G321 Thriller Research Kill Bill

This is the opening scene of Kill Bill Volume 1. It starts with a black screen; this creates suspense, for the audience. They don't know what is actually happening as it is only the opening of the film. The first signifier of the film is the diegetic sound of the heavily breathing bride. There is a close up of the bride, which creates a relationship between the bride and the audience. This produces sympathy for the bride, but also is focused on the serious wounds, which suggests that something dreadful has happened and it is going to finish in this part of the scene. It then cuts to a tracking shot of a male, possibly the perpetrator. You can hear the sound of the footsteps, measured to be in rhythm. The camera then cuts back to the bride, which suggests that the man is somehow linked with the bride. The title 'Kill Bill' suggests that the movie is about killing Bill. Therefore when the shot of the male's handkerchief says Bill on it, the audience immediately know that this male is in fact Bill. He then starts to talk, but it seems as if he talking to himself, showing off the power that he has. Once the bride talks Bill shoots her. This creates a sense of authority, as if he is the only one who can talk, and the power is in his hands. Chiaroscuro lighting is used on the bride, this highlights the bride, and creates a sense of tension, and it relates the bride to what may happen at the end of the opening. Chiaroscuro lighting is mainly used in black and white films, but Quentin Tarantino, makes excellent work of it in the opening scene. This opening scene is one of the best opening scene i have ever seen, and it's a must watch.