Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino is a well known name in the media industry. As an American film director he has to ensure that the film narratives he creates will be successful and appealing to the audience. He also screen writes, produces and acts which shows he plays a major part behind the scenes of the films that he makes.
Some of his most successful films include:
Reservoir dogs (1992) 
Pulp Fiction (1994) 
Jackie Brown (1997) 
True Romance (1993) 
Kill Bill (2003) 
He shows a consistent pattern throughout the genre and narrative of these films as these films all fall under the genre of crime/ thriller. Throughout his films he has applied Vladimir Propp's theory of the characters. There is always a villain in his films, whether it's main or a less noticeable character there is always a villain. There's a woman usually playing the role of the 'princess' however in Kill Bill he reverses roles and the most powerful character who plays the part of a hero is played by a woman. By doing this Tarantino broke the conventions of film and swapped the role making the female appear more powerful than the male.

Trademarking
His films contain a lot of trademarks that he's used as a ploy for the audience to remember his works and if they like a particular film they will be enticed to watch another upcoming film. His films will often include one long unbroken take where a certain character is followed around. This is one of his trademarking within films which will make people notice and recognise that it's one of his films. The long break is quite powerful as it has an element of the Enigma code, you don't know what's going to come next and the audience are left wondering what action is about to occur, which I really like. Other elements and trademarks that he uses in his films is there's always something Dutch which could be a name of a character or a brand name on an object the character is using. He uses unconventional storytelling devices such as the chapter format he uses for the film Kill Bill: Vol 1. This particular way of naming the film as though it were a book is a really unique idea and I think that we should incorporate something like this into our discussion of ideas for our film trailer name. His films are really influential and I like the idea of his trademarking on these films, that he always has something recognisable hidden somewhere in each film he makes. We should develop this trademarking within our trailer.