{"id":147449,"date":"2021-01-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=147449"},"modified":"2021-01-18T09:40:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T15:40:53","slug":"quentin-tarantino-trunk-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/quentin-tarantino-trunk-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Down Quentin Tarantino\u2019s Iconic Trunk Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Reservoir Dogs to Kill Bill, we open up about what this director\u2019s iconic trunk shot means and how he (and others) achieve it.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve written about this before as one of our \u201c7 Film School Clich\u00e9s You Might Want to Avoid<\/a>.\u201d However, this one in particular still fascinates me for a number of reasons. If you\u2019ve seen any of the great films by legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino<\/a>, you know what I\u2019m talking about. Usually at a critical moment in the film, Tarantino<\/a> starts a shot in pure darkness before revealing our main characters looking down on us as they open a trunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a cool, stylistic break in the narrative shot-reverse-shot of his dialogue-heavy films. And, while it also produces many copycat imitations by film school boys and girls, it might not be surprising to learn that Tarantino<\/a> isn\u2019t the first person to use this shot\u2014or to make use of low angles or creative shot types. But, why does this shot work so well? Plus, how does Tarantino use it so expertly? Let\u2019s break down everything about Tarantino\u2019s iconic trunk shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exploring Tarantino\u2019s Trunk Shot<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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