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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:tarentino-~~trunkshots_9938~~trunkshots 9938.jpg\|~~frame~~thumb\|350px\| [[Quentin Tarantino]] loves this trope.]] Usually deployed in any movie which involves a character placing or retrieving something in the trunk (boot, if you're using British English) of a car. POV will usually be from within the trunk looking up at the character opening it. Line 6: Popularised by [[Quentin Tarantino]] who has a Trunk Shot in all of his films. See [[Punk in ~~The~~the Trunk]] for one of the ways this shot can be used. ----▼ ~~=== '''Notable films that feature this trope:''' ===~~ Sister trope to [[Binocular Shot]] and [[Mouth Cam]]. ▲---- {{examples}} == Film == * ''[[He Walked By Night]]'' : Credited with being the first film to use this trope. * ''[[Goodfellas]]'' Line 17 ⟶ 20: ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' ''[[From Dusk ~~Till~~till Dawn]]'' ''[[Grindhouse\|Death Proof]]'' ([[Inverted Trope\|Inverted]], this one is actually a shot from under the '''front hood''' of a car). ** ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' (Actually, the POV is just lying on the ground.) * [[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]] gives us this as a [[Shout -Out]] to ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', just before Lance and Tommy lay siege to Ricardo Diaz's estate. * ''[[Laid to Rest]]'' * ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]''. A [[Shout -Out]] to Tarantino in a ''Disney'' film. With frogs. * ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''. Also an intentional [[Shout -Out]]. [[A Bloody Mess\|Ta da.]] === ~~'''Also~~Live ~~found~~Action ~~in:'''~~TV === * ''[[Supernatural (TV series)\|Supernatural]]'' ~~-- the~~—the Winchesters keep their weapons in the trunk, and so represents their "family business." The last shot of the pilot is a dramatic trunk shot with the trunk slamming shut serving as a cut to black. Also an example of [[Book Ends]], as season 2 ends with the exact same shot, and line ("Let's get to work."). * ''[[~~Its~~It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' uses this trope in "Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia" Given the [[Accidental Kidnapping\|context]], it may be an additional shout-out to Tartatino's films in general * ''[[~~Life On Mars (TV)\|~~Life On Mars]]'': Gene Hunt does this to Sam Tyler at least once. * The [[Pilot]] episode of ''The Streets of San Francisco'' (1972) contains one near the end of an episode, when Stone, Keller and Malone find a chest with victim's belongings. {{reflist}} [[Category:Camera Tricks]] [[Category:Trunk Shot]] ~~[[Category:Trope]]~~