Ray Lovejoy working at a Steenbeck flat-bed editing machine.
Notes I made on 4 May 1980 (during the May Bank Holiday) of the aerial footage for ‘The Shining’ opening title sequence. The large note ‘KEYS’ is a reminder to keep hold of the cutting room keys at all times, after Stanley had locked us out of the cutting room the day before, which necessitated me climbing a drain pipe.
My rough music chart for Reel 15 of ‘The Shining’ that Stanley used for a preliminary run-through in the dubbing theatre. An annotation he made can be seen in his handwriting at 71 feet: ‘to fill hole’.
Detail of my rough music chart for ‘The Shining’ reel 15 music.
Frame from ‘The Shining’ focus leader that that we used on all the rushes.
Draft of the order I made for Ray Lovejoy to send to Ranks Labs for the neg-cutting of The Shining, 16 May 1980.
Stanley’s notes to me in February 1980 re. re-ordering the sequence of Hallorann coming to the rescue in the snowcat.
Three consecutive pages from ‘The Shining’ Editing Notebook, showing 19 alterations Stanley made to the final cut on March 5-6 1980. They show how Gill and I worked in shifts. Notes 1-14 show the changes Stanley made on my shift on the evening of Thurs 5, finishing in early hours of Friday; notes 15-18, in Gill’s handwriting, show the further changes Stanley made during the day on Friday 6; and note 19 I made at the start of my next shift on Friday evening.
Detail from a page of ‘The Shining’ Editing Notebook, showing notes Gill and I made at the time, as Stanley made final alterations to the last two reels.
Once the maze shots had been categorised, Gill stored them on the racks in Stanley’s stable block cutting room’The Shining’ creating this index to show which shelves they were stored on. Note in Gill’s handwriting.
None of the shots of Jack chasing Danny in the winter maze had detailed continuity sheet notes. So I went through it all, categorising the contents. Note dates from March 1980
‘The Shining’ reel 8A-B hospital scene deletion
‘The Shining’ hospital scene deletion as phoned through to America, 25 May 1980.
‘The Shining’ prints checked for shipment to America, 22 May 1980
The first images here all date from notes I made during The Shining post-production in May 1980. My first plan for ‘The Shining’ music score LP
This was a note I made, probably for the dubbing editors, giving details of the hospital scene deletion 24/25 May 1980
The hospital scene deletion 25 May 1980
34,000 feet of ‘The Shining’ prints shipped to the US on 26 May 1980
My diary entry on 1 May 1979 on being told I’d been accepted to work on Vivian Kubrick’s documentary
My diary for 9 – 12 January 1980, when I began working directly with Stanley
Stanley’s memo to the editing crew in August 1979 re never mentioning Childwickbury
Extract from Vivian’s Christmas card to me in 1981
Diagram showing the relationship between Stanley, the crew, and the film itself
Stanley’s signature on his Christmas card to me in 1979
The message Stanley dictated to me to pass on to Bill Rowe the dubbing editor on the last day of dubbing
‘The Shining’ shelf index of the winter Maze shots
Stanley’s notes to be re. re-ordering Hallorann coming to the rescue
A typical page from ‘The Shining’ editing notebook
Gill Macdonald (née Smith), Christiane Kubrick and Gordon Stainforth 30 years later
Childwickbury from the air, taken by Katherina Kubrick’s husband
The gates of Childwickbury taken in about January 1980. Photo: Gordon Stainforth
Tom Smith’s sketch of Vivian Kubrick
Tom Smith’s sketch of Stanley Kubrick
Tom Smith’s sketch of Jack Nicholson
Tom Smith’s sketch of Danny Lloyd
Tom Smith’s sketch of Scatman Crothers
Tom Smith’s sketch of Gill Smith
Stanley Kubrick editing note to me – example 1
Stanley Kubrick editing note to me – example 2
Stanley Kubrick editing note to me – example 3
Stanley Kubrick editing note to me – example 4
Stanley Kubrick editing note to me – example 5
Stanley Kubrick editing note to me – example 6
A note from Gill to Gordon
‘The Shining’ editing notebook
Stanley Kubrick – a frame from Vivian’s documentary
Stanley planning a shot of Jack after he’s been locked in the larder by Wendy. Frame from Vivian’s documentary.
Stanley Kubrick directing ‘The Shining’. A frame from Vivian’s documentary.
‘The Shining’ editing crew on 35th Anniversary gathering at Elstree. Adam Unger, Gill Smith, Tim Smith, Gordon Stainforth
The surviving members of ‘The Shining’ crew at the reunion in 2015
Ray Lovejoy, editor of ‘The Shining’. Photo: Gordon Stainforth
Gordon synching up Vivian Kubrick’s rushes for ‘Making the Shining’ in May 1979. Photo: Vivian Kubrick
‘The Shining’ focus leader
My rough music dubbing chart for reel 14 of ‘The Shining’ with Stanley’s annotations.
List of music pieces Stanley gave me that he wanted me to use. Obviously most keen on Polymorphia and De natura sonoris No.2
List of possible main title background shots that I compiled for Stanley on 4-5 May 1980
‘The Shining’ revised main title sequence. My compilation for Stanley
‘The Shining’ – my very rough chart of ‘Awakening of Jakob’ at start of reel 2
The Catozzo 35mm ‘italian joiner’
Acmade 35mm synchroniser. Photo courtesy of Howie Berry.
My very rough preliminary dubbing charts, showing used of Ligeti in reels 3 & 4
Ligeti ‘Lontano’ – mag dupe report of tracks transferred on to 35mm mag stock
‘The Shining’ – my first very rough chart for the ‘heartbeat sandwich’ in reel 4 (but also used elsewhere)
Bartok score for the Piu Andante of ‘Strings, Percussion and Celesta’
My first very rough music chart for ‘The Shining’ reel 5
Score of Bartok’s Music for strings, percussion and celesta’ showing entry of the Piu Mosso at bar 45 of the Andante.
Penderecki – opening of Utrenja: Ewangelia
My first very, very rough working chart for the music in reel 14
My diary of 12 – 15 May 1980, showing working through the night on 14-15 May.
Vivian Kubrick’s touching farewell message to me in October 1980, after finishing editing ‘Making the Shining’. ZOOM IN TO READ.
Stanley Kubrick by Phil Galloway
Gordon with Christiane Kubrick at the Childwickbury Art Fair, July 1, 2022
Gordon with Jan Harlan outside the Stable Block at the Childwickbury Arts Fair, July 1, 2022
Katharina Kubrick, Willem Hopman (Kubrick enthusiast), and Gordon at the Childwickbury Arts Fair, 2022
