Task B: Analysis of Reservoir Dogs Opening Titles

Reservoir Dogs ( Quentin Tarantino, 1992). The scene starts with a group of men leaving a café/diner, the screen slowly fades to black which is accompanied by a voiceover from a radio presenter talking about the background songs that are playing on the radio (Which continues throughout the whole film). The screen then refades after showing "A Film By Quentin Tarantino", into the group of men walking away from the diner while conversing, laughing and smoking with each other. The camera then focuses on each of the characters with credits appearing with the actors' name. Most of the men are dressed in black suits with sunglasses with 2 others in casual clothes. The next shot is long shot of the men approaching two cars, the title of the film then scrolls up the screen. This opening titles scene is unique as it really doesn't give away what the film is about, plus the non-diagetic background music of 70s music makes the viewer believe that this film is a light hearted one from the music. However as the credits end, a voice which is in pain, screams "I'm going to die", this contrasts the cheery music perfectly.