QUENTIN TARANTINO

By Harry Bilk

What is his mark?There are certain directors who are known for their specific camera shots and angles in their films; one of these is Quentin Tarantino. With 30 years of directing, producing and writing films under his belt, Tarantino has won an incredible 128 awards and 5 of these are Oscars. Being one of the most successful directors of all time, Tarantino has made a reputation for himself as being one of the craziest directors of his time. Trademark things that Tarantino use include: ■ Camera shots.■ Theming.■ Over the top violence.

List of Awards: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/awards

Actors he Usually works with

■ Quentin Tarantino – 8 Films. This is a bit of a strange once as he himself has made the most appearances in his films

■ Samuel L. Jackson – 5 Films. Samuel L. Jackson comes in at second with appearances in Tarantino’s movies spanning over a decade.

■ Harvey Keitel – 4 Films. Harvey comes in at third where he usually plays a side character rather than a main role.

■ Uma Thurman – 3 Films. Uma comes in at fourth where she has appeared in 3 movies

Django Unchained

■ Django Unchained is one Tarantino’s great films. A good example of his trademark camera shots is the crash zoom when Leonardo DiCaprio character is introduced, this shot is used to draw the audience’s attention to a specific part of the screen. This is also seen in Kill Bill which was also made by Tarantino.

■ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdM9vrCbow■ The theme used in this film is trademark Tarantino as the theme is spaghetti

western this has been used by him in recent years with films like the Hateful Eight, he make these films to pay tribute to the dying genre.

■ Over the top violence is also used in this film multiple times, an example is when Django shoots someone they would explode with their guts flying everywhere.

Kill Bill

■ This film is another example where Tarantino uses his trademark Crash Zoom. The use of the crash-zoom in this scene gives the feel of a 1970s ‘kung-fu’ movie, where the master teaches the student through the use of a montage. The camera zooms into the wooden board as Pai Mei powers his fist through it with no trouble to show the experience that he has that makes him a master.

■ The theme of Kill Bill is once again dark and over the top violence with blood and guts everywhere. This is used by Tarantino as he wants to capture the audiences attention.

Inglorious Bastards

■ This is another example where the crash zoom is used as in the theatre scene it zooms in on the gunman, this is used as it breaks the calmness of the scene and it creates discomfort for the audience.

■ The theme of this film once again uses the over the top violence whether it is the theatre scene or the scene where the ‘Bear Jew’ beats a Nazi to death with a baseball bat.