Name of Film: Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown is the femme fatale in the film,
this can be seen in the last shot as well. The low angle camera shot makes her look strong and powerful to the audience while she is also attractive and amazing, with the camera angle making the audience look up in awe at her, like the little boy is in the screenshot.
This shot uses a few genre conventions. The lighting in this shot is noir lighting adding a sense of danger and fear into the audience. The camera angle used is low angle/worm's eye, making the two characters seem powerful and dominant to the audience. The camera makes the audience feel like they are in the boot of the car, this makes the audience feel trapped, which Sammuel L. Jackson's character makes Chris Tucker's character do and in the next scene he is killed in the boot of the car. Sammuel L. Jackson's character is more dominant character out of the two. He is more muscluar than Chris Tucker's character making him strong compared to Chris' small and weak character. He is better dressed, wearing smart clothes making him look stylish and more important to Chris' character who is wearing a plain/dirty vest. He is also carrying a shotgun which puts fear into the audience that he is going to hurt someone. The scenery in the shot is an run down part of the city in which all the low lifes live, i.e drug takers, small time criminals. The darkness of the scenery and the sound in the background make the audience feel scared and frighten.
Director of Film: Quentin Tarantino
Release Date: 20 March 1998
The lead character in 'Jackie Brown' is a woman and is Jackie Brown, hence t
he name of the film. The film starts off with Jackie Brown on the right hand side of the mise en scene. The camera angle is a one shot, this symbolises that she is on her own but she can cope. She is standing still in the shot, while the screen behind her is moving, this shot gives the sense that she is moving somewhere in her life or something important is going to happen to her soon. The colour of the background is getting brighter as she moves along, e.g going from dark/dull colours to bright/happy colours. This is an symbolier that she is moving in her life, but is going from sometime bad and boring to something good and fun. The music played in the opening shot is "Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack. It gives off a confident vibe that goes with her body language, it is also a happy song which gives her a kinda innocence about her making the audience think she is the 'good guy' in the film and wouldn't hurt anyone.
he name of the film. The film starts off with Jackie Brown on the right hand side of the mise en scene. The camera angle is a one shot, this symbolises that she is on her own but she can cope. She is standing still in the shot, while the screen behind her is moving, this shot gives the sense that she is moving somewhere in her life or something important is going to happen to her soon. The colour of the background is getting brighter as she moves along, e.g going from dark/dull colours to bright/happy colours. This is an symbolier that she is moving in her life, but is going from sometime bad and boring to something good and fun. The music played in the opening shot is "Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack. It gives off a confident vibe that goes with her body language, it is also a happy song which gives her a kinda innocence about her making the audience think she is the 'good guy' in the film and wouldn't hurt anyone. Jackie Brown is the femme fatale in the film,
this can be seen in the last shot as well. The low angle camera shot makes her look strong and powerful to the audience while she is also attractive and amazing, with the camera angle making the audience look up in awe at her, like the little boy is in the screenshot. 
In this shot the Statue of Liberity has a gun and is shooting into the air. Tarantino does this to suggest that America is a violent place and violence is seen as a good thing. This is also sexist to women as the women are in bikinis while they are shoting guns, this seems to make them see like a object to men.
This shot uses a few genre conventions. The lighting in this shot is noir lighting adding a sense of danger and fear into the audience. The camera angle used is low angle/worm's eye, making the two characters seem powerful and dominant to the audience. The camera makes the audience feel like they are in the boot of the car, this makes the audience feel trapped, which Sammuel L. Jackson's character makes Chris Tucker's character do and in the next scene he is killed in the boot of the car. Sammuel L. Jackson's character is more dominant character out of the two. He is more muscluar than Chris Tucker's character making him strong compared to Chris' small and weak character. He is better dressed, wearing smart clothes making him look stylish and more important to Chris' character who is wearing a plain/dirty vest. He is also carrying a shotgun which puts fear into the audience that he is going to hurt someone. The scenery in the shot is an run down part of the city in which all the low lifes live, i.e drug takers, small time criminals. The darkness of the scenery and the sound in the background make the audience feel scared and frighten.
I'd suggest you do a spell check on this. I've tried to copy and paste some areas that need strengthening but this won't work on your blog.
ReplyDeleteIn the title sequence the soundtrack "Across 110th Street" is not only a cultural signifier but also an intertextual reference to blaxploitation films which is a genre the actress Pam Grier played an importatnt role.
Note Jackie's body language suggests style and attitude. She is not innocent but is out to get Ordell the psychopathic gun and drug runner played by Samuel L. Jackson. The location in the title sequence is L.A. Airport, Jackie is an air stewardess and drug mule working for Ordell.
"This is an symbolier...could you sort this, do you mean symbolic?
You've made some useful points about the contrast between Ordell and Beaumont. You need to highlight the way Tarantino utilises generic signifiers here, i.e. noir lighting, deserted unglamorous location, the car boot and the enormous weapon.
Well done Jamie.