TEXTUAL ANALYSIS - PULP FICTION (Tarantino, 1994)

• Narrative Drugs
• Greater relevance later
• Out cast of society
• The use of lights and shades

Production Journal

The las week during school lessons of film studies, we all sit in our groups. We were the most advance group of the class. That was because on the they we have to film, we film lots of things and great things. Because we have lots of footage Tomas with his knowledge could make some fantastic editing so we could finish a rough rough-cut. Also during film lesson we name who was the one in charge of transcribing the footage.

Production Journal

In this first week, the team has made more than what I was expecting that we would do. We completed the research that we have planed to do, and that, made me feel happy, because that makes me have a feeling of compromise from each one of the group. 

Also Tomas is organizing some interviews with his trainer and the owner of a "remiseria". We also where planing what to film, and the editor was creating 1.30 minutes of B-Role footage introduction. Also with Ernesto and Manuel, we all  where thinking about which questions we were going to ask, and if we were going to ask different questions to each one of them.

As an over all of this week, I think that if we continue like this, we could clearly be one of the best groups and also be the group that is ahead of the class

“Super Size Me”

1.  Voice Over of the questions + answers of several people, and Vice Over again introducing people by showing paintings, pictures and news from the newspapers.
2.  It’s not necessary, interview can respond as long as it is a clear statement.
3. They were medium shots and in some cases medium-low angle shots. People look at the interviewer. Level shots / variety of positions.
4. During the interview the camera shots are still.
5. The positioning of the interview is quite good because the interviewed people is looking at the interviewer and some times they look at the camera, also they were in a place that identify the interviewed people (office, street, etc…)
6. They give short and essential information getting to a point. They talk about what have they do in the past, how big were the things in the fast-food restaurants (Mc Donald, Burger King, etc…) and the problems that they bring to the society

Quentin Tarantino

1) The dialogue on his films are of extreme violence and also the shots. Also a very distinctive feature of Tarantino films is that mixes up features from the past and with the present. 

2) Tarantino wasn´t a student, he learned from his craft days and video clerk days.

3) It was critized in 1992 by many because it used ultra-violent scenes. Also because the people said that it was kind of a copy from King Kong´s movie, City On Fire.

4) Crime and gangster films.

5) 

"God's Eye POV"

In the picture appears Budd looking at the money in his trailer, in Kill Bill: Volume 2. With this type of angle shot you could see clearly the sceen.


"The Corpse POV"





Here is a shot In Pulp Fiction,  When Marsellus wakes up after being hit by Butch's car. this low angle shot helps you see their facial expressions


The Trunk POV Shot





Here appear In Death Proof, Zoe and Kim looking under the hood of Jasper's 1970 Dodge Challenger. This is a low angle shot that is good to show the facial expressions of the characters during the opening of the trunk.

6) “The Mirror Shot”

This shot shows Vincent Vega in Mia Wallace's bathroom, In Pulp Fiction. This type of shot make you feel that the character is alone in the bathroom.




7) 


A)  A Mexican Standoff is the name given to the shot that shows to or more persons shooting each other with their guns


B)  The Mexican Standoff term comes from the movie "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," of Sergio Leone in 1966


C)

D)



In Reservoir Dogs : Mr White vs Nice Guy Eddie vs Joe Cabot

In Pulp Fiction : Vincent Vega vs Yolanda vs Jules Winnfield

8)


A) The Mac Guffin element is the one that drives the movie´s plot forward without having a specific relevance on its own.

B)  In Pulp Fiction, activates the action but don´t have any further purpose.

C) Eleven: All the movie is based in stole a bank, and they do a plan to have the gold egg.

Quentin Tarantino Dialogue

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A man and a woman walking down the street approaching the metro. Woman wearing a black fuhr long coat, her hair is cheery red. The man is wearing a black and white suite, looking very professional, Ray Bans black sunglasses. Woman with a suitcase

Woman: “So if we take C red, we will be closer to the restaurant, you know the chiniese restaurant in 7^th street. ”

 Man: “Are you shure? You know we can take F orange and it will leave us pretty close too”

Woman: “ I don’t care, I am just starving, I need food in my fucking system now!”

Walking down metro stairs

(car noise, city noise, people talking and rushing)

Man: “ Je, woman”

Woman: (breathes in, and out, ignores him)

Waiting for the metro, standing close to the yellow line that is safe for the pedestrian to stand

Woman: (looks t man) “ You do look professional in that suit”

Man: “ (keeps looking straight) well thank you, but we are still splitting the bill you know”

Metro arriving…..

Woman: “ Do you have your gun with you?”

Man: “ Yes, but probably we should have brought more for this type of dinner”

Metro arrives, they get in.

Stand next to the doors, as they close, woman puts on her black sunglasees.

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"Capturing the friedmans"

1. Before filming a movie like "Capturing the Friedmans" you would need complete some activites to make this documentary (pre-production). You would need to get in contact (organise some interview) with the detectives and lawyers that were involved in this case. Also you need a good background research. Primary sources, fotographies, recips.
2.  Film Footage: The people who appeared in the film footage were the Firedman family members and the victims, abuser himself. They were filming house,around crime scenes.
3. In this documentary, they were use post-production activities such as in the editing they add the old videos of the family, with the new filming that they have produce recently. Also they were added music after filming to create a better effect on the viewer. I think it wasnot used anarrator because it was inessesary because it havesa good plot.
4. They were a tipical normal american family, part of the middle class. Trust in30 year old experienced teacher.