Mise-en-scene
- Typical shops with car park outside, white/old car
- Bare landscape, not very busy
- Setting of a small town
- Costume - normal, day to day clothing - trousers and denim jacket/cardigan and top - man changes, wears balaclava at end
Sound
- At beginning there is no dialogue - just diegetic sound can be heard, road/traffic/radio
- Dialogue begins with woman and man - Australian accents - conversations indicates there is history between them
- Woman starts screaming when men in balaclavas get into car - dramatic change from the conversation previously with the man on his own
Lighting
- Washed out colour with bright day light from bleak sky
- Lighting doesn't indicate any drama so it is unexpected when the drama unfolds at the end
- This also shows a contrast between the lighting and plot of the film
Camera Shots
- Long shots near beginning enable audience to familiarise themselves with setting
- Medium close up shots in the car when a character is talking
- Frequent use of reverse shots in the conversation with the man and woman
- Extreme long shot used at end as car is driving away - shows the drama was compacted into the car only and outside of the car everything appears normal
Narrative
- Story of a couple, who have broken up, meeting again while the man is waiting for his friends
- They get talking and the man offers the woman a lift home
- Then his friends get into the cra wearing balaclavas and holding bags from what looks to be a robbery and the man drives off
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