Quentin Tarantino

1) He mixes up features from the past and with the present. Also their dialogue are of extreme violence.

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

3) It was critized, 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"   

Is for showing in a dynamic way, what’s going on, and also it is for the viewer to have a look to the whole action.

“Close Ups on Lips”

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This shot is for showing how sensual this woman can be. Also is a perfectly zoomed shot, which shows her expression with her lips.

“The Mirror Shot”

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This shot is usually used when the characters are going crazy, or they are afraid, so this close-ups are very important in Tarantino`s movies.

6) For the mirror shot is very important to know that its purpose is to show how the character is feeling, and is some private moment from himself where he is the only one talking alone, and also in most cases, on this type of shots, we can see their facial expressions.

 

This shot is from Kill Bill: volume 2, and she is looking at her stomach, probably thinking if she is fat, or not.

7)

a) A Mexican Standoff is when there is one shot showing two individual situations at once, with guns.

b) This term, comes from “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” from Sergio Leone. This is one of the Quentin’s favorites from 1966.

c) Getting the Dosh

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This is another example of a Mexican Standoff.

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d) From the Tarantino`s:

"Reserviours Dogs"

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In True Romance : Police vs. Mafia

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8)

a) A MacGuffin is literary one device that it is used frequently in stories, plays and films. It is usually an object that motivates the actions of characters, while having little actual meaning to the plot. In other words, it helps the movie going forward with a special motivation.

b) In the Pulp Fiction, when Vincent and Jules, they return to Marsellus, in here, the motivation for this action to happen is what the MacGuffin is.