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Post modernism - where reality has been replaced by artificial things  Visual Taxi Scene (green scene in the back of the taxi with Butch) Stylised violence Retro references to the 50's Casual attitude to crime Thematic  Advertising speech - Burger Coffee Milkshake Artificial product placement -  Red apple cigarettes Slims restaurant Character Corny/cartoony character -  Mr Wolf Jules Vincent

Personal response is very important to have in the answers. EXAMPLES FROM THE FILMS Can talk about theories Essay structure  Introduction -  State what you are going to do . State which films you will be discussing. Explain any key terms. Main body -  Two paragraphs  per film. Relevant points which link to the question. Examples (specific). Try to make the essay flow. Use film terminology. Conclusion -  Summerise the main points in a summative statement linked to your opening section. Look to the future, acknowledge the eternal nature of media analysis. Revisit the question and ensure that you have answered it.

Experimental filmmakers are in opposition to the mainstream Buckland (2002) - mainstream film features :  chronological narrative   obvious genre made for money clear narrative told in a straight-forward way stereotypical character high production values reliance upon stars convention of a genre (obvious genre) script rather than language telling the story (through narrative devices)   economic imperative Tarantino is considered an experimental filmmaker through the use of lack of chronology in the narrative, the story isn't  old in order which goes against the common conventions of mainstream film. the car   Tarantino is considered an experimental filmmaker through the use of the lack of chronology in the narrative, the story isn't told in order which goes against the common conventions of a mainstream film as he also tells the narrative in a different way compared to mainstream films where each...

Representation of reality  Using Jean Beaudrillard's theory of representation. Media representation are always only at best a reflection of reality.  Any media representation is  not  the same thing as reality. Stage One - in the early stages of a representation, it is a reflection of reality.   Stage Two - in the next stage of a representation, it masks and perverts reality. Stage Three - in the next stage of a representation, it marks an absence of reality. Stage Four - in the final stages of a representation, it is a bears no resemblance to reality. It has become a simulacrum or hyper reality.

Tarantino auteur signature  Repetitive tropes (visual things) -  Cameo Appearances - who plays Jimmie Dimmick where he plays a small part in his films.  Feet - dancing scene with John Travolta, the dialogue about foot massages and first meeting Mia Wallace scene of her walking we see her feet in Pulp Fiction.   Violence - fight scene in Kill Bill when Uma Thurman's character fights the Crazy 88 and murder of Marsellus Wallace's business partner.  Dialogue. - the foot massage conversation in Pulp Fiction and the skull conversation in Django unchained. Realism of the dialogue. Constant use of racial language and sexist remarks and racial slurs and more realist by the dark humour.  Use of the same actors (Samuel L Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt). Masculinity and gender - the representation of gender in Kill Bill is that the women fight and are almost made into males rather than femal...

The film affects the audience by how the character are represented. Combo is presented as very aggressive and controversial character that takes Shaun under his wing and introduces him to the skinhead ways and culture. When Combo makes his speech about the Falkland war and then Shaun shows his strength to get up and take a swing at a fully grown man and then Combo understands about his father and shows him kindness. Shaun is a very likeable character who is the protagonist of the film. He is also a character who wants everyone to be friends and settle their differences. Shaun has a turning point when he goes in the corner shop and then the whole gan comes in showing a gangster side to them. Woody is a very kind character who is a strong father figure for Shaun and stops him getting bullied and makes him a confident young man.