Joyride - Emma

Three Stages of Narrative

Set-Up - Arrival of main charecter at pylon
Complication - 'Injured' man lying in the road, kidnapp

Resoloution - Police pulling over the car

That's where the three stages of narrative should conclude, but with Joyride it's a different story

Complication - implied death of Police

Resoloution - Crash, escape from boot
I like the way sound bridging was used in this scene, creating the effrct of a crash without the cost of actually showing it.

Complication - Hostage situation

Resoloution - Car alarm, knockes out kidnapper.

The irony of this peice is that he comes up with all of these ways to save himself from the kidnappers, but seems to die anyway, due to his own lazyness. I think it was good to come full circle, concluding the film at the place of the initial set up.

Restricted narration

• Close ups of the protagonist in the boot, emphasising the sense of fear and clostraphobia.
• Off screen sound helps us to understand what's going on outside
• Blood splatters re-inforce what the sound suggests, the injury/death of the police.

Un-restricted narration

• Large depth of field, show's the audience that one antagonist is still concious and about to do some damage. This creates suspence.