Scene From Pulp Fiction

I have chosen to analyse the scene where Jules and Vince go to see some clients whilst they are eating there breakfast. The scene begins with a few seconds of silence as the dialogue continues there are long pauses between sentences, this is a way of creating tension in the scene making in very suspenseful. Jules says that the people are business partners of "Marcellas Wallace." We have heard previously that he is not a very nice man but we have yet to meet him in the film this give him an element of mystery and an intriguing backstory. Then Jules begins to intimidate one of the people in the apartment called Brett he uses his loud booming voice as a way of making Brett feel small, he keeps asking to have some of his food although he is asking him Brett knows it is best not to refuse as he clearly knows Jules is the type of man who would kill over something that small.

 At the 3 minute mark they use the lighting very well when Jules is asking the other man a question he is in the light however when he is interrupted he turns into the darkness to shout "I don't remember asking you a goddamn thing." This shows that if you get on the wrong dark side of him he will turn on you. The next key point is when Brett begins to try and talk his way out of the situation and all of a sudden Jules takes his pistol and fires it next to the man laying on the couch, then there is a long silence the tension at this point of the scene is at it's climax we have no idea what Jules is going to do next he have recognised he is very unpredictable and makes decisions on impulse he then circles Brett making very nervous he asks him a question and when Brett says "what" Jules flips over the table and explodes into a fit of shouting, shooting and swearing he then reads his bible passage that has now become iconic and then him and his partner vince kill Brett and the man on the couch.

The costumes used in the scene are very interesting, the costumes worn by Brett and his friends are casual showing that they weren't expecting a call from Jules and Vince, however, the costumes worn by Jules and Vince are very formal this shows that not only were they very well prepared for what was to happen but that also they are not petty criminals they clearly do this for a living as they have a proper outfit for there 'job.'

The camera work is mostly close-ups and medium shots, the medium shots show what the characters are doing but aren't too far away we can't tell what is happening, the close-ups are used to show the emotions of the characters especially the anger on Jules' face and how afraid Brett is.

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