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Pulp Fiction - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jomr9SAjcyw Name:Reece Mechan

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Cinematography & Camera Techniques

One of the techniques used in the pulp fiction opening title sequence is the close up. The director uses this technique uses this technique twice. He uses it when the waitress comes over and offers them coffee and again when the man slams the gun on the table. The director uses the close up because a close-up exaggerates facial expressions which convey emotion. The audience is drawn into the subject's personal space and shares their feelings. So when the waitress came in and the camera did a close up on her face then we got to see that she seems happy in the place she is working and that she doesn’t seem to have a care in the world, the close up makes us feel sympathy for the waitress because we automatically sorry for her because she doesn’t deserve to experience the robbery of the diner. The director has used a close up on the gun to show us that the guy is serious about performing the robbery and the way he slams the gun down shows us that they have no other way of making a living other than robbing various types of businesses.

Another one of the techniques the director uses is a two shot. This technique is used a lot in the opening title sequence. He opens the title sequence with this shot and has done this because you can see the two characters full body and be able to see their body language by how they’re sitting. Also by using a two shot it also shows the emotion the other is feeling whilst the other is speaking. Using a two shot is better

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

than just showing the person who is speaking because you can see the facial expressions of the person who is speaking whilst they are speaking and you can see the other person’s emotion as the person is speaking to them.

The director also uses a point-of-view shot. He uses this when the waitress is pouring the coffee for the woman and we can see it through the man’s eyes. The director has used this because it makes us feel closer to the character. It also makes us feel like were in that situation with the characters in that scene so automatically makes us favour them characters compared to anybody else. I think the director has chosen to put a point-of-view shot in with these two characters because they are basically the bad people because the conversation is about whether or not they should rob somewhere. The director has used the point-of-view shot before they say that they’re going to rob the diner because then we have already started to like them so then he just completely changes the opinion the audience has on these two characters.

One of the last techniques the director has used that are in the opening title sequence is an over the shoulder shot. He has used this to make us think that there is a third person looking/listening into the conversation and its someone who we aren’t seeing. This makes the audience more interested because they think that something is going to happen to these two characters that the opening scene is based around or

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

that something is going to happen to the person who we think is there but are unsure whether or not they are. The director used this when they were mid conversation to add to the idea of another character looking/listening to them.

Visual Effects & Colour Scheme

The director uses high key lighting throughout the sequence because is used to suggest an upbeat mood. It is used mostly for comedy or sitcoms. I think that Quentin Tarantino has done this because he wants to try and fool the audience by making them think that it is a comedy film.

Genre Conventions

The three genres of Pulp Fiction are Crime, Drama and Thriller. Quentin Tarantino mostly follows the genre conventions of a crime film within the opening title sequence. He has done this because the genre conventions of a crime film are developed around the sinister actions of criminals or gangsters, particularly bank robbers, underworld figures, or ruthless hoodlums who operate outside the law. He has followed this by opening the film with two robbers talking about where they should rob next.

Narrative Quentin Tarantino uses diegetic sound throughout the opening title sequence because the scene is based around the two characters having a conversation. The benefit of using diegetic sound for this scene is to help the audience hear/know what’s going on.

The director uses non-diegetic sound when the guy slams the gun on the table. We know this because there is a louder bang than there would be in real life. He has edited the sound in because then it shows that the guy is serious about the robbery at the diner.

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Editing Techniques

One of the editing techniques used is Continuity editing. Which basically means that you can’t tell that they’re having been cuts in between the scenes because it just looks like it all got filmed together. This technique is used all the way through the opening title sequence.

Another editing technique used is the eye-line match. We see this frequently during the opening title sequence. Eye-line match is basically when the director follows the 180dergee rule.

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