1. MAX SMITH

2. PULP FICTION IS AN AMERICAN CRIME AND CULT FILM DIRECTED BY QUENTIN TARANTINO IN 1994. IT IS ONE OF HIS MOST WELL KNOWN AND ACKNOWLEDGED PRODUCTIONS AND HAS WON AWARDS SUCH AS BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY AND THE PALM D’OR AT THE 1994 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL. IT WAS EVEN NOMINATED FOR 7 OSCARS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE. THE NARRATIVE IS BROKEN INTO SHORT SUB-STORIES FOLLOWING MULTIPLE CHARACTERS AND IS NOT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. PULP FICTION HAS AN A-LIST STAR CAST WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR AN UN-CONVENTIONAL, POSTMODERN PRODUCTION. THIS CAST INCLUDES JOHN TRAVOLTA, SAMUEL L JACKSON, BRUCE WILLIS, TIM ROTH, UMA THURMAN AND MORE. POST MODERN TECHNIQUES APPLY TO THIS FILM SUCH AS ITS BROKEN NARRATIVE, THE FACT THAT THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE ANTI HEROES AND THAT LOTS OF SUB-NARRATIVES COME TOGETHER AND MERGE INTO ONE. THERE IS ALSO A SCENE WHERE UMA THURMAN DRAWS A SQUARE IN THE AIR WITH HER FINGER BUT IT SHOWS UP ON SCREEN VISIBLE TO THE AUDIENCE. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS SCENE.

3. NARRATIVE AND CHARACTERSNARRATIVE AND CHARACTERS HERE IS THE LINK TO THE OFFICIAL PULP FICTION TRAILER:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7EdQ4FqbhY IN THE TRAILER FOR PULP FICTION WE ARE BRIEFLY SHOWN THE CHARACTERS THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THE SUB STORIES. SINCE THE TRAILER IS SHOT IN A MONTAGE STYLE AND THE MOVIE VERY SIMILARLY, THE TRAILER IS EVEDENTLY TRYING TO CREATE A SENSE OF MYSTERY AND EXITEMENT. ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE SEEN IN THE TRAILER AND ARE BRIEFLY INTRODUCED WITH SINGLE LINES. FOR EXAMPLE TO INTRODUCE SAMUEL L JACKSON’S CHARACTER, JULES, THERE IS A SINGLE LONG SHOT AMONGST THE MONTAGE OF HIM TAPPING JOHN TRAVOLTA ON THE SHOULDER AND SAYING “LETS GET INTO CHARACTER”. THIS IS TARANTINO PLAYING WITH IRONY AS THEY ARE WELL KNOWN ACTORS ACTUALLY GETTING INTO CHARACTER. THIS TECHNIQUE IS FREQUENTLY USED IN THIS TRAILER BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CHARACTERS IN THE FILM. USING THE POST- MODERN MONTAGE STYLE ALLOWS FOR A LOT OF TIME AND SPACE TO BE COVERED IN A SHORT AMMOUNT OF TIME.

4. THE CHARACTERS INTRODUCED IN THE TRAILER MONTAGE INCLUDE: JOHN TRAVOLTA AS VINCENT VEGAUMA THURMAN AS MIA WALLACE SAMUEL L JACKSON AS JULES WINFIELD HARVEY KEITEL AS WINSTON “THE WOLF” WOLFE

5. BRUCE WILLIS AS BUTCH COOLIDGE VING RHAMES AS MARSELLUS WALLACE TIM ROTH AND AMANDA PLUMMER AS PUMPKIN AND HONEY BUNNY

6. SOUND AND MUSIC http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF4C445D6E234A0F6 LISTEN TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR PULP FICTION: MANY OF THE SONGS FROM THE SOUNDTRACK ARE INCLUDED IN THE TRAILER. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF NON-DIEGETIC SOUND BEING USED TO COMPLEMENT A BROKEN NARRATIVE OR MONTAGE. TYPICALLY IN A TRAILER ONE SONG IS USED TO ESTABLISH THE GENRE OF THE PRODUCTION FOR EXAMPLE: AN ACTION MOVIE TRAILER WOULD HAVE FAST PACED, EXCITING MUSIC TO MAKE THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTAND THAT THE FILM WILL BE FAST AND EXITING. HOWEVER PULP FICTION’S TRAILER HAS A COMBINATION OF THE SONGS FROM THE PLAYLIST LINKED ABOVE. BECAUSE THIS FILM IS MEANT TO BE BROKEN UP AND HAVE MULTIPLE STORIES, THIS POSTMODERN TECHNIQUE OF USING MULTIPLE SONGS GIVES AN IDEA OF HOW DIFFERENT EACH PART OF THE FILM OR CHARACTER MIGHT BE. ALTERNATELY THE MUSIC FROM THE TRAILER IS CUT OFF AT VARIOUS POINTS TO PAUSE FOR SILENCES. IN THESE IRREGULAR SILENCES SINGLE LINES ARE DELIVERED BY CHARACTERS THAT ARE OFTEN IRONIC OR REFLECT THE CHARACTERS PERSONALITIES. WHEN THE SPEECH IS OVER THE MUSIC RESUMES BUT AS A DIFFERENT SONG AND THE MONTAGE CHANGES TO INTRODUCE A NEW CHARACTER. THE PICTURES BELOW WITH THE SPEECH SUBTITLES SHOW AN EXAPMLE OF A SCENE IN THE TRAILER THAT DOES THIS. THIS IS TARANTINO’S WAY OF INTRODUCING MIA WALLACE (UMA THURMAN) IN THE TRAILER WITHOUT GIVING TOO MUCH AWAY. HE USES THE SAME TECHNIQUE IN THE TRAILER OF RESERVIOR DOGS WHICH WAS HIS FIRST FILM. WATCH IT WITH THE LINK BELOW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vayksn4Y93A