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- 1Quentin TarantinoTarantino is a well known American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He's produced many films , most in which are characterized by non-linear storylines, satirical subject matter, and artistic manner of violence, as well as features of neo-noir film , which gives him a distinct style adding to his fame and fitting in with auteur theory as he can be recognized by fans by this style of film.He's directed many famous films such as Pulp fiction and Kill Bill.
- 2Pulp Fiction (1994)Tarantino created an unpredictable thrill ride filled with violence and pop culture references. In one story in the film, John Travolta played Vincent Vega, a hit man assigned to look after his boss' girlfriend (Uma Thurman)—a role that helped resuscitate his then-flagging career. Another part examined Vega's partnership with fellow hit man Jules Winnfield (played by Samuel L. Jackson). And yet another storyline involved Bruce Willis as a boxer. Tarantino managed to successfully interweave all these different stories to make a fascinating film.
Pulp Fiction was a success. In the United States, it earned over $108 million at the box office, becoming the first independent film to do so once again adding to Tarantino success. Pulp Fiction won many awards including the prestigious Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994 and received seven Academy Award nominations.
- 3Kill BillKill Bill is an American martial arts film which is split into 2 films - volume one in 2003 and volume two in 2004.
The plot focused on revenge, as a female assassin known as the Bride (played by Uma Thurman) seeks to kill those involved in the savage attack on her and her wedding partyUma Thurman received a Golden Globe Best Actress nomination in 2004. She was also nominated in 2004 for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, in addition with four other BAFTA nominations. Kill: Bill Volume 1 was placed in Empire Magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Films of All Time .
- 4Quentin Tarantino also produced many other films , that were also very successful which can be shown next...
- 5Alfred HitchcockSir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was a very famous successful film director and producer. He was known as the 'Master of Suspense ' and was named England's best director.
- 6Alfred created 13 steps to turn a boring film into what's known as a Hitchcock Thriller linking in again with Auteur's theory as this style is shown in all his thriller films. Step 1 -Aim the movie at the audience which Alfred stated "Nothing is more important than how the film will affect the view" Step 2- Frame the emotion. This means when acting you should make the audience experience the emotion as well. Step 3- Camera is not a camera. The camera should take on human qualities, roaming the room looking for something suspicious. Step 4- Dialogue means nothing. A characters must be pre-occupied with something during a dialogue scene. Their eyes can then be distracted while the other person doesn't notice. This is a good way to pull the audience into a character's secretive world. Step 5-POV editing. Where you take the eyes of the characters and add something for the audience to look at. which helps to build tension. Step 6-Montage Gives You Control. Divide action into a series of close-ups shown in succession. Don't avoid this basic technique.Step 7- Keep the Story Simple. The key to creating that raw Hitchcock energy is by using simplistic, linear stories that the audience can easily follow.
Step 8- Characters Must Break Cliché .Make all of your characters the exact opposite of what the audience expects in a movie.
Step 9 -Use Humor to Add Tension .Humor is essential . It's the unexpected gag, the coincidence, the worst possible thing that can go wrong - all can be used to build tension.
Step 10-Two Things Happening at Once. Build tension into a scene by using contrasting situations.
Step 11-Suspense is Information ."Information" is essential to Hitchcock suspense; showing the audience what the character.
Step 12-Surprise and Twist .Once you've built your audience into gripping suspense it must never end the way they expect.
Step 13-Warning: May Cause MacGuffin .This is the side effect of creating pure suspense. - 7Altogether Hitchcock worked on around 80 films either directing , writing , producing or doing something other but still involved in them . His most famous films include Psycho , Rebecca ,suspicion , Rope ,Bon Voyage and many more.Alfred Hitchcock was one of the most successful director and producers hence as he's known as the 'Master of Thriller'. For his amazing work he won many awards for his films , some are listed below.
AFI Life Achievement Award
Golden Globe
BAFTA Academy
Raven Award
Edgar Grand Master
DGA lifetime achievement
Golden Globe for television - 8Linking this to my media production....In our film trailer we could include a non linear narrative , making our thriller trailer unique and distinctive to our target audience. We could include the use of violence e.g. murder adding suspense. We may follow Alfred Hitchcock 13 step theory to make our thriller more exciting and scary towards our target audience. If we follow these step ,this may help make our thriller successful and scary for our target audience.