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Pulp Fiction

Name: Adam Grundy

My Analysis

Supporting Images

Cinematography and Camera Techniques

There was a lot of cinematography used in the film pulp fiction. There was a lot of use of the two shot with also use of the establishing shot technique. For example In this supporting image we see the two main protagonists in the shot, setting up the scene for the film. We can obviously see this scene is set in what looks like an American dinner, with the man and the woman is the main characters in the shot. Since in this scene there is a lot of talking, not much use of cinematography needs to be used. The director doesn’t want to overdo it and make it impossible to watch. This scene does also include the just a generic close up to show the emotion of the waitress’s face as alongside the main characters face to show the emotion plus reaction of the characters face as you may not see in a medium or a two shot. Also with a close up you get to see more detail to the characters face unlike you would in any other shot and it is used to signify that the person is a main character. Also included in the scene is a tracking shot as it moves from the female character towards the male character as it stays focused on the male character at all times. Mainly used in scenes with a bigger area like a field, being used here lets us see the male protagonist in a much wider field of view, which may be helpful if something was being blocked from one side but visible on the other side. Lastly is the over the shoulder shot which is common to cut between these shots during a conversation, alternating the view between the different speakers.

Film Opening Sequence Analysis *Comment on the following aspects in relation to your film opening title sequence choice

Visual Effects & Colour Scheme

The look of the scene looks like it is set in 1960’s America but since the film never specifies we would never know, it may just be a themed restaurant to make the audience think that it’s set in a earlier year. The colour scheme though is colourful and simple. There is a lot of light in this scene that looks like it comes outside due to the sunny weather. This suggests that it is warm as both of the characters are wearing thin clothing as to thick clothing. Also in the scene you can see it is set during the morning as it is quite dull outside and that the restaurant isn’t busy, what also is on the table backs up this as they are eating breakfast.

Genre Conventions

Since the film genre is based around a crime thriller, you are most common to see a weapon; most films in this genre tend to include a weapon of some sort to try and support the crime and keeps the plan to continue as they want, and another point to prove this is the ending bit of the scene is the start of a robbery, They discus about where the best and worst places are to rob and why they are. So this scene is heavy on crime and shows us that the rest of the film would be based around the crime theme.

Narrative

During this scene, the protagonists talk about robberies and crimes that they have committed and that overs have committed. Though this is the beginning of the film, it gives the viewer an idea of what the scene is going to be like throughout the movie and Since this scene is a heavy dialogued scene it is going to give us key details to the plot and the story. One key aspect to this is where he mentions about not wanting to continue what he does but carries on anyway; this shows us that he is not a man of his word and that he cannot be trusted, you can’t pick out what the other people in the restaurant are saying so it makes us focus on these two characters.

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Editing Techniques

Since this scenes is heavily on dialogue it has the technique of eye line matching, These two characters never really stop looking at each other, only when the get distracted, and here the director does not break the 180 degree rule, so it doesn’t make the scene look disorientated. When the waitress comes the technique of cutaway, the reason they have done so they can emphasise the specific action of the waitress and it works in conjunction for the characters. This is all done with continuity editing, where the entire scene is all cut and patched together so it makes it run smooth and professional.

Title Credit Design

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