{"id":130835,"date":"2020-05-25T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=130835"},"modified":"2020-05-25T07:57:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T12:57:02","slug":"shoot-like-quentin-tarantino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/shoot-like-quentin-tarantino\/","title":{"rendered":"Untethered Territory: How to Shoot Films Like Quentin Tarantino"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take a look at what makes Tarantino’s films so distinctive and the elements he combines to form his directorial style.<\/h2>\n

If you ask today\u2019s film students which filmmakers they most admire, Quentin Tarantino<\/a> will likely be near the top of the list. With ten films spread over eighteen years, his unique blend of dialogue-heavy, violent storytelling still manages to surprise, inspire, and delight, no matter the genre. Really, at this point, Tarantino’s very approach to filmmaking is arguably a genre unto itself. Let’s take a look at how does it.<\/p>\n

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Homage, References, Tributes, and Stylization<\/h3>\n
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In the <\/em>Kill Bill trilogy, Tarantino fuses classic Western and old-school Kung Fu motifs. Image via Miramax<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The majority of Tarantino\u2019s influences are other films and filmmakers \u2014 though not of the variety most average moviegoers are familiar with. He’s sometimes labeled a “connoisseur of crap” by his detractors, but even naysayers are forced to recognize his encyclopedic knowledge of film history. He’s exceedingly passionate about the movies he watched in cinemas while growing up in the ’70s \u2014 especially blaxploitation and martial arts films.<\/p>\n

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Kill Bill<\/a> is Tarrantino’s homage to the 1973 Japanese film <\/em>Lady Snowblood<\/a>. Image via Toho Company<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

In stark contrast to a lot of his imitators, Tarantino doesn\u2019t simply copy the films he loves, he remixes them. He crafts mashups that pull tropes and traditions from different genres and influences even within a single scene. His Kill Bill<\/em> films, for instance, combine kung fu and samurai movie DNA with John Ford<\/a>\u2019s westerns and a dash of anime style to create a truly unique action tour de force.<\/p>\n

It’s worth noting that the television pilot Mia Wallace describes to Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction<\/em><\/a> \u2014 about a team of female assassins, each with a different gimmick \u2014 is the plot of Kill Bill<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>This is a perfect example of a story inside a story that connects to another story \u2014 and a perfect transition into a look at Tarantino’s love for going meta.<\/p>\n

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Getting Meta<\/h3>\n