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how characters are defined

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  In Pulp Fiction, we learn that the character of Vicent Vaga is a lackadaisical, logical and relaxed man. He has taken his bosses, Marcellus Wallace, wife on a friendly date, Mia, as an instruction to keep her busy and prevent her from getting bored.      Vincent drives a Chevy Malibu which establishes him to be a cool and laid back man, although his job involving killing people, his most dangerous job is to keep her company. Her flirtatious personality allows for him to be blindsided. He acts unimpressed when they turn up at Jack Rabbit Slims and suggests they go somewhere else for a steak.      When Vincent and Mia begin to order their food, he is requests for his steak to be blood as hell. This refers to the idea that he could've picked anything on the menu, but this represents him as a strong masculine figure. His reaction of astonishment to the price of the milkshake further establishes him to be a rational and straight forward character. Vincent...

Tight Jeans (2012)

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Tight Jeans is a short film set in Lewisham, London and it has been written and directed by Destiny  Ekaragha . This film explores what the type of jeans you wear says about you. This is a group of men who are wearing the same kind of jeans, baggy jeans, which establishes that they are together and show similar opinions and tastes in style. They are all black British men so the audience is driven to group them together sociologically. Their hoodies are the same but different showing that there are formed and obvious similarities between the trio. By appearance, they come from the same racial and ethnic background, so they could share similar views of society which is later discussed in the short film. We differentiate the characters by the surrounding mise- en -scene they indulge themselves in.    Destiny  Ekaragha  says that the best way to talk about serious things is in a funny way. The tone in their conversation is comical by the way in which they are talkin...