Reservoir Dogs

Titles

  • Directors name comes first
  • Stars are listed afterwards (Star Theory)
  • Name of film is then revealed

 

Micro Analysis

 

Camerawork

  • Various close ups of each main character – introduction to the team
  • Establishing shot of the team as a whole

 

Mise en Scene

  • All men in the same outfit (suit and tie), except for older man, may show him to be superior or inferior.
  • In industrial built up area – Cars, streets, brick walls
  • Lots of characters in sunglasses and smoking cigarettes.

 

Sound

  • Music reaches climax when name of the film is revealed

Editing

  • Scrolling titles
  • Titles appear in a freeze frame for each character
  • Name of film title is placed above the heads of the group – labelling them

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