10 November, 2010

Story Structures

We had to analyze a film called Joyride and do some tasks to follow that.


Below are the tasks and answers:

Activity 1:

Story Structure:
Write, in list form, the things that happen in Joyride

  • Broken Device
  • Undressing as he goes home early
  • Notices body in the middle of road
  • Attacked
  • Wakes up in back of car
  • Hands tied together
  • Discovers flashlight and turns it on
  • Kicks off panel to destroy electrical (rear break light)
  • Police notice and pursue
  • Stop for police
  • Man kicks and screams
  • Hear screams
  • Police officers get killed
  • Blood drops on his face
  • Threatened to get killed if he tries anything again
  • Chase by police again
  • Fuel can spills, sparks from broken circuit threaten to start fire.
  • Electric fail and car crashes into tree
  • Gets out, Staggers towards police car
  • Threatened by man to cut throat
  • Alarms go off drawing police attention
  • Ends where he starts off
  • Sets alight?
Where one thing happens because of another link them with the word because:
Because he screams and panics, causes death of two police officers.

Activity 2
Describe the main character at the beginning of the film
At the beginning, he talks on the phone and decides not to fix the final 'late' job.

Describe him at the end
He is able to adapt to the current situation, when in the trunk. He seems grateful/ironic to be back where it all started

Write a single sentence which sums up what this film is 'about'
Two strangers joyride an unsuspecting mans car, holding him prisoner- escaping finds himself where he started off.

Activity 3
Consider the Three Act Structure in relation to Joyride:
Act I Set Up
Act II Confrontation
Act III Resolution

Describe the set up
The moment he decides to abandon his job, he finds a 'dead' person laying on the road. They hit him on the head and he appears inside car boot.

Explain & Describe where Act II starts
The victim of this 'drama' wakes up and struggles to free himself causing the death of innocent people along the way, without intention. This all happens in the hope of escaping the confrontation ends when the car crashes into the tress.

Explain & Describe where Act III starts
The victim fights back against his captor, coming to an end where the story began. Transformer sparks and sets alight in the end. This completes the 'circle'

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