflections in the film.

Answer: mirror

There is a mirror across from Lloyd, suggesting that he is actually speaking to himself in this scene.

Answer: light strip

This beam of light running up the center of the frame looks like something out of '2001: A Space Odyssey'.

Answer: naked women with afros

I've always been a bit perturbed by what Kubrick was trying to achieve with this.

Answer: he looks in the mirror

Again, Jack's interactions with the elements of the hotel are largely informed by the presence of mirrors.

Answer: salt

Big bags of Holly salt. Did you know that all the snow used on the external shots when Danny slid down outside the bathroom window was actually salt? That must've made a mess of their clothes.

Answer: lipstick

Danny takes his mother's lipstick off the dresser and writes 'redrum' on the bathroom door across from the mirror so that when Wendy sees it in the mirror, it reads as 'murder'.