Title: Kill Bill: Volume 2
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Date: 2004
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Certificate: 18
Brief Synopsis:
The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle.
This is a trailer from the film 'Kill Bill: Volume 2'
In our media studies lessons we have been analysing aspects of the thriller genre, the different types of Thriller films and how the director Quentin Tarantino utilises the conventions of the genre in 'Kill Bill Volume 2'. This is a clip from 'Kill Bill 2' which is an action thriller with a female as the heroine making it more modern to show how society is changing. In this extract from 'Kill Bill 2' it shows the blonde bride (Uma Thurman) trying to get revenge on her husband by killing everyone before him, in this case Budd. Tarantino uses the waste land location to create a sense of isolation which is an import generic convention of thriller films. The location reflects the character of Budd because it is empty and dead which is how he is inside, also it is very unglamorous and suggests that he is ‘trailer trash’. The scene is lit with chiaroscuro lighting which contrasts between light and dark affecting a composition and is normally used in noir films. It uses non ambient lighting because otherwise it would have been to dark to film and you wouldn’t be able to see anything. Also, in the opening the director uses diegetic and non diegetic sounds - such as the western soundtrack - playing over the scene. The non diegetic sounds would be the car pulling up to the trailer and Budd’s footsteps when he’s in the trailer. This film has a lot of intertextual references to the film ‘The Good The Bad and The Ugly’. They are both based in a western location and use the same piece of music which is called ‘Ecstasy of Gold’. Tarantino has done this to demonstrate the similarities between the two films. The main character in ‘The Good The Bad and The Ugly’ is a man called Blondie (Clint Eastwood) whereas in 'Kill Bill 2' the main character is a blonde woman which demonstrates how times and society has changed having a female as the heroine.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Date: 2004
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Certificate: 18
Brief Synopsis:
The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle.
This is a trailer from the film 'Kill Bill: Volume 2'
In our media studies lessons we have been analysing aspects of the thriller genre, the different types of Thriller films and how the director Quentin Tarantino utilises the conventions of the genre in 'Kill Bill Volume 2'. This is a clip from 'Kill Bill 2' which is an action thriller with a female as the heroine making it more modern to show how society is changing. In this extract from 'Kill Bill 2' it shows the blonde bride (Uma Thurman) trying to get revenge on her husband by killing everyone before him, in this case Budd. Tarantino uses the waste land location to create a sense of isolation which is an import generic convention of thriller films. The location reflects the character of Budd because it is empty and dead which is how he is inside, also it is very unglamorous and suggests that he is ‘trailer trash’. The scene is lit with chiaroscuro lighting which contrasts between light and dark affecting a composition and is normally used in noir films. It uses non ambient lighting because otherwise it would have been to dark to film and you wouldn’t be able to see anything. Also, in the opening the director uses diegetic and non diegetic sounds - such as the western soundtrack - playing over the scene. The non diegetic sounds would be the car pulling up to the trailer and Budd’s footsteps when he’s in the trailer. This film has a lot of intertextual references to the film ‘The Good The Bad and The Ugly’. They are both based in a western location and use the same piece of music which is called ‘Ecstasy of Gold’. Tarantino has done this to demonstrate the similarities between the two films. The main character in ‘The Good The Bad and The Ugly’ is a man called Blondie (Clint Eastwood) whereas in 'Kill Bill 2' the main character is a blonde woman which demonstrates how times and society has changed having a female as the heroine.
This is a clip of the heroine breaking out of the coffin, which again illustrates the intertextual references between the two films as 'The Good The Bad and The Ugly' was also shot in a graveyard. The lightung is ambient, as the torch is the only light source that is lighting her face which creates tention by showing how scared she is and how claustrophobic it is. It is used to create excitement and suspense and is to award The Bride the same status as the hero Blondie in the Leonie film. Also there is the good (The Bride) the bad (Budd) and the ugly in this scene is Budd's friend who helps to bury the bride. This is the last volume of the 'Kill Bill' series and to finalise it Tarantino has used this reference to a graveyard therefore reinforcing the intertextuality and keeping the western theme.
This is a clip from the film 'The Good The Bad and The Ugly' which is set in the graveyard and shows you the typical role of the hero that is usualy played by a male in this case Clint Eastwood. It was directed by Sergio Leonie and uses a lot of extreme close ups of the characters faces and eyes to show the emotions that the characters have. Blondies's eyes are more focussed whereas Angel Eyes's eyes are more slanted which implies how crafty he is and how he's always up to no good, and Tuco's eyes are wide to show fear. This scene shows how Blondie has his revenge on Angel Eyes, tricks Tuco and leaves with the loot.
