Thursday, 11 November 2010

miss wigley kill bill moment scenes

in the first scene, "the Bride", (Uma Thurman) is standing over a martial arts sword which is an extremely powerful martial arts sword, uma Thurman is out of focus and the focus is on the sword which emphasises the power of it, there is an extremely low camera angle, and shows that uma Thurman is powerful and dominant, she looks down at the sword and from this angle it looks as if she is looking down at the audience, again emphasising her dominance. it then goes out of focus and focuses on uma Thurman herself, as she picks up the sword from the floor. it is a long shot of her, as we can see the whole length of her body.
she is wearing a yellow tracksuit, which is extremely bright and very noticeable, the colour yellow is considered a imperial colour among Chinese. it sound is extremely quiet, there is almost no sound at all, this creates a very sinister feeling, it brings discomfort, as the audience doesn't know what is going to happen and may make them feel quite uncomfortable.
i chose this scene because scene because it sets up the rest of the film, because the audience sees that there is going to be some conflict because of the importance of the sword when it is in focus and uma Thurman.

when uma Thurman is being backed into the room, the scene automatically switches from black and white back to colour and there is a extreme close up of her eyes, which shows her shifting her own focus of the boys in front of her, the lights are then turned off to blue lighting, this lighting creates all of the characters in the scene silhouettes, and this also give a sinister feeling because the audience doesn't know who they are other from uma Thurman, who is more noticeable because she is fighting, there is a medium shot of uma Thurman, showing her silhouette, which is very dark, and connotes evil and power. the sound is  non-diegetic as there is music in the scene, but it is a contraputal sound because it is a sci fi music sound that is extremely unexpected because sci fi music is not associated with ancient martial arts that has been around for centuries and is a lot older than science fiction. when they all begin to fight the there is a slight low angle on all of them which shows that they are more dominant.
i chose this scene because it shows her dominance throughout and the lighting changes to an unusual blue used for the whole frame which is unexpected but shows great lighting and mystery.

the scene where uma Thurman has finished fighting the man, she stands on a ledge where she is extremely high up showing her dominance power over all of the people she has killed, the sound is diegetic, all of the people that have been wounded, there is a groaning coming from them, the scene then switches to uma Thurman still in the same position but the camera angle has changed to extremely low, making her look even more dominant not only over the characters but also us as the audience, and it creates a very powerful feel that she has over us. it is a extreme long shot because we can see her body and other parts other setting,  there is high lighting on top of her head, where we cant see her face, and this makes her seem secretive of who she is and powerful, as if we dont have the authority to see her face, it is like the heavens light shining above her, connoting how angelic she is, which contrasts dramatically because she has just killed dozens of people.

1 comment:

  1. WWW - You produced effective analysis - well done!

    EBI - You analyse more aspects of the film - such as editing.

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