OPENING SCENE

OPENING SCENE

CAMERA USE

Throughout the scene, there is a close up shot of the brides face. This helps the viewer connect with and sympathise with the character, and tells us immediately who the protagonist is and who the antagonist is.The way the camera looks down on The Bride while the unseen Bill is implied to be standing over her shows us who is in control of this situation. Bill has the authority and the power while The Bride is his victim, hence why we are looking down upon her.The use of black and white reflects the despair and tragic mood of the scene. This therefore makes for quite an odd inclusion into a martial arts movie and challenges the conventions. Despite primarily being an action film, this scene is more typical of a thriller.Black and white can also portray nostalgia: do The Bride and Bill have history? Is this a flashback?

The sound bridge of The Brides heavy breathing both prepares and entices the audience; it creates quite a ghostly, worrying atmosphere and keeps the audience on the edge of their seat for whats to come.Bills voice overlaps The Brides breathing, and despite having a calm and reasonable voice, his words are quite threatening especially his ironic Do you find me sadistic? which is almost teasing The Bride.When Bill loads his gun, were treated to the gentle sound of the bullets entering the chamber. This again contradicts his reassuring voice; we know what hes about to do, yet the sudden gunshot makes us jump.Finally, the placement of Nancy Sinatras Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) is both ironic and fitting to the scene. Although we dont yet know what their relationship is, the word Baby in this song hints towards it. SOUND

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