Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Characterisation – Bullet Tooth Tony


In the clip we learn about the character Bullet Tooth Tony, the people are talking about him and if he could help their situation, we know that because the clip is from the middle of the film that Tony was a last resort.
The first time we see Tony it is an insert as the girls talk about how good he is at his job “He’d find Moses in a burning bush if you paid him to” We can see by the mise-en0scene that it is set in the past, his dodgy hair cut and the music playing let us know that it was probably set in the 80’s.
They then go on to say how he was “shot 6 times and had the bullets moulded into gold” this shows us that he is very tough and that he is proud of it. The fact the man in the insert keeps saying “why you not die?” shows us that he is scared of him and knows that if he doesn’t kill him then Tony will kill him. From this we also know that he has upset a lot of people and made a few enemies.
The men then go on to marvel at how tough he is “6 bullets” “In one sitting” letting us know that even they are impressed and they are supposed to be scary and in charge.
We then cut to Tony again but this time we know it is set in the present as we can tell by his clothes and his hair as well as the music being much more ‘up to date’, we also see him beating some man up by trapping his head in between the car door, this is very violent and allows us to know Tony is not bothered by death or blood. The clothes and car also allow us to know that he has become very successful with what he does. We then see him answer the phone and he answers very casually as if he hadn’t just been beating a guy up, showing us again that he’s very casual about it all.
Also the way he answers the phone by saying “bonjour” shows us he has a sense of humour.
The insert allows us to see Tony very focused and on a mission, we also hear him swear which again shows us that he is a very violent man. The clip with blood going down his mouth also shows us that he’s an animal and dangerous.
The insert allows us to know why he’s called Bullet Tooth Tony, and so that we can see that he has become very successful since then. It also allows us to know that his occupation is a contract killer.
His speech is very threatening and aggressive, towards the man and we can tell that he’s a very impatient short fused man form this.
The camera at the end of the insert shows us that Tony is at a higher position of power than the man he’d just killed although he other man thought that he was in control.
At the end the music is very upbeat showing us that Tony enjoys his work and makes it look like its good fun to go beat up a man. The music then stops when he answers the phone and he becomes very business like.

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