Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994)
Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) Section D Close study of single form Key elements of film form Context Representation Experimental film - Additional specialist area Experimental Film Experimental films resist conventional narrative structures Familiar narrative structure? - equilibrium (Todorov 3 act structure) Cause and effects Representation of time is linear or chronological (Classical Hollywood narrative - Linear/Conventions/3 act structure - ‘Hollywood Kiss’) Storytelling - experimental film and cinema is about new ways of telling the story Single Stranded - Convention/Expectation Experimental film offer more than one storyline - Multi-stranded “Honey Bunny & Pumpkin” Launches the spectator straight into the ‘narrative’ Dialogue is ‘everyday’ stuff - just before they plan to rob the coffee shop Voices, being nice - then her voice changes (Compare with the moment where Jules says he and Vincent need to ‘get into character’) Normalises characters - we never see this sid...