what goes into the opening 5 minuets of a film ?
The film i have chosen is the cult classic pulp fiction by quentin tarrentio,before any camera shots there is a dictionary definition of the word pulp which goes some way to explain to those not familiar with the litterary genre of pulp fiction.
the first shot is a two shot of a man and a woman in an american diner , this camerea shot establishes the two chararcters and also establishes the location .The man and the woman are drinking cofee and the man is smoking a ciggarete this combined with there expressions and body positions show that they are both relaxed the coffee and cigareetes are used as mis en scene in this way . From the way they converse it becomes apparent that the man and the woman have some sort of romantic connection they flirt and speak affectionatly with each other , the conversation quickly unravvels and it becomes apparent that they rob shops and bars for a living . the two shot lasts aproximatly 4o seconds where it is then replaced by a low angle shot of a waitress and the a quick shot of the woman smiling politly this shows that the couple whilst not robbing places are generally polite ,the waitress leaves and the camera shots change at a far more rapid pace this goes well with the conversation which at the time is gaining in rapididity and the conversation turns more sinister with the inroduction of rapid quick shots ; the conversation moves into the feild of ethnic minority shop holders and the camera shot changes from a two shot to an over the shoulder shot. The camera zooms into a shot of the man and it culminates that he wants to rob the diner they are in ;the man then gets out a gun and puts it onto the table where a point of view shot is used while the dialouge continues , there is then a midshot of the couple kissing and then a two shot of the couple telling each other they love them preceded by the enitiation of the robbery , there is then a last two sentances of speech the mans being calm and the womans being enraged and full ef expletives telling the costemers and staff they are being robbed and then the non diagetic soundtrack starts to play over the top and the camera stops rolling but shows a still frame of the couple with the name of the production company underneath them the screen turns black and the opening credits are shown in yellow over it.