Reservoir Dogs Analysis

Analysis

At the beginning we see a group of men who we presume to be gangsters at a cafe dinner paying tip. The reason why as an audience we think these men are gangsters are because of the way they are dressed. All the men bare two are costumed in black suits with white shirts (traditional gangster clothing). The other two are dressed in more of a causal dress manner. These two characters are dressed like this to standout. These characters are shown dressed differently as they do not appear as much as the others in the film, but they are easily remembered because of how they dress.

After the scene where the men are in the cafe, we are shown the men walking across in a car park. We see the men approaching swinging their arms, smoking with each step falling at the same time. This shows that the men have a connection as they move in the same manner and speed. The sway of the arms and smoking symbolise the rebellious attitudes that gangsters would have.

After the small extract of watching the men walk through the car park, as an audience we get close ups of all of the eight men. The few split seconds that we see the faces of each man shows their characteristics. An example of this would be Steve Buscemi's character Mr Pink. He lifts his glasses up as soon as the camera is positioned to record him. I think the director Quentin Tarantino did this to show the character Mr Pink wanting to be professional about the up coming job, but also to hide his identity from all around him.

Just before the men leave the cafe a radio show starts to play over the top of the recorded footage. The radio starts to play Little Green Bag this is a contrasting type of song because it seems to cheerful song for a gangster type film. So it adds a slight black humour to the film which then later continues throughout the film.

As the credits occur the same song from the radio broadcast plays over the credits, to show a clear link that the intro is still being shown. The title of the film shown rising above the back of the men as they walk on to the road. This can show a connection that the story line of the film is going to involve these characters.

The rest of the credits are of the production and editing team. Their names are presented on a blank black screen. This shows that a these people have a connection with the film, but are not acting in it. You can tell this because their names are not presented with a film or image of them.