Research Task 5- Jo White

Joyride (Gillespie) 1995

Genre: Thriller

• The scene opens with iconic thriller music- non diegetic.
• Iconography used: dark night, alone, raining.
• The camera pan's to the left of the screen
• A canted shot looking upwards is shown, (this is to show the auidence the man's view as he looks up towards the telagraph pole) i think this shot has been created so that the audience realise this is going to be important later on in the storyline.
• A key element of sound is used in this sequence as the auidence here's the action of the man being hit, but the audience doesn't actually get to see it.
• I think this could be a really useful idea when making our film as it works really well as an effect without it being ruined but an attempt of something being hit. (Espeacially as it will be low budget)
• A lot of extrme close up's are used as the man is in the boot. his eyes are the only thing in the frame. - i think this is to represent the panic he feels.
• again the narrative seems to be a simple idea, but with some very clever well thoughtout ideas thrown in.
• One unique style of this film is the fact that the man does die in the end, but again we don't see it. We the audience only hear it, and have to imagine what has happened.
• The shots used throughout the whole film were long enough for the auidence to take in each situation that happened, so that at the end, the auidence realised straight away what had happened too him.
• This is a really useful use of sound, and definatly worth thinking about in our own products. as this short film proves it is very effective without actually have to show the action.
• This film positions the auidence to feel sorry for the man, and then to worry for his safetly and by the end the auidence almost feels relived that he survived, but then the film makers takes that all away by burning him at the end.

Posted By Jo White