Cup of Tea #2 - Inspired by the techniques and films of Quentin Tarantino

A few years ago I had a lot of spare time on my hands and asked myself the question "How would a particular director shoot a character making a cup of tea?" I made a shortlist of 10 directors who I felt had particular traits and styles across their oeuvre that I could most easily replicate.

The Shortlist was:
1. Martin Scorsese
2. Quentin Tarantino
3. Francis Ford Coppolla (not made)
4. Alfred Hitchcock
5. Stanley Kubrick
6. Steven Spielberg (not made)
7. Nicolas Roeg (not made - gutted)
8. Sergio Leone (not made)
9. Jean-Pierre Jenuet (not made)
10. Darren Aronofsky

Cup of Tea #2 - Quentin Tarantino
Okay, so when most people think of Tarantino, they think of violence, but when I think of Tarantino, I think of dialogue, pop culture references, and yes, i must admit, violence. I decided that rather than try and copy Tarantino's American pop culture references, I should come up with my own, English pop culture references (because I'm a bloody limey)
With that in mind, we open with a quote of one of my favourite (English) writer's, Christopher Isherwood, followed by a long pre-credits sequence (A take on Butch walking through backyards (back gardens for me) to retrieve his watch in Pulp Fiction).
A brief Tarantino-like music and credit sequence, (music is British, though with a latin kind of sound that tends to to populate a lot of Tarantino's soundtracks.)
Apologies for my woeful acting, we have character in dressing gown (Pulp Fiction) with Brit Pop culture icon Twiggy on his T-Shirt, speaking in a strong regional accent. (Trying to copy Paddy Considine in Room For Romeo Brass for that one) And other character has a tie with Bruce Lee, (as I didn't have Forsyth) and a classic Tarantino suit/shades combo. Dialogue refers to a story about Brit Children's TV legends "The Chuckle Brothers"At 1:14 is my attempt at recreating the classic Tarantino "Trunk Shot" (that's "Boot Shot" for me) using the cutlery drawer instead of a car boot.
The "sugar" part of the conversation is taken from "True Romance", and the character's fury at putting the milk in, is a loose parody of Tarantino's own "Coffee Speech" in Pulp Fiction.
When the character steps through to answer the phone, late 70s cult TV series "Monkey" can be heard on the television.
Once the music comes back in, we see a mug featuring Gromit from classic Brit short "The Wrong Trousers"
Does not fade at the end, but instead cuts to credit on beat with the music, as many a Tarantino film does.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Cup
• of
• Tea
• Quentin
• Tarantino
• Christopher
• Isherwood
• Joe
• Meek
• Twiggy
• Romeo
• Brass
• Chuckle
• Brothers
• Monkey
• Wallace
• and
• Gromit

[IHateMondaysToo]

It's kinda hard to play with the camera to get the moving effects that tarantino uses if you're alone, you should atleast be 2 people to shoot something

[IHateMondaysToo]

It's kinda hard to play with the camera to get the moving effects that tarantino uses if you're alone, you should atleast be 2 people to shoot something

[iamcritic1]

Invest more than $200 on a video camera. Then write a script.

[KerrickLiev]

Spot on with the choice in graphics and music! :)

[SwissBajee]

woohoo this was interesting. like the morell accent.

And the music.

[vincentXXX666]

stop doing more pls

[laughorcrytv]

i found this thoroughly entertaining and now want a quarter pounder with cheese