In this specific scene, Annie Wilkes provides Paul Sheldon with a typewriter. She wants him to write more Misery books. However, Annie got Paul the wrong typewriting paper, so Paul asks Annie is she could kindly step out of the house for a bit just to get him the correct batch of paper. Annie, hesitant at first, accepts and is on her way to the little convenience stores back in town. As Annie drives away, Paul decides to somehow try to escape from that freak’s house. With his one and only help, he uses a bobby pin to unlock his door leading him directly to the living room and the kitchen. All this, is shown to the audience through point of view, various canted angles, as well as several medium and close up shots.
Paul leaves his room and starts probing around this empty hose as he wheels himself around in physical pain. He passes through the room where Annie keeps all her medicine hidden. As he enters that room, an angle of destiny is used as Paul Sheldon desperately grabs the pills from the top shelf. He then proceeds to the living room. In the living room, we are shown a pan of the living room and Paul is filmed at a medium shot, sometimes close up, where we can see clearly facial expression and the emotions that he was releasing. After hunting and examining the living room, the kitchen was his next stop, and possibly his final stop in the house.
Once at the kitchen shot, the viewers are given a pan of the kitchen and a point of view shot as well from Paul’s position. As he peruses throughout the kitchen, he spots the kitchen door that could help him escape the house. We are then shown a ground shot when Paul is crawling his way to safety. As he reaches the door, he struggles to reach for the door knob. However, the door knob on that kitchen door was like as if he is reaching for his last hope. Suddenly, it seems as if his whole escaping plan just might not work out after all. Shown with a long shot, we see Annie driving and approaching the house. Closer… and closer… and even closer! Ahhhhhh!!! This is where a shot reverse shot also comes into play. As Paul hears the car approaching, he scurries back to his wheelchair so he could reach his room in time before she got a chance to enter house.
As Annie is walking towards the house, Paul is wheeling himself to safety. As Annie gets her keys to open the front door, Paul is locking and closing the door with the bobby pin. Right there, a match cut was used to link their simultaneous movement. Thankfully, Paul made into his room in all safety in time; nonetheless he was dripping in perspiration.
I found this overall scene to be quite stressful. I personally got so into the movie and I couldn’t even take my eyes off the screen. With the use of an enthralling soundtrack playing in the background and action happening... it was too much to handle! The purpose of this scene was to mainly link the characters. Showing how Annie was the antagonist, in a way, and Paul being the protagonist. Paul was having thoughts of leaving that house as soon as possible, and Annie wanted the opposite, meaning she was locking and isolating Paul inside the house. Taken as a whole, this movie is one of my favourite movies. Hence, having such great tension and action and winning an Oscar.
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