Harry Buckle - Thriller analysis - Pulp Fiction

• Introduction
  This opening, much like Quentin Tarantino's previous film , Reservoir Dogs, starts calmly in a diner with a couple talking, nonchalantly, about robbing banks, liquor stores and the very diner that they are eating in.
• Characters
  - The female character seems to have a relaxed attitude for the first few minutes of the scene. This helps the character become lulled into a false sense of security, much like in scary films, when they have little or no sound or movement just before something or someone makes a sudden movement. In this case though, the "sudden movement" is her yelling as her and "pumpkin" begin to rob the dinner.
  - The male character appears to be the "brains" of the two, as he is constantly talking about strategies and case studies of previous robberies and how they could achieve a better out come from their own robberies. He is, judging by his accent, British, a common trait for an antagonist in an American film.
• Narrative
  - The Dialogue between the robber couple is contrapuntal, as they are talking about robbing from the diner in a very calm tone at a surprisingly normal volume. this weird because it isn't a subject you would really be discussing after a meal and if you were, you would probably be quite about it.
  - Although you wouldn't notice your first watch, characters from later on in the film that are supposed to be in that same diner at this point in time, can be heard. After "Hunny Bunny" says that you could cut down on the "hero factor" in a place like the diner, you can hear dialogue from Jules, one of the Hit men that could be considered the main characters.
• Editing + Camera Work
  - The camera work in this is very bland and expected from a simple conversation between two individuals.  Medium close ups on whoever is talking and the occasional two shot.
  - The editing shows continuity, even for scenes that the spectator may not have even seen yet. The match on action of the female character pouring milk and sugar then drinking is perfectly cut over five different shots and, if the spectator wasn't to think about it, wouldn't even be picked up.
• Mise en scene
  - The body language helps with the laid back feeling of the couple as they talk about robbery. Although the male character is somewhat fidgety, the female is relaxed enough to compensates for that. She shows this by constantly smiling, being polite towards the waitress as she pours her a cup of coffee even rests her head on her arms at one point.
  - Referencing the later scene again, you can see the other hit man walk towards the bathroom, as he does in the later scene. this show Tarantino's dedication to continuity in his work.
• Sound
  -The relaxed atmosphere of a restaurant simulated by the sound of a room filled with the monotone drone of a lot of people talking at once, the light and causal lounge music and the chinking together of plates, coffee cups and cutlery, just add to the things that help this five minute clip seem more and more calm, to help the contrapuntalism of talking about robbing a diner that you have just eaten in.
  
  In conclusion, when the dialogue, as a whole, between the couple and the atmosphere created by the diner are put together, they make the scene seem so much more engaging. The entire scene depends on the dialogue, as the camera work isn't exactly eye grabbing.