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Joy Ride (2001)

Directed by John Dahl · Cinematography by Jeffrey Jur

R97 min122 frames

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It started as a joke. Now the joke is on them.

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Joy Ride (2001) movie still: wide — A long paved highway cuts through an expansive flat desert landscape during golden hour. A white vintage car…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: wide — A dense cornfield at night obscures most of a large truck sitting behind it. The vehicle is visible as a dark…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: medium — A man stands within a dense field of tall stalks at night. He is positioned between the leaves as he looks…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: establishing — An interior wall featuring a wooden door frame with a closed white door. Sunlight shines through thin…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: medium — A law enforcement officer in a tan uniform stands before a motel parking lot. He speaks to a person whose…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: medium — A man sits inside a vehicle moving through an arid desert landscape at sunset. The subject looks out the…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: closeup — A dark indoor setting features a man standing against a wall lit by red light. He yells while looking at…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: medium — A dimly lit motel room features a table lamp positioned between two bed pillows. Two men lie together in the…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room at night with a man standing in front of curtains. The green illumination highlights the…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: wide — A rural road at night borders a dense field of tall crops under fog. Three figures stand beside a sedan with its…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: medium — A dimly lit interior room features textured walls and a framed painting on display. A young man in a white…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: medium — Inside a pickup truck at night, a man stands outside the open passenger door. The driver in the foreground is…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: medium — An emergency medical vehicle exterior at night with an open rear door. A uniformed medic attends to a young…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: medium — A man is seated inside a moving vehicle traveling through a desert landscape. The subject turns his head and…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: closeup — A blue highway rest area sign is mounted against a pitch black night sky. Black graffiti spray-painted across…Joy Ride (2001) movie still: medium — The interior of a car at night with darkness visible through the windows. Two men sit side-by-side in the…
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What is Joy Ride about?

Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.

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What does the cinematography of Joy Ride look like?

Sampled across 115 frames, the coverage of Joy Ride leans on medium shots (50% of the sample) and close-ups (30%). Cinematographer Jeffrey Jur keeps 66% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 72% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 84% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Joy Ride?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Joy Ride (2001) are #302f2e, #0e0d0c, #4f4e4b, #90918e, #f7f7f6, #d0ceca — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #4f4e4b
  • #90918e
  • #f7f7f6
  • #d0ceca

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