Cinematography in the breakfast scene of Pulp Fiction.

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Calvin Crooke Pulp Fiction – Breakfast scene lighting (high key/low key)The lighting in this scene is quite low key there is a few shadowy areas in the scene, due to the fact they are inside an apartment and the blinds are down so there is not much light coming in to the apartment.shot sizes (LS. MS. CU)In this scene there is a mixture of close up shots, mid shots and long shots. When they first get into the apartment there is a long shot of
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John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson. Then when Samuel L. Jackson is talking to “Bret” there is a mixture of mid shots and close ups. The close ups are used to show the expressions on Bret due to the fact Bret looks scared and anxious. They are also used on Samuel L. Jackson when they are talking to each other to show Samuel L. Jackson’s cold hearted look . Also there is a close up on Samuel L. Jackson picking up the burger and eating it, but most of the shots in this scene are predominately mid shots on both ...

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