Codes and Conventions
- Build of suspense followed by an action packed chase.
Suspense and Enigma
- Message comes through for Bond, leaves woman.
- Woman radio's group of men, unclear who they are - ominous
- Bond skiing down mountain men seen loading guns
Titles
- None, they follow in a separate section
Narrative Construction & Storyline
- Message from HQ, Bond needs to report back, interrupting him in bed with a woman.
- Very little is said, 'I need you' 'So does England'
- All linear storyline
- Men shown are obviously a threat from the start
- Chase ensues
- Cliffjump
- Music first heard when Russian spies are seen walking over the mountain - ominous
- Additional notes play after 'So does England' line is delivered
- Cut to POV shot and 70's funk is playing, worked into this is a rendition of the famous Bond music. This music carries on throughout the chase scene
- Various extra parts are added in conjunction with actions on screen (villain being shot)
- Music finally changes and intensifies as cliff is seen
- No music as Bond leaves cliff
- Classic Bond theme plays as Union Jack parachute opens
- Shots get wider as scene progresses
- Opens on close up of Bond and woman in bed
- Close up of watch printing message
- POV of skis
- Arial shots at various points through chase scene.
- Lots of movement, fast cuts through chase scene
- Slow pan, hardly any cuts, during cliff jump scene, builds suspense and lets audience take in what they're seeing
- Cuts back and forth from Bond to villains to show where each other are
- Pace picks up fairly quickly, with Bond dashing out the door and building up until cliff jump finale.
- Shots are put together to show whole picture, i.e. 1 or 2 mid shots will then be followed by a long shot, then back to the mid shot.
- All one location, on mountain side, variation could be made between the comfort and security of log cabin and cold, exposed mountainside
- Limited, Bond, Russian Spies and female (presumably Russian Spy)
Inglourious Basterds
Codes and Conventions
- Convention broken here, large majority dialogue.
Suspense and Enigma
- Very suspenseful near the end of conversation as the fate of Jewish family under the floor is decided.
- Enigma of both characters is present, although part is explained about SS captain, many questions still unanswered
Titles
- Titles are presented before, with different music behind them.
- date is shown - 1941
Narrative Construction & Storyline
- Peaceful countryside, family going about chores
- SS arrive, questioning inside house begins
- Jewish family are shot, one escapes
- Composition of 'The green leaves of summer' behind credits
- 'The verdict' featuring the piano part from 'Fur elise' is played when Nazi's are approaching
- Large, epic orchestra music plays as family are killed
- Establishing shot of farmhouse and man cutting wood
- close ups used a lot
- pull focus used for first shot of approaching Nazis
- two shot during conversation
- slow zooms as plot point is revealed
- shot of Nazi's feet as they walk through door
- high angle shot/birds eye when floor is being shot
- low angle shot as SS officer is looking at the floor
- Slow downward pan to reveal family underneath floorboards
- Pace very slow, builds up to very tense end of scene
- Mainly cuts back and forth between the two men
- Fewer cuts than expected in say an action scene, longer length of shots to concentrate on reactions, facial expressions etc
- One location, mainly shot in a single room
- French man, his three daughters, Cpt. Landa, three SS soldiers
Kill Bill Vol 1
Codes and Conventions
- Thrown straight into aftermath of action with no explanation at present
Suspense and Enigma
- Audience wants to know who the character is, what happened to her
- Man speaking remains a slight mystery although Bill is written on handkerchief. However, intent and actions are unknown
Titles
- None shown in
Narrative Construction & Storyline
- Very little story presented, woman bleeding and hurt, man talking to her, then shoots her in the head
- No music
- Single, static shot used for majority of opening
- Close up of woman's face
- Picture is black and white
- Pace is slow, single shot, yet already overwhelms audience as a straight cut from black with heavy breathing and woman in pain to close up of her mangled, bloody face.
- Sudden increase of pace as woman starts to talk and is shot in the head
- One cut to panning shot of feet walking.
- One location, this is unknown as the camera does not move from a close up.
- One woman in bride outfit and man, out of shot.
Pulp Fiction
Conventions and Codes
Conventions and Codes
- builds up to a robbery at the end of the opening scene.
Suspense and Enigma
- a small amount of suspense is built from when the 2 people decide to rob the restaurant and when they actually do.
Titles
- the robbery is freeze framed then when the music starts the titles come on
- titles have a black background, with actors names in white and the name of the film in yellow writing.
- in the opening scene we are introduced to the first 2 characters.
- they are robbers and discussing robbing banks and liquor stores.
- then they decide to rob the restaurant they are eating in.
- No music until it cuts to the titles after the opening scene
- misirlou - dick dale
- mid shots of the both of them
- close up on either one as they are talking
- mix of them 3 types of shots all the way through
- cuts from shot to shot at a slow pace
- And american 'diner' or restaurant.
- We meet the characters Ringo and Yolanda in the opening scene
Dead Mans Shoes
Codes and Conventions- Cuts from flashbacks to present day throughout.
- Doesn't give away any story line.
Suspense and Enigma
- Very little suspense until the line 'God will forgive them' around 4 minutes in.
Titles
- Black credits fade into film, then the title Dead Man's Shoes appears in the corner of the film a minute later as the intro is still ongoing.
Narrative Construction & Storyline
- several clips of old family videos
- camera follows 2 people walking through british countryside
- music played throughout
- Music heard before any visuals
- Song called vessels in vain
- slow sombre music
- the whole song is played in the intro, start to finish
- mixed flashback shots
- cut to distance shots of the 2 men
- camera at mixed angles but follows them
- cut from scene to scene
- the flashbacks are edited so they look like old home movies.
- One setting is a typical british countryside.
- the other is at a home
- There are 2 men that are concentrated on, nothing is explained about them.
Silence of the Lambs
Codes and Conventions
- It doesn't show any of the storyline or give any of it away
- It builds up suspense with non-diegetic sound and camera movement
Suspense and Enigma
- Suspense is built up by making the audience think she is being followed, as far as we know at the exact beginning is that she is just going for a morning fog
- She gets an order to go to the office
Titles
- Director and producers names appear throughout the scene
Narrative construction and Storyline
- Women Jogging through the woods
- FBI agent approches her
- she goes back into the training building
Musical Soundtrack
- Suspense building soundtrack
- Music dies down until you see the FBI hat
- Changes to tense music
Camerawork
- starts of the scene a steady cam is being used following the girl
- One shot for the majority of the start
- Panning shot of the trees and skyline pans to women
Editing
- Not a lot of editing
- Cuts from scene to scene
- Titles are placed in the front of the scene
Setting
- Setting on an assault course
- setting on training ground
Characters
- One main character that is shown at the start which the camera follows
- FBI Agents who speaks
- Back Up characters who are their to set the scene
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