Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth and Diane Kruger. The film tells the fictional story of two plots to assassinate the Nazi Germany political leadership, one planned by a young French Jewish cinema proprietor (Laurent), and the other by a team of Jewish Allied soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt).

Death Proof is a 2007 American thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film centers on a psychopathic stunt man who stalks young women before murdering them in staged car accidents using his “death-proof” stunt car. The film is a tribute to exploitation, muscle cars, and slasher film genres of the 1970s, and stars Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Rose McGowan.

Kill Bill is a two-part action thriller film released in 2003 and 2004 by writer-director Quentin Tarantino, and starring Uma Thurman as The Bride. Originally conceived as one film, it was released in two "volumes" (in late 2003 and early 2004) due to its running time of approximately four hours. The film is an epic-length revenge drama, with homages to earlier film genres, such as Hong Kong martial arts films, Japanese Chanbara films, exploitation films and Italian spaghetti westerns; an extensive use of popular music and pop culture references; and aestheticization of violence

Jackie Brown is a 1997 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is an adaptation of the novel Rum Punch by American novelist Elmore Leonard and pays homage to 1970's blaxploitation films. The film stars Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget Fonda and Michael Keaton. It was Tarantino's third film following his successes with Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994).

Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who cowrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The film is known for its rich, eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references. The film was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture; Tarantino and Avary won for Best Original Screenplay. It was also awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. A major critical and commercial success, it revitalized the career of its leading man, John Travolta, who received an Academy Award nomination, as did costars Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman.

Quentin Tarantino Case Study

He was born Quentin Jerome Tarantino in March 1963 to Connie McHugh Tarantino Zastoupil and Tony Tarantino.His father is of an Italian American descent and his mother of an Irish and Cherokee ancestry.His parents split before birth so he was raised up by his mother. In the early 1990s began his career as an independent filmmaker, his films used nonlinear storylines (narrative technique wherein events are portrayed out of chronological sequence, and this is what makes him unique, they tell the stories of numerous different people, some of whose live tie in together).His most notable films are Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997),Kill Bill (2003-2004), Death Proof (2007) and Inglorious Basterds (2009).These films have one him an Academy Award (Oscar), a Golden Globe, a BAFTA (British Academy Film) Award and a Palme d'Or.Tarantino's films often feature violence. Many of his films depict violence (technical term the aestheticization of violence).Tarantino has also directed for television such as Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2004. He won a nomination for an Emmy for directing the fifth season finale of  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Although he is best known for being behind the camera he has appeared in front of camera before, sometimes in his own films such as 'Reservior Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', where he had minor roles. Actually he has a bit part in every one of his hit films.

Phone Booth Analysis

The final film that I'm writing on is Phone Booth. This is an extremely edgy thriller that is set in a phone booth, and in a phone booth only. It has all the makings of a great thriller. The mis-en-scene of the film is as I have said very edgy and perhaps psycotic. The film is also very claustrophobic seeing as it is set for a whole film in just a tiny little phone booth. All of the sound heard in the film is diegetic due to the setting. In a phone booth there is not much going on really. The editing is extremely quick, cutting away to each of the characters as they have their showdown. I'm not sure about special effects as this film is not all that expensive. Maybe the closest they get to that is with the gunfire and the shootings. The opening of Phone Booth is actually quite tedious. It just shows the protagonist's ever day life. However it does establish the type of man/character that he is. The opening doesn't introduce anything because as i have aforementioned the opening of the film is nigh on tedious. It is a slow starter. it is very hard to describe the opening titles of this film as they do not really go with the film.

Joyride Analysis

The next film that I'm going to write on is a film called Joyride that was made in 2001. Now I can't actually find an opening sequence to this film, but it is so good that I have to write on it, so I have the trailer. The mis-en-scene of the trailer and the film is very nervy and in some ways perhaps scary and jumpy. There is not much of a soundtrack in the film, nor non-diegetic sound. Most of the sound used is diegetic and it mostly involves the characters talking to each other, either face-to-face or across the CB radio. Giving that the link is a trailer there is a lot of editing of shots involved. For instance in the chase through the fields the camera switches from each character very rapidly and at a frantic pace. The most common camera shot used in the film is the close-up, although the long shot is used at times and the tracking shot is used along with cut-aways to intense the intensity.

Duel Analysis

This is a classic tv film that was directed by Stephen Spielberg. This is one of the most tense thrillers ever. The mis-en-scene of this film is generally very dark and on edge. Character emotion in the film is extremely tense. The soundtrack used is extremely tense, it makes the audience feel very uneasy. There is very little sound used that is non-diegetic, the only non-diegetic music is the music when the car chase is on. The only real diegetic sound that is heard is the sound of the vehicles. The editing and the camera shots are linked in this film. For instance a onboard view of the car would cut away to a close-up of the truck's wheels. As this is an old film special effects will not have been used. The only character in this film that is established is the protagonist, the truck driver is not seen, infact you are never quite sure who he is, we just see suspects.