Monthly Archives: March 2014

Mentor as Sidekick; Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz

Mentor as Sidekick; Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz

Christoph Waltz wowed American audiences with his outstanding performance as Colonel Hans Landa in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009). Back by popular demand, Waltz appears …

 

Django Unchained: Sidekick or Mentor

Django Unchained: Sidekick or Mentor

Quentin Tarantino’s film, Django Unchained, frames an interesting character dynamic between Django (Played by Jamie Foxx), the protagonist, and Dr. King Schultz, who walks a fine …

 

Character Relationship

Character Relationship

www.moviequotesandmore.com Quentin Tarantino created a character relationship in Django Unchained that is familiar to many classic westerns but not too dissimilar to the relationships of some of …

 

Mise en Scene: Tone

Mise en Scene: Tone

Quentin Tarantino’s film, Inglourious Basterds, uses its opening scene to set the tone for the remainder of the film. LaPadite’s rugged wood chopping juxtapose his daughters hanging …

 

Pulp Fiction Step Outline: Part 3

Pulp Fiction Step Outline: Part 3

lyriquediscorde.com As you read this section of the step outline of Pulp Fiction, pay attention to the camera. Each scene is fleeting at the start. Time …

 

Mise en Scene: Setting

Mise en Scene: Setting

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds’ opening shot perches a small house in the left corner of the frame, balances it out with a large tree to …

 

On the Pacific Rim of Classicism and Formalism

On the Pacific Rim of Classicism and Formalism

Pacific Rim acts as a modern Action-SciFi film. Because of its crossover genre, the film crosses many boundaries in direction. Guillermo del Toro incorporates aspects …

 

300; The Blood of Formalistic Realsim

300; The Blood of Formalistic Realsim

http://r4nt.com/images/v6/article/insidearticle_pic/250/300_1.jpg Even those who barely know a thing about the 2006 action blockbuster 300 (Zack Snyder) are still aware of the splash it made when it …

 

The True Bourne Ultimatum: Realism or Classicism

The True Bourne Ultimatum: Realism or Classicism

davidmcdougalfilms.com When we think realism in film, we should think point of view shooting, think Blair Witch Project-esque. Handheld camcorders and lots of diagetic  sound and …

 

5 Action Essentials

5 Action Essentials

Today, Film has reached a point where boundaries are constantly being pushed and genres are being taken to places they never have before. However, when …