Scene One
0:00 Travolta Exhales
0:02 Victim unlocks door latch and opens
0:03 - 0:05 Dead silence
0:06 Samuel Dialogue "Hey kids, how yah doin?"
0:10 Door Slams
0:11 Samuel Dialogue
0:12 Victim 2 puts feet back onto couch, very low dB on the noise
0:20 Samuel Dialogue
0:29-0:31 Dead Silence
0:32 Samuel Dialogue
0:36-0:38 Dead Silence
0:41 Victim 3 Dialogue "Yeah"
0:42 Samuel Dialogue
0:48 Victim 3 Dialogue "Yeah.. I remember"
0:49 Silence
0:50 Samuel Dialogue
Scene Two
4:00 Victim 3 Dialogue
4:10 Loud Gunshot
4:11 Samuel Dialogue "Sorry did I break your concentration?"
4:23 Gun click noise
4:24 Samuel Dialogue
4:25 Whimpering of Victim 3 in background very low
4:37 Victim 3 Dialogue "What?"
4:38 Samuel Flips table pretty loud
4:39 Table crashes on the ground
4:40 Loud interchange of dialogue between Samuel and Victim 3 back and forth
4:55 Samuel Dialogue "Say what again"
4:57 SFX of chair creaking as the Victim 3 leans back in it
4:58 Samuel Dialogue
Tarantino is famous for his choice of music within his films but I choose a scene without music to show the importance of silence. Silence is not only useful for providing dynamic range in a track but also crucial for tense scenes like this one in Pulp Fiction. There are many almost awkward silences as the victims are scared beyond belief and Samuel is almost toying with their fears. By using silence and loud SFX the viewers are just as startled as the victims in their apartment. An example is when there is no warning before Samuel unloads a single bullet into the second victim on the couch and the gun shot is very loud. By not having any music in the scene it seems very life like and tense, even though Samuel is literally killing them with kindness. The combination of dynamic range and great sound effects make for a thrilling film.
The Sound department:
| Rick Ash | .... | sound re-recording mixer |
| David Bartlett | .... | sound editor |
| Dean Beville | .... | sound editor |
| G.W. Brown | .... | sound editor |
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