Film+Analysis+-+Pulp+Fiction+(Ryan+Chong)

“Pulp fiction”, prior to the production of the film Pulp Fiction, is a genre of fiction magazines published on raw/unfinished paper. This is similar to one main aspect of Pulp Fiction, because it is obvious at the beginning of the film, the director purposefully uses what appears to be amateur filming techniques to produce the film. For example, in the first scene that the audience meets Butch, the camera suddenly jolts as if the film was unfinished, much like how the magazines were published on unfinished paper. This adds a unique flavor to the film and allows the audience to engage in the film from a different “angle” than what audiences are used to. Specifically, Pulp Fiction utilizes its unique “amateur” filming techniques, along with it’s comedic plot and non-linear timeline, to portray the theme of God’s influence over the fate of people’s lives.
 * __Introduction__**

You expect Butch to die in the plot, but he doesn’t. Instead he kills Vincent. In the shots that he murders Vincent, you see that Butch is brightly lit from the side and Vincent. The director could have decided to use less light on Butch to show the darkness inside of him when he kills Vincent, but in that shot, it is almost as if god’s light is shining on Butch to justify his killing. Vincent is shown have his face well lit as he comes out of the bathroom, but in his death, you see his face darkened and plain even though there is light coming into the bathroom. Jazz music plays as Marsellus Wallace is being raped, which is a really direct way of stating that he is being raped even though we do not visually see it, because jazz is another way of saying sex. Butch escapes but stops right at the door while a strip of sunlight is show onto his face, unlike how the rapists were lit with indoor lights. When he is looking for weapons to go and save Marsellus Wallace, in the shot that he is looking up, his whole face is lit, unlike the previous shots. With him looking up and the light on his face, it is as if God is giving him a sign. After he grans the Katana, the shot of him ripping down the curtain to the basement and standing in a battle stance makes him appear to be a shining crusader as he is brightly lit from the side once more. As soon as Butch goes into the room where Marsellus Wallace is being raped and starts killing, the jazz music fades.
 * __The Golden Watch__**