Inglorious+Basterds(redo)

====Quentin Tarrantino’s Film “Inglorious Basterds” is a film about a Jewish Rebels (“The Basterds”) and a Jewish girl, Shoshanna, seeking revenge for the large amount of Jews who were killed. The main theme of the movie is ‍revenge. This film has a very ironic tone, which is explored through conflicts, dialogue, and juxtaposition. ====

====The camera shots signify the oppression or hate against the specific race. In 1st chapter of the film, there were two bird-eye shots, one of the Dreyfuses hiding under the wooden deck and the other of the colonel looking for where the sound was from. This shows the oppression and the prejudice against Jews, in addition, it shows how the colonel or the Nazi Party have control over the Jews. In contrary, there is also a worms-eye shot of the Colonel beaming down under the floor boards, giving the point of view of the Dreyfuses under the mercy of the Colonel. Moreover, this also relates to the what Landa claim that he has the attributes of a hawk while Jews have attributes to a rat.‍ ==== ======== ====During this scene, tension is created by using the Camera push between the two characters: the Colonel and LaPadite. From this camera movement, the audience is able to see a close up of the emotions, and also become uncomfortably close to the two characters. What I mean by comfortably close is how the distance is far closer than how we have a conversation with someone. In all, this creates a serious tone to the movie and emphasizes the major conflict is between pro-Jews and anti-Jews. Moreover, there was a shot where the camera revolved around the table. This shot was smooth and steady, and it reflected the emotions of the two characters from different angles. Because of this, the scene was intense and I think it showed how the fate of the Dreyfuses revolved around the two characters or maybe suggests the importance of LaPadite and the Colonel. ====

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====The effectiveness of lighting can be seen in the same scene. In this scene, only the table is lit up, and everything else in his house is generally dark. This has an emphasis on what the Colonel has to ‘bring to the table’ or what he has to offer. Also, I think the light in this scene symbolizes the truth. This is because the Colonel puts his documents on the table and demands LaPadite to answer him truthfully. LaPadite then moves from the table and to the darkness, as if he is covering something. As he leans forward, his face is half lit, which indicates two sides to him and perhaps suggests that he is hiding something.‍ ====

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====Another thing I found interesting was the shot where Shoshanna leaves the house. The first shot is from the interior of the house, and shows that she is running away into a vast environment. I find this interesting as a door has a symbol to a new life or a new path. The shot with from the interior of the house, contributes to the motif of escaping her “fate”. Moreover, there is another shot of facing the house, I think this again contributes to the motif of escaping her fate as it is shown she is escaping her “home” and thus running away from her past to the unknown future. ====

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====Last but not least, there is an obvious cut (a cut between a close up and an extreme close up) while Shoshanna runs for her life. This adds on to the harsh tone of oppression on the Jews and also lets the audience to feel her emotions and be part of the escape. ====

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====In chapter two, the American “Basterds” are introduced and they have their first killings and scalping of Nazi soldiers. During this scene, the placement of the characters helps to show who is in charge. The soldiers are in a lower ground while the Basterds are spread around the area in higher ground, with the exception of some of them at the same level. This is more effective when bird-eye and worms-eye shots are used. In one of the shots, Stiglitz is shown looking down on the Nazi soldiers and this creates a sense of control over them and superiority. Similarly, from the Nazi soldier’s point of view, a worms-eye shot (I’m not too sure if it counts as a worm’s eye or just a high angle shot) is used. This displays the inferiority of Nazi Soldiers and sums up the aim of the Basterds to seek revenge for the Jews. ====

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====I think that the camera placement effectively shows the “fight” between the pro Jews and Anti Jews as this idea is also seen when Shoshanna encounters Zoller. Shoshanna is at the top of the ladder and looks down at Zoller while Zoller looks up at her. This is very ironic as the Nazis look down at the Jews. However, this shows that Shoshanna is in control of the Nazis and is going to seek revenge. ====

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====When Shoshanna goes to the restaurant for lunch, upon attempting to get up from her seat, it is shown that there is someone who restricts her from doing that. The audience does not see who it is but from the look on Shoshanna’s face, we know that it is someone who caught her by surprise. The shot also reflects the dominant person (later shown that it is the Colonel) is in a higher position or has control over her. This relates to the tone of control and oppression as her past haunts her. ====

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====Another shot that signifies death/revenge is the dutch angle, which is not very noticeable. The Dutch angle is used when ‘The Bear Jew’ gets ready to kill and when .When a dutch angle is used, there is usually a decision before the dutch angle is used. For example, before the ‘Bear Jew’ comes in, the SS soldier had a choice to tell Aldo about the Nazi plans on the map. This idea is supported as the dutch angle is used again when Aldo demands the truth of what happened during the rendezvous. ====

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====‍In terms of editing, I found that a couple of slo-mos were used. Such as when ‘The Bear Jew’ shoots the people in the theater. This emphasizes the significance of killing and how it actually might be overlooked. This shot shows how many bullets are shot from a gun each time its fired for a couple of seconds. It shows that each bullet kills a life and signifies the deaths and revenge. Also, after that shot, it cuts to the people in the theater, still in slo-mo, who get shot by the bullets fired by him. Again it shows the revenge taken for all the innocent lives that were taken as part of Hitler’s idea.‍I think that this is used to change a statistic into a real number, and its ironic how we care more about the killers in slo-mo. In slo-mo of the killing, the scene is very dramatic and the audience gets an emphasis of how everything does not end well. ====

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====Furthermore, in the end, the theater is filled with warm lighting, which reflects the bloodshed in the theater and all the deaths. By using warm lighting, everything in the cinema is filled with red and makes the scene more bloody and violent. The warm lighting also reflects the Nazi color and gives the scene a dark and gruesome tone. ‍Later it is also combined with the cool lighting from the projector, which shows Shoshanna laughing. I think that the cool lighting of Shoshanna is used as it shows how someone who is different from the Nazis is part of the bloodshed. ==== 