Jackie Brown

The intro scene from the film Jackie Brown by Quentin Tarantino begins with the credits rolling in yellow and a medium shot of Pam Grier. Grier who plays Jackie is being carried on a moving walkway in stewardess apparel and looking straight ahead with ought blinking. The credits are on the left side of the screen and Greir is on the right seemingly moving together, until she finally catches up with them.

Then there is a close up of stuff in an x-ray machine with more credits now in the center of the screen. Grier passes by security unbothered with a  “how you doing” to the security guard. She is then shown walking in the airport from a low angle, long shot, from the side then a low angle, medium shot from the front with the credits still rolling. There is then a close up of her face before she starts to run. The camera follows here with a medium direct angle shot. She finally reaches here destination and gets to her plane where she greets guest a little short of breath.

What really makes this scene is the music.  It is by Bobby Womack and called “Across 110^th Street” and it plays throughout the entire opening scene. It plays throughout the movie similarly and becomes associated with Grier’s character Jackie.