What does this action in broad daylight connote about the character of Louis?
The scene starts off with the two character leaving Louis' car and walking into a shopping mall. They then continue to swap a bag for a bag they have brought with them, showing the audience that they are both corrupt characters. The character of Louis can be seen from the start to be a deviant character, from the bad language and the mistreatment of women, to the daylight robbery. However, the audience cannot believe the woman to be a perfect women, because in fact she is quite the deviant women, in helping Louis with the robbery and also from being associated with him.
From about 2:40 in this clip the woman starts teasing Louis as he cannot find his car in the car park of the mall. Mocking him and asking how ever did he rob a bank if he cannot find his car. The clothes the woman is wearing shows a lot about her character; the short shorts and the revealing vest top could connote the dirty aspect of her personality, that she is a cheap person, as her top isn't a full colour; more of an 'off-blue'. Also by her always being behind Louis could show that she is a cheap character who would do anything for money. She also smokes, which is normally thought to be 'unlady-like' - meaning she isn't the normal 'lady' one might expect in a film, thus challenging the stereotype of women, but also majorly conforming to the stereotype as she is completely reliant on Louis, a man, and she also dresses in a certain way to attract attention. However, the ambient lighting is equal on both of these characters, showing them to be equals in morals, but not equal as characters because Louis is always more dominant in the shots.
Through the whole of the end of this scene Louis is silent as he is mocked by his female counterpart. He then snaps at the end of the scene telling her to not say anything anymore. She
says 'Okay, Louis' and he shoots her a split second after she says the line. Louis then pulls back, opening himself up more to become more dominant in the shot, to replace the lost subject of the woman and shoots her again, after she has fallen.
This says a lot about his character, especially the fact that the act of crime has been done in broad daylight.
This shows the audience that he is a very angry and short tempered character due to him completely snapping after being teased by the women for only moments. The fact that he shot her, not only once, but twice shows that he doesn't have any conscience in his actions and he would do anything to have something his way - showing the audience that he is a cold blooded killer who wont let anyone stop him.
The car behind them is a deep, rusty, red colour - this reflects the action that is happening in the foreground by showing an unglamourous location and background. The car being slightly rusted reflects the character of Louis even more because we can see that he is much older than his female counterpart, showing that he is an old killer and perhaps he has killed people before, by him being able to kill somebody so calmly in broad daylight.
As for the character of Louis, this scene is only seen as negative towards his character. The bright light of the scene, usually ambient, but the brightness of the scene could suggest some non ambient lighting being used - often used in Tarantino's films - is to show the absolute outrageousness of Louis killing this woman as it is in a public place and also during the day - showing he doesn't care what people think or who sees what he does - connoting continuous violence in his life.
This says a lot about his character, especially the fact that the act of crime has been done in broad daylight.
This shows the audience that he is a very angry and short tempered character due to him completely snapping after being teased by the women for only moments. The fact that he shot her, not only once, but twice shows that he doesn't have any conscience in his actions and he would do anything to have something his way - showing the audience that he is a cold blooded killer who wont let anyone stop him. The car behind them is a deep, rusty, red colour - this reflects the action that is happening in the foreground by showing an unglamourous location and background. The car being slightly rusted reflects the character of Louis even more because we can see that he is much older than his female counterpart, showing that he is an old killer and perhaps he has killed people before, by him being able to kill somebody so calmly in broad daylight.
As for the character of Louis, this scene is only seen as negative towards his character. The bright light of the scene, usually ambient, but the brightness of the scene could suggest some non ambient lighting being used - often used in Tarantino's films - is to show the absolute outrageousness of Louis killing this woman as it is in a public place and also during the day - showing he doesn't care what people think or who sees what he does - connoting continuous violence in his life.
An excellently detailed and interesing analysis reflecting engagement ;and a growing confidence with interpreting film language. Indeed the sequence of Louis killing Melanie in broad daylight indicates his psychopathic impulsiveness and that he is a dangerous loose canon!
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