Pulp Fiction - Textual Analysis (NOTES)

• narrative: plot about drugs and piercings (talking about sex and provocation)
• genre: crime and gangster
• presentation of characters: Jody and the other woman talking about piercings, Vincent and drug dealer (Lance) talking about the different types of drug. Outcast characters (dont fit in society): 18 piercings, drug delears, etc.
• camera angles, shots and movement: still shots: close-ups in faces (when talking about piercings and when Vincent is in the car), the drugs on the bed; extreme-close up in the syringe and the preparation of the drugs; low shot showing the reflection in the mirror of Vincent and Lance(bedroom of drug dealer); medium-close up in Vincent when he is counting his money sitting in a chair with "hippie" stuff arround him.
• editing and sequencing: slow motion when Vincent is riding the car "drugs effect" creating a feeling of "drug tentation"
• lighting, shade and colour: shadows (Vincent in car - "dark world" because of drugs) lack of  lighting.
• sound: provocative background music
• location and set design: Lance's house (hippie decoration), Vicent's car.
• genre conventions:
• target audience of the film :

"... who operate outside the law, stealing and violently murdering their way through life."
"Crime stories in this genre often highlight the life of a crime figure or a crime's victim(s)."
"Gangster/crime films are usually set in large, crowded cities, to provide a view of the secret world of the criminal: dark nightclubs or streets with lurid neon signs, fast cars, piles of cash, sleazy bars, contraband, seedy living quarters or rooming houses."