Film opening sequence analysis report sheet on pulp fiction
1. Film Opening Sequence Analysis
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My Analysis
Supporting Images
Cinematography &
Camera
Techniques
This shot is quite clearly a close up shot of these two
people kissing before they start to rob a café. The
director has used this shot too increase tension
because this could be the last thing they do because
they are just about to take part in a robbery which
could end quite badly. This shot also shows there love
for each other during this shot, although they are
both criminals. But there is one disadvantage in this
shot that is it doesn’t not show very much of their
clothing.
This second shot is called a two shot and in this shot it
show’s quite a wide variety of items and props, in this
shot it also shows their clothing and hair style, which
is quite scruffy to show they might be criminals.
Within this conversation you can see that the man is
smoking so he could be in quite a bad state in society.
The colour in this set shows it is an early morning
setting so they could be getting ready for a specific
event or they might just have had a rough night.
2. Film Opening Sequence Analysis
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This shot too your right is known as an over shoulder
shot too quite clearly show that they are talking about
a certain event, which is what store they are going too
rob next and which one’s would be easier to steal
from such as a restaurant which they are currently in.
In this conversation the man is saying let’s do it now
and the woman is debating that we should find
somewhere else to steal from because it might be a
bit too soon.
Visual Effects &
Colour Scheme
The visual effects and colour scheme used in this shot
are that in visual effects they have brightened the set
to express as much as they can that it is an early
morning setting; they have also used the correct food
that you would mainly eat in an early morning such as
a coffee. Also in this set they would have filmed this in
midday because if they did film it in the morning they
wouldn’t have got the correct amount of detail they
would have wanted in this shot so instead they have
just decided to brighten the set on After effects.
Genre Conventions
This film genre is an action and thriller genre because
they are involved in quite a lot of robberies
throughout this film opening title sequence and we do
not know if they will not survive after this robbery.
3. Film Opening Sequence Analysis
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Narrative
The story line of this film is two people that may have
feelings for each other but we do not specifically
know if they are together, but they take part in a
number of crimes to earn money and get out of the
state that they are currently in, but by them doing this
they could face life in prison for example if they do
not get away with it all.
In my opinion this is a good story line because it has
quite a good background because there is a good
thriller background to this story line which involves a
fair amount of action.
Editing Techniques
The editing techniques that they have used within this
short title sequence is a actually quite a short amount
because they have only brightened the set to make it
look more like an early morning setting. Also within
this shot they have also focused the camera on the
person talking so we get full detail of the person
talking and not the things that are behind him such as
the people or the plant.
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