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Film Clip Analysis of Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino is best known for his ultraviolent and bloody films. Through his unique writing, directing, and editing style, Tarantino has been able to create a cinematic canon that is distinguishable from his cinematic peers. In Inglourious Basterds (2009), Tarantino uses a mixture of modern music and historical events to give a fictional account of a group of vigilantes who are on a quest to take down the Nazis during World War II; these vigilantes range from Shosanna Dreyfus, who escaped being executed by SS Col. Hans Landa, to the Inglourious Basterds, a rogue band of soldiers hell bent on killing as many Nazis as they can. Tarantino's use of mise-en-scene and composition help to establish the mood and setting without detracting from the narrative.

Inglourious Basterds (2009) is Tarantino's most recent film. He not only directed the film, but also wrote the film and played a very minor part in the film. As a director, Tarantino was responsible for guiding "the actors in performance, determines the staging of the action, supervises all aspects of shooting, and works with the producer, writer, and designer before production and with the film and sound editors after production to ensure consistency and excellence of the movie as well as the best possible use of personnel, materials, and resources provided by the producer" (Mast & Kawin, 2003, p. 681). It can be argued that Tarantino's meticulous attention to detail, in all of his films, has ensures that the audience...

The art director is a person that is charged with designing a film's sets and determining the film's decor (Mast & Kawin, 2003, p. 678). Inglourious Basterds (2009) had four art directors that contributed to the overall design of the film. These art directors are Marco Bittner Rosser, Stephan Gessler, David Scheuneman, and Sebastian T. Krawinkel (Inglourious Basterds Full Cast and Crew, n.d.)
A production designer works in conjunction with the art director(s) in order to create a cohesive look for a film. A production designer is "an art director responsible for designing the complete look of a film, coordinating and integrating its sets, dressings, props, costumes, and color schemes" (Mast & Kawin, 2003, p. 687). Dave Wasco was in charge of designing the complete look of Inglourious Basterds (2009). Wasco has worked with Tarantino as production designer on many occasions and their collaborative projects include Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004).

While Tarantino incorporates a wide array of trademarks into his films, the most obvious trademark can be seen in the film's narrative and editing. In many, if not all, of his films, Tarantino breaks the narrative into self-contained chapters that help to establish a subplot of the film. In Inglourious Basterds (2009), Tarantino uses chapters to break up the narrative and to introduce the major characters that will play a prominent role during the film's climax and ending. One of the chapters in the film focuses on…

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David Wasco. (n.d.). IMDB.com. Accessed 15 May 2012, from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913300/

Full Cast and Crew for Inglourious Basterds. (n.d.). IMDB.com. Accessed 15 May 2012,
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