The transition between the titles has a moving pattern. This shows rush. Simply from one title to another, it moves and has a background sound of cars passing through. This gives the idea of an urban place and rush traffic. Ironically the film starts with a car driven on the road. The idea of mentioning that ‘this film is based on a true story’ at the beginning gives it a more realistic effect.
The scene starts with a low ankle camera shot of the car and then as the car moves the shot goes into a tracking shot to keep up with the action. The screen goes blank again and shows the location and the period of time.
The next scene introduces us to three characters that are in the car, rather in a relaxed mood. When everything is calm a noise suddenly kicks in making the characters worried. This makes the audience a bit suspicious as the worse is much expected. But of them suggests that it might be that the car suffered a flat tyre which diverts the thoughts of the audience to make it look like a minor problem. The camera shot works are quite intense as it creates tension and anxiety- close ups and two shots are used. The camera zooms into the car closely as they are about to open the car dickey. Zoom is used to increase the anxiety of the audience and make it more intense. Then it zooms into the characters to see their reaction which would have an impact on the audience. When one of them opens it, we see a man covered in blood trying to escape. As soon as we see it one of the character pulls out a knife and stabs him continuously saying ‘he hasn’t died yet’ which emphasis that it had been pre- planned and that they are responsible for wounding him. To make it even crueller, another one pulls out a gun and shoots him and ensures he is dead. We see some of the typical elements which would be seen in a gangster film such as knife, gun, dark scenery, suit etc.
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