Reservoir Dogs Analysis
The mise en scene in Reservoir Dogs includes the costumes. The men in the scene are wearing suits showing that they are important. Many characters in thriller movies wear suits. The lighting when they are in the house is quite dull but when they are walking outside it is quite bright. While they are in the house they are sitting round a table with playing cards so t becomes apparent that they are playing poker. The house also looks just like a normal house, so you may think that it would not be the location of a thriller.
The cinematography includes close ups of the characters while they are walking down the road. This is also when the credits are being shown. The close ups show us what the characters facial expressions are. This could help us work out their emotions but all of their faces are blank with no real expression. There is also long shot while they are walking towards the car which shows all of the main characters together. By this you may be able to tell who is more important as they may be in the front of the shot or in the centre and the other characters could be framing him.
There is diegetic speech when they are playing poker and the rest is a non diegetic theme tune. However it is quite hard to understand what they say at the start, which makes you think about what they could be saying. This theme tune could become a character theme later on in the film but we do not know this from just the opening.
The editing in Reservoir Dogs includes a cut between the different characters when the credits are being shown. This type of cut is very common in thrillers as it cuts easily between scenes but it does not ruin the tension that is being built up.
The opening sequence of Reservoir Dogs follows the thriller conventions. But it doesn’t follow all the conventions as there is no violence or enigmas immediately set up which usually happens in thriller openings. However I think that is does fit the thriller genre.
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