Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino is a well-known American film director. As a film director he has to guarantee that the film narratives he creates will be successful and pleasing to the audience. As well as directing he also, screen writes, produces and acts this shows that he takes part in every aspect of behind the scenes work in the films that he makes.
Some of his most successful and well-known films include:
Reservoir dogs (1992)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Jackie Brown (1997)
True Romance (1993)
Kill Bill (2003)

His most recent film out is Django Unchained and will be released in UK cinemas on the 18/01/2013.        
Throughout the genre and narrative of his films you can see a consistent pattern as these films all fall under the genre of crime/ thriller. In his films he has applied Vladimir Propp’s theory of character functions. There is always a ‘villain’, however this may not be a main character but there is always a villain. The role of the ‘princess’ is always filled however, in Kill Bill Tarantino has reversed the roles and the ‘Hero’ is played by a woman and the ‘Princess’ is played by a man, by doing this Tarantino has broken the usual conventions of film by swapping the roles and making the female appear more powerful than the male.

Trademarking

Tarantino’s films contain many trademarks that are used as a ploy for the audience to remember his work and if they like his films then they will be enticed to watch another of his upcoming films. His films will usually include one long unbroken take during which a certain character is followed around. This trademark helps the audience recognise the film as a Tarantino film. The long break is a powerful element as it has a component of the Enigma Code, this is effective because you don’t know what is going to happen next, and therefore the audience are left wondering what action is going to occur. Another trademark in a Tarantino film is that there is always something Dutch included in the films, this could be a name of a character, a brand name on an object the character is using, or even a street name. Tarantino also uses unconventional storytelling devices such as the chapter format he uses in the film Kill Bill: Vol 1. This way of naming the film a though it were a book is a unique idea, I believe we could incorporate this aspect into our discussion of film trailer names.

Tarantino’s films are very influential and the way he has trademarked his films is a very good idea. I believe this is an Idea we should include within our trailer.