Trunk Shot
A specific type of Compartment Shot, which involves a character placing or retrieving something (or someone) in the trunknote 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, sometimes from the actual POV of a character who's been stuffed into the trunk.
Popularised by Quentin Tarantino who has a Trunk Shot in all of his films.
See Punk in the Trunk for one of the ways this shot can be used. Distant relative of the
Vengeance Denied
The Roaring Rampage of Revenge is a tried and true storytelling device. Someone has done something wrong to the protagonist: such as murdering one or both of his parents, harming his children, hurting or killing one of his closest friends, his wise and fatherly mentor figure, and/or a loyal subordinate at his command, or even just kicking his dog... but the expected revenge scene never comes.
Maybe someone else who had the same beef killed the offender instead. Or maybe someone else killed them for completely unrelated reasons
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