“Do you know what they call a quarter pounder in Paris?” A famous line from an amazing movie Pulp Fiction. The scene is between two, what we assume, friends Jules and Vincent as they talk about Vincent’s recent trip to Europe and about all the small differences there while driving along the road. We start out with a closeup shot on Vincent as he starts the dialogue and we see that Jules is there in the driver seat with him. The shot mostly focuses on Vincent as he is giving a speach about the legality of marijuana but quickly turns to a big close up shot when Vincent mentione “all the little differences” like how you can order beer in a glass while seeing a movie or going to a McDonalds. Before this Jules would mostly have a single word response when in the close up shot but, as soon as it becomes a big close up, Jules becomes more talkative as he shares his surprise in what they call a quarter pounder overseas. This conversation occurs between matched action cuts between the two with the camera pointing to the one that is speaking. They share laughs over it and the audience is intrigued by the conversation and the chemistry between the two so much that we forget they are driving somewhere. The shot turns into a regular close up once more with a focus on Vincent as Jules asks awhat the Whopper is called to which Vincent replies he hasnt visited Burger King there. The tone switches to a more serious one at that point as a jump cut transitions them into a shot of them looking into a trunk of the car with the focus on both of them. They note thatthey should have shotguns for situation like this and we quickly understand there is more to this friendshipthan meets the eye.
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