Kill Bill

                                                           Kill Bill.

The scene one starts off Bride lying in the coffin, with an aggressive man standing over her, she looks weak and flaccid. This is reinforced through her being buried alive in a coffin. Tied up hands, and helpless Bride signifies that she is about to die. This is reinforced through the setting of the graveyard which we didn’t see in the clip. Short breathing indicates that she is scared. The western music is non-diegetic, and it juxtaposed death. The nail banging on coffin highlights her being locked. We can hear the diegetic sound of car which is driving away after the process of locking Bride is finished; this signifies that she is left alone to die. This is contrasted with her diegetic screams of helplessness. We can also hear the synchronous, diegetic sounds of the soil being thrown on her coffin, but we don’t actually see them throwing the soil at her coffin, we can see it from actor’s point of view shot.

The second scene is showing her, trying her best to get out from the coffin. There is a non-diegetic western music which increases in terms of tension as she gets near to escape and the music also shows that there is going to be revenge. It is the music of freedom which also signifies that she will success.  The stops her short breaths which turn into deep, long breaths which signifies her calmness. Also the non-diegetic sound which matches her heart beating. She is in control about her actions. The non-diegetic sound is in the time with the screen action increases the tempo on its nature that informs us that she is now more likely to survive. Angelic, non-diegetic sounds signifies that she is about to reborn and escape. – Synchronous degetic sounds of her breaking through the coffin+ the earth as she is metaphorically reborn. We can see a change in her facial expression which indicates a domination to escape; this is signified through her ability to find the knife, which is the way to get freedom. Coffin in contrast to first scene looks larger. Her state of mind is calm as opposed to claustrophobic. The determination is symbolised through the punching of coffin, blood coming from her hands and her facial gesture signifies that she is strong. We see the smile and happiness on her face as she frees herself by knife. The music gets faster as she bangs the coffin. Her hand breaking through the coffin shows that she is near to reborn. The music suddenly finishes as she frees herself into the freedom. The camera shots used were Close up- was used when showing the man’s face standing above Bride near the coffin while burring her . Point of view- was used when showing how Bride frees herself by cutting the rope.  Tracking shoot- was used in showing how she takes her boots out and moving the camera all the way from her legs towards her head. Wide shot- showing her full body. Panning shot-  this was to follow the action/ to refocus and stimulate new interest.