Mise-En-Scene
- The lighting is natural to the scene, the light is coming from outside through the blinds, using natural light creates a sense of realism for the scene. this also challenges the typical conventions of a thriller movie because they normally use dark lighting.
- the man is smoking in this scene, smoking is usually seen as a male thing, therefore it's typical of the producers to have had him smoking because they are reinforcing the idea - because this is something men do - that men are of higher importance as they do things that women don't.
- The clothing he is wearing have lighter colours, whereas we'd normally see darker colours on a man because darker colours are what are typically associated with men, it may be taken that Tarantino is challenging gender stereotypes.
- However, the woman is wearing colours that would usually be associated with women, she's wearing a pink top which is typical of a woman to be wearing. so, in this sense Tarantino has conformed to gender stereotyping.
Camera Shots
- For a long length of time the camera stays in the same two-shot of them just sat at the table. In the shot they're just talking and the stillness starts to make the audience feel uneasy as we feel as though the shot is still because something is going to happen, but it doesn't and this anti climax is challenging the normal conventions of a thriller because in a thriller when the frame is still for a long time, it's a build up to something that is about to happen, whereas in this scene nothing happens, Tarantino does this because it may later leave the audience thinking that after every long frame it's just an anti-climax and can shock them.\
- the extreme close up of the waitresses is face is at a low-angle, which is unusual as the connotations of this shot are that the person has a superiority or power, however this is no the case, Tarantino challenges the ideology of this shot.
- the medium close-ups are used when each character is talking, in the frame it shows the length of the restaurant, which is important because they are planning to rob it, so the audience is able to see what they're going to rob.
Editing
- in the extract they only use straight cuts, this creates a sense of realism. this is because the continuous flow makes it seem more like real life and this means that the audience can relate to it, which is important as the audience's entertainment is the main objective for the producers.
Sound
- There is no background music, the only sounds are the two people talking and the general diagetic sounds of the coffee place. this
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