Reservoir dogs-title analysis

Tarantino’s own spin on the classic heist flick, Reservoir dogs examines a group of contract bank robbers, in the events occurring before and after a botched robbery as they all try to rat out the rat with the police hot on their tails.

The opening of the film is highly stylised like most of Tarantino’s films, with all members of the gang walking down the street in slow motion to the catchy “little green bag” this has the effect of creating something that is almost cartoonish in style but also very slick and smooth. The overall brightness of the surroundings, the bright sunny day, blue car, green trees etc. is in deep contrast with the black suits, black ties and black glasses of the dogs and this gives away that this is a “bad guy” movie.

The song “little green bag” used in the main titles reflects very much the period that the film is set in (late 70’s early 80’s) the rhythm of the song also sets the pace of the scene very well with a clear beat and smooth pace that matches very well with what is actually happening in the scene.
The titles themselves are very simple in font and styling, with the name of the actor appearing underneath them when each gets a close up shot.

The final title “Reservoir Dogs” appears above all members of the group as they slowly walk into the distance unifying them as one.