Quentin Tarantino

1) Clever, humorous, quick dialogue / Sudden scenes with high levels of violence

2) He was a film clerk, so he acquired his film knowledge by this, not by a conventional high-school method.

3) It was critizised for having excessive violence levels which were considered unnesessary (e.g.: the ear cutting scene...?). Also, they claimed he had plagiarized from the movie City on Fire.

4) Crime and Gangster Films

5)

"God's Eye POV"  

This extreme high-angle shot from Kill Bill Vol. 1 shows Uma Thurman entering an unknown space in where she will get into a battle. The shot reflects, by this angle, her inferiority in the situation, as she is vulnerable in this space.

"The Corpse POV"

This low-angle shot is from the POV of the "dead" Bride looking at her murderers. This conveys her extreme inferiority as her life is in total control of them.

"The Trunk POV"

This is a low-angle shot showing Vincent and Jules opening the trunk of the car to fetch weapons. This could be used to create tension in the sense that the viewer wonders about what is it that's inside the trunk.

6)

The "Mirror Shot" is a specific shot used by Tarantino sometimes in where a character looks at himself in the mirror, and maybe talks to himself. The shot reflects intimacy and self-reflection, conveying the privacy of the moment in where the character looks, literally and symbolically, to himself.

 In this shot, Vincent (Pulp Fiction) is having an intimate moment trying to control himself and detaching his mind from his feelings, as he has to spend the night with his boss' wife (obviously he's trying to control himself).

7)

a) Mexican Stand-Off is the name given to a shot showing more than two individuals aiming at each other with guns.
 
b)The term comes from Sergio Leone's movie "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," a classic from 1966 and one of Quentin's favourites.
 
c) Pulp Fiction

     Reservoir Dogs

8)

a) A MacGuffin is an element which drives the movie's plot forward without having a specific relevance on its own (it may never be revealed or shown). This motivating element pushes the narrative forward and usually doesn't have any other purpose in the film.

b) In Pulp Fiction, the MacGuffin is the briefcase which Jules and Vincent have to return to Marsellus: the briefcase is the one which activates the action in the movie, but hasn't got any further purpose.

c) Rocknrolla: the painting is the MacGuffin used which develops the plot (no screenshots, as it not shown in the whole movie, obviously...)
    Mission: Impossible III. The action in the movie is triggered by the search of the Rabbit's Leg, although this is never found...