pulp fiction scene analysis

The movie that I have chosen to write about is Pulp fiction and the scene that I have chosen to write about is the basement scene with actors such as Bruce Willis.

The music in this scene is an anempathetic sound which has a very upbeat sound to it even though the scene itself is quite grim, it adds to the effect of the scene by making it quite comical, and it helps get the audience excited for the next moment. the tempo of this piece of music that was used is very fast paced and allows us to believe that something is just around the corner. The music also slows down when a key moment takes place, an example of this is where the protagonist finds his weapon of choice and also kills both of the antagonists. There is no dialogue at the beginning of this scene which actually works really well due to it adding to the atmosphere of the scene and there is only relevant dialogue when the music stops, once again this works in the favour of the scene by adding dramatic feeling to the scene and once again adding a comedic feeling to the scene.

The mood of this scene is of course quite dark due to the actions taking place during it, but the acting is on point and perfectly in timed with the background music. The Genre of the music is very jazzy and 1920-esc with saxophones and cymbals. the sound effects only come at the end of the scene with things such as stabbing, swinging and shooting there aren't really any hyper real sounds except possibly for the gore sounds.

At the beginning of the scene the music sounds as if it is on a radio near by but soon starts to get louder and once we get to the last part of the scene the music has reached its pinnacle in volume. the pitch throughout the scene roughly stays the same throughout and just has a repeated sound track which starts with a low pitch and gets higher in stages.

during the scene we see Bruce Willis' character look through a selection of weapons that he would possibly use which had a steady musical input, but that changed when it came to the weapon he wished to use this shows how the music in this scene can be used to show a characters emotions, feelings and thoughts without them physically being apparent.

Since the music contradicts the scene it could suggest that the main protagonist at the time (Bruce Willis) was feeling quite happy in the situation or it could show the good coming out of the bad from the scene.

The rhythm in this scene is perfect due to every movement made by the characters responds with the music and that is quite good due to the fact that there was almost no dialogue at all. the rhythm is kept in quite a fast pace this suggests that the character could be quite worried or that the producers want the audience to feel ready for whats around the corner. Something strange about the rhythm being so fast is that it contradicts the acting due to the acting being quite slow