Pulp Fiction Research

Pulp Fiction was produced and directed by Quentin Tarentino in 1994, where Roger Avery co-wrote the screenplay alongside him. The target audience would be 18-30 year old males, this can be identified as drugs, guns and violence are heavily used within this film.

This text would be shown on Channel 4 as this genre (Crime/Gangster) is mostly shown because of its mature factors, where BBC One would rather show a Harry Potter film. This is due to the fact that BBC One also caters for many young children, where Channel 4 rather wants to appeal to late teens and adults.

The reason I chose these scenes are because of the fact that they show people eating whilst having a conversation where we would have the same principle. The camera work used allows the audience to view both characters in speech, whilst allowing the audience to also view their surroundings that often come into the conversation. I think that we could employ the same principle if we wish to do so quite effectively. Typical genre conventions can be seen where sophisticated wording is used which creates at times, enigmas for the audience. The question is the answered in a conclusion like ending of their ‘speech’.

I would like to employ the idea of shooting important characters from their side, viewing their actions. By viewing what they do we can create the characters basic personality and habits. We can then go to the characters flash back, and further develop those ideas given of by that particular character.

For example, we could shoot one of us from our side smoking a cigar, which is similar to John Travolta’s scene. During their flash back, they could open a draw full of cigars and perhaps drugs. Those drugs could then be rolled up into a cigar, where this would show the audience that he’s the drug lord of London with the use of a narrator or additional characters involved.

- Deep