Typical Shots in a Crime Thriller (Pulp Fiction)

Pulp Fiction 

Throughout Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino uses various shots that aren't shots that create suspicion and this is something we want to create too. In the first twenty minutes of the film John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson go to a San Fernando apartment block looking for an object that was stolen from Marseilles Wallace. Before they actually enter the apartment they have a conversation that is shot in long shot which already doesn't comply to film norms. You'd expect that after the initial long shot of them both was established that it would then proceed to go into an over the shoulder shot but it doesn't. 

After they have entered a match on action shot is expected to be use

d after closing the door but there is a slight delay. So the shot is of the door and not them entering the room. This is a great thriller shot to use because it creates a sense of suspicion that leaves the audience wondering what is happening behind the door.

Another shot which creates a surreal atmosphere is when John Travolta and Bruce Willis are having a conversation and again the typical shot conventions aren't achieved. It is expected that between a conversation shot reverse shot is repeated but only Bruce Willis is being shot. Throughout the conversation the shot is just of Bruce Willis's reactions and John Travolta's facial expressions are not shot. This could be used to show that John Travolta has the power in the conversation so whatever he maybe doing facially, it doesn't matter because what does matter is Bruce's facial expressions. His reaction is probably a key point that may hinder in the narrative in some way. This could possibly be used in our film when the client is confronting Kyle at the end because Kyle's facial expressions are key. The audience will want to see the client's face so it was leave a suspenseful atmosphere which is an important convention in a thriller film.