2. Open shot is two people in a booth
within a coffee shop, which is not
what you expect from a thriller based
movie
For the first 4.18 minutes of the
opening title sequence there is no
titles or anything other than the two
people in the booth, Only diegetic
sounds and there are no special
effects used
As you are not used to a thriller movie
opening in this fashion you are drawn
unto it even more as you are
captivated, wondering what will
happen next
COFFEE SHOP
3. The soundtrack for the film is
by Dick Dale and his Del-
tones and the song is called
Miserlou which is played when
the titles start to come up
which is at 4.19
There are no lyrics at all and
the pace is extremely fast,
which is in contrast to the
quite and still scene that
proceeded it, waking the
audience up
SOUNDTRACK
4. Instead of the director
dazzling you with colors and
huge settings he is based it
in a simple café/ restaurant
with basic camera skills and
two very good actors. The
choice to go against the
grain here is dazzling in
itself
The image on the bottom of
the slide shows how most of
the titles come up which
seems to be very old
fashioned and similar to an
old western film
MISE-EN-SCENE
5. It is set in a café/ restaurant in America which is very basic
and the beauty is in its simplicity
The fact that there is no suspense growing, drags the
audience in more as it is not like the normal thriller
LOCATION
6. The first title is at 4:19 and this is
‘Miramax Films Presents’ and this
is the company of the movie that
it is made with. This is important
as it is also used for advertising.
From 4:19 and onwards there is
2.11 mins where there is no more
speech and there is just
background music and titles. The
next important title is at 4.31
where it come up with who it is
filmed by which is Jersey Films’
and the director is Quentin
Tarantino.
Next is then the title of the film
‘Pulp Fiction’ which scrolls up onto
the scene rather than appearing
suggesting that it is of the highest
importance.
CREDIT SEQUENCE
7. The actors then follow on after the
title of the movie comes up. It starts
with John Travolta at 4.46 finishing at
5.31 with the last actor as Bruce
Willis.
During this the title / sign ‘Pulp
Fiction’ starts to fade away,
completely disappearing with the last
actors name at the end of a 45 second
fade, highlighting its great importance
to the opening title sequence.
After this it leads onto co-staring
actors for 17 seconds.
Again this is highlighting the
importance of the actors over the
special effects, giving the audience an
idea of what sort of film it would be.
CREDIT SEQUENCE CONTD.
