Joyride - Jim Gillespie (1995)

The movie

• The piano playing as the background score is non diegetic and quite haunting, this is a typical attribute towards thrillers because the sweet sound of the piano is meant to be a sign of the innocent act who is soon to get caught into trouble.

• The mise en scene reveals a sense of who the man is and what he does. For instance, his luminous jacket, the dialogue said whilst he is on the phone and the damaged fuse all sum up that he fixes electrical fuse boxes. This also says how he is likely to be the lead, or atleast, one of the lead characters during the film.

• The camera zooms into the boot of the car whilst the man is putting his tools in, this could be a hint as to what might happen later, and why the boot is involved.A wide shot appears straight after the actor stops his car, this is to emphasize the danger of being alone, as well as the creepy atmosphere of it being dark. The setting where it has stopped which is near the woods once again, another thriller trait.

• It had a tendency to not reveal any of the gore, for instance, the smack of the axe against the victim's head or the murder scene of the policemen/woman, this allows the reader to imagine the violence which creates a chilling effect, especially with the help of the sound effect.

• Once the protagonist is kidnapped, the camera is held at a extreme close up of his face, this allows the audience to understand his fear of the situation, and this type of shot continues to run through the scene as he tries to escape from the boot.One exception is when the camera uses a long shot to show his whole body whilst he is in the boot, this is to show the space he has to suffer with and how it situation may lead to difficulty for him to escape.

• Once the police enters the film, the audience can instantly understand that they play the roles of protagonists and this is featured as a symbol of hope but the film continues to allow the antagonists to have more power with the help of their ruthless strategies involving violence.

• However, the police are introduced once again and the chase leads to drastic consequences taking place such as the protagonist having petrol leaking as well as a sparkling fuse beside him and the car crashing into a tree but luckily, this stops the chase.

• As the saving takes into place, the lead realizes he's returned to the place he left before everything begun, this leaves with a sense of irony and a happy ending.. until the broken fuse he chose not to fix, due to it not being a serious problem, sparks on him, leading him to burn alive. His death is hidden and once again, leaves the audience imagining his death, with only the sound of the flames to listen to as the screen blackens.

• The reason behind the choice of the lead protagonist is to illustrate how these situations can occur at any time, and most importantly, to anybody, creating awareness of kidnapping and how it could happen on a daily basis.