AISHA NDIAYE Written anddirected byQuentin Tarantino Uniqueinterpretation of anAmerican Westernfilm Stars of the filminclude JamieFoxx, ChristophWaltz, LeonardoDiCaprio, SamuelL. Jackson, andKerry Washington, Django (Jamie Foxx) Main Character Former Slave Dr. Schultz (Christoph Waltz) Main Character Dentist turned Bounty Hunter Calvin Candie (Leo DiCaprio ) Supporting Character Plantation and Slave Owner Broomhilda (Hildy) (Kerry Washington) Supporting Role Djangos Wife German Speaking Slave Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson) Supporting Character Candies loyal slave ESTABLISHING SHOT Establishes the setting Emphasizes how vast Candies plantation is Mansion in similar design to white house MEDIUM CLOSE UP Candie in center of frame sitting in red velvet carriage gives him an heir of royalty Overseers riding behind him captured in shot makes Candie look like king in royal carriage followed by his subjects TWO SHOT Medium shot of Django and Dr. Shultz Little space between Django and Shultz and vast landscape establishes the two as a team Completely separate from band of travellers Look like two tough Western cowboys about to enter battle MEDIUM CLOSE UP Django showed alone within the framing of the shot Indicates that while he is a part of a team he is really a lone ranger This shot is a set up for the next shot PANNING LONG SHOT Camera panning field of tall grass Hildy seen standing in the grass Subjective character experience: Django sees Hildy but continues to pass her on horse MEDIUM CLOSE UPS Different Slaves each looking at Django The slaves resent Django for his status as someone almost equal to whites Series of medium close ups emphasize the fact that each individual holds a collected attitude towards Django TWO SHOT Blurry two shot that slowly comes into focus Subjective Character Experience: people on the plantation eyes coming into focus as Django and Sholtz get closer Same two shot from earlier except it is the people on the plantation not the audience that is seeing them as a team MEDIUM SHOT Continuing with the subjective character experience it is clear from this medium shot that it is Django that everyone is looking at not the team The sight of a well dressed black man on a horse with white people Workers walking towards the hot box. Opening is the front of the frame but still see workers walking towards it Implies action is centered around this chamber AERIAL SHOT First time in this scene there is an aerial shot Omniscient point of view Audience watching over the action DOLLY IN Camera quickly dollys into Djangos face Camera movement imitates the anxiety Django feels Will it be Hildy who comes out of the box? Will she be alive? AERIAL SHOT Back to an omniscient point of view Audience sees Hildy is inside and alive RAPID CAMERA MOVEMENT Cuts alternate between shaky shots of Hildy being dragged and the camera dollying into Djangos face End in a close up of Djangos eyes Close up reveals the tear well up in his left eye (first sign of vulnerability) HIGH ANGLE SHOT Hildy is being wheeled away from the scene Camera angled above her Emphasizes he helplessness and the fact that she is the least powerful person in this scene SLOW MOTION Shot of Hildy being wheeled out of frame is in slow motion Manipulation of speed prolongs moment and mirrors Djangos thoughts Surreal moment- Django is seeing his wife for the first time in years only to watch her being dragged off Leaves the audience feeling uncertain