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Quentin Tarantino's Effect In Pulp Fiction

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When producing a movie, there are multiple factors that have to come into play to achieve the intended message that the director and writer want to produce. Each little movement and framing is intentional to persuade the audience to enter into the world of the film to understand and feel the characters emotions and viewpoints about the situation that is being portrayed. This sentiment continues to stand true in the film, Pulp Fiction. There are multiple Bruce Blocks utilized by Quentin Tarantino to produce an effect that captivates the audience into seeing the film from the different characters points of view in each scene that is depicted. There are two visual components, line and shape, that I believe Tarantino used simultaneously, in more …show more content…

However, there are two scenes in which I believe that the use of line and shape were vital in drawing the audience’s attention to the action and story that was occurring in front of them. The first scene in which line and shape were used was one between Vincent and Butch. In this scene Butch had returned home to grab his watch and later found Vincent to be in his bathroom while he was in the kitchen cooking pop-tarts. Lines that were utilized in this scene were made by the appliances and furniture. The countertops and cabinets provide diagonal lines which help the audience to sense where the camera is wanting them to look. These lines also help to show a sense of depth to the room even though it is a small kitchen in a rundown apartment complex. Also, there are the lines that direct towards the hall that leads straight into the door frame used for the bathroom. These lines help to make a …show more content…

The use of lines in the hallway during this scene squares out most of the screen as well as the use of diagonal lines which added to the depth of the scene for the audience. The walls drew the majority of the audience’s attention in to look at these two characters during this time and to really focus on what they were doing and discussing. At the end of the scene, the audiences point of view is drawn to Vincent and Jewels to where they are standing between the rectangular doorway at the end of the hallway that has now become more narrowed to show directly onto the two and what they were doing. I believe that Tarantino did this intentionally to use shape and lines the draw the attention to the characters as if they were looking at a scope of a gun to set the audiences site on what was really going on. This scene shows contrast because this is the only view that the audience is seeing during this time adding intensity to the scene and causing the audience to imagine what is going to happen

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