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The mis-en-scene in the film is her surrounded by the Crazy 88. The setting used in the extract is inside. This means that because it's taking place inside in a lit room the lighting is therefore high-key. This is unusual as the scene is very action focused and gory; it creates a sense of confusion which Tarintino uses to excite the audience. The Bride's costume is a yellow tracksuit. Tarintino wanted her to stand out more. He does in this extract as all of the enemies are in suits and she's in a yellow tracksuit. She stands out as her suit is light yellow and everyone else is wearing black suits it also connotes good. Tarintino wanted to emphasize on how she stood out in the extract; so he positioned her surrounded by the 88. This was to emphasize on how powerful she was.

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Media Extract Analysis

Kill Bill Volume 1 Extract:
I will be looking at the fight scene in Kill Bill; where The Bride takes on the Crazy 88. The scene is 5:00 but I’ll be assessing the first 2 minutes of the extract only.
(0:00 – 0:45) The extract starts off with an extreme close-up on one of the Crazy 88’s weapon. The reason for this is to emphasize that they are about to battle and Tarintino decides to open the extract with the weapon. The shot then pans to show the enemy holding the weapon. This is significant as he’s the most important from the 88 and Tarintino wanted to express his importance by showing his face then him holding it.
The shot then cuts to The Bride surrounded by the Crazy 88. The camera then pans upwards slowly into a bird’s eye view. Tarintino wanted to show how many people The Bride was going to face as the whole shot shows just about everyone in the Crazy 88. This also affects us as the audience think she doesn’t stand a chance as there are a lot of people. The shot cuts into a big close-up of her in an action stance. The camera then pans quickly to her face as she wields her sword. As she pulls out her sword a quick bird’s eye view shot shows the entire 88 jump back. Tarintino uses this to show that while she’s going to fight them single hand-idly she is also powerful. It gives the audience a sense of closure.
The next shot shows a point of view as she’s holding her sword up to her face. From the Point of view shot we see the enemies behind her through the reflection of the blade. There are numerous reasons for why Tarintino has decided to do a point of view shot. One reason is because Tarintino wants us to relate to the character. The Bride is just an average mother who wants revenge and the hard-hitting drama within the film can help some audiences relate to her. Another reason to why he has chosen to do this is to show that she has everything in control. By the fact that she can also see who’s behind her means that she knows about her surroundings. Tarintino does this for two reasons. One is to show how much power she has and another is to give a sense of closure that she would be able to attack everyone.
The camera then pans around the Bride but the camera is placed in the crowd of the Crazy 88; it’s a point of view shot of one of the Crazy 88. Tarintino uses this shot so that you can see how she’s outnumbered as we’re seeing it from someone in the crowd. It gives you a better idea of how she is outnumbered.
The scene then cuts into the action. As they all start to attack her, the camera stays fixed at one place during 0:45-0:50. During this part the camera zooms in when she slices one enemy then zooms out as another comes towards her for 5 seconds. Tarintino does this to signify her power as they come one after the other to her. After this numerous amount of shots occur as she is fighting the horde of enemies. During the next 10 seconds a lot of camera shots were used. These shots were placed all over the place. The camera at one part was above to show her fighting everyone, another is an extreme close-up of the enemy flying as she attacks him. Tarintino decides to use these amounts of shots in little time to signify how many people she’s fighting. It shows that she’s really busy and gives you an adrenaline rush as the shots occur rapidly throughout the short ten seconds. All these shots flow together with a lot of camera cuts which is used to show the pace.
From 1:03-1:10 the camera cuts slowdown as she comes directly face to face with an enemy. This happens for a second but it gives us a quick sense of disclosure as there was a chance she would fall. Tarintino decides to use a over-the-shoulder shot as she takes out her eye. In this sudden scene Tarintino makes the audience feel disequilibrium before quickly facing equilibrium despite her still in battle; the shots and the way he expresses them through the camera works is powerful.
When 1:10 happens she finally faces the leader and his introduction is not there. He straight away jumps at her which shows how incredibly fast the movie is moving at during this extract. They fight for 7 seconds then he finally hits her. The camera-angle suddenly goes into slow-motion as she falls to the floor. Tarintino uses this so that we as an audience see that she has finally been stopped after attacking all the bad guys before-hand. However as she falls to the floor the pace returns as she is still fighting from the floor.
While she continues to fight a range of camera angles are incredibly shot between each one she kills. It slows down when a man actually throws an axe at her as her back is turned. Tarintino decides again to go for the slow-motion route as he wants us the audience to see that she was vulnerable and she could be finished. However she dodges the axe and the pace continues. When she’s about to kill a younger one of the 88 he begs her not to so she throws him away sparring his life. Tarintino wants us to know that she still is a human and is one of the good guys. He also decides to shoot this in slow-motion so we can absorb this fact.


During the two minutes the lighting remains the same. Tarintino decides to do this so that it would appear to be more real. The lighting is high-key which doesn’t connote what you would find in a typical movie showing this much violence. There are numerous reasons for why Tarintino has decided to use this type of lighting. One reason is because we can see everything clearer. He wanted to emphasize on the violence in the film so decided to shoot the film in a lit room. The other reason is to create a sense of disclosure among the audience. This type of room would be safe for people however Tarintino is breaking typical conventions by placing the scene in a lit room. It shows a sense of normality in the movie despite the fact she’s fighting a horde of enemies.
During the first 45 seconds of the extract there is virtually no diagetic sound. The non-diagetic sound is slow music. It’s a slower version of modern techno. It creates suspense as the music goes along with the scene. There is some diagetic sound during the first 45 seconds when she pulls up her sword it makes a loud noise as she pulls it with power. The SFX is loud because Tarintino wants the audience to be aware that the sword she wields is special. The non-diagetic sound suddenly stops from 45 seconds onwards as she fights everyone.
From then on it’s pretty much all diagetic sound. The sound effects are loudly represented and also presented very well. You can hear most things that are happening throughout the extract. From her cutting someone Tarintino wanted to emphasize that she is literally pulling limbs off so when she slices someone you can hear the flesh being ripped apart and the blood pouring out.
This connotes the film’s violent premise and is used to show the audience that what she’s doing is actually serious. This is accompanied with the victims screaming in agonising the pain; the screams fade away as they die. The sound makes the scene sound realistic and horrifying as you watch the extract. Tarintino also wants to create sense disequilibrium during the scene. He does this by at some points will use non-diagetic sound. The non-diagetic sound which is produced is cartoon noises which do not go along with the scenes at all. The non-diagetic sound and diagetic sound are parallel to each other as the both don’t go along. Tarintino wants viewers to remember that at the end of the day this is still a movie and not real life.

The first still from Pulp Fiction, the second is from Planet Terror, the third from Die Hard and the fourth and final one from Old Boy.

Pulp Fiction is a hybrid genre with some indie blended with some gangster in the still. The lighting in Pulp fiction isn't what you would expect in a thriller film however they are wearing the props you'd acpect and the action code is still there.

Planer Terror was produced by Tarintino who created Pulp Fiction but is directed by Rodrigez.
The gun is the action code but the fact that its her leg shows that the film could have a humourous side. Despite the gun the lighting is still low key but with a high contrast. This is to show that while the movie is a thriller horror movie there is a less serious side behind it.

The fourth still, Die Hard, is a long shot. The reason why the director went for a long shot was to signify that huge explosion behin Willis. This connotes that the protaginist is very powerful; almost as a one man army. The blood is highly contrasted to the background to signify that he's been in battle.

The fourth and final still is from Old Boy. It's a close-up of the protaginist cutting is tounge. The fact that it's a close-up shows the film's ultra-violent side. The lighting is high key which connotes that he could be inside. The fact that he's using a cloth shows his human side and that he could be good or even a normal person to surpress the blood (so he can survive).

Seven Samurai (1950s)

The classic point of view shot which is used whenever a confrontation is used in this scene. The samurai looks at the bandits and vice versa. The time between each cut increases dramatically as they draw out their sword and the camera pans incredibly as he fights the first bandit. As he finished off all the bandits the camera is panning slightly as if we were there. The camera movement is similar to Reservoir Dogs in the sense that the camera movement feels like we're watching it firsthand. While in Seven Samurai the panning isn't as real as it was in Reservoir Dogs it was still powerful at the time.

Reservoir Dogs (1900s)

The camera pans around as he's playing with the razor blade. The panning adds a sense of realism in the movie, and creates an awkward and intense atmosphere. Then while "Mr. Blonde" is dancing the camera has a medium shot but then does a big close up on the police officer who's bleeding heavily. This is to connote Blonde's insanity as he's playing an upbeat song and is dancing while the officer is about to die. When he's about to cut his ear off the camera pans slowly to the right as if we're there but we don't see it. The scene maintains its' realism when he's walking out the garage the camera tracks behind him and uses almost a handheld effect. While he's pouring the gasoline onto the officer the camera pans around them two which looks to real to be comfortable and creates a awkward atmosphere. The camera pans around when Orange shoots him to create the same effect. The camera moves as we are the fourth person in the scene. It was pioneering cinematography used throughout the film.

Film Noir

Film Noir:

Film noir is associated with a low key black and white visual style. The term film noir (French for "black film"), first applied to Hollywood movies by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, was unknown to most American film industry professionals of the era. Film noirs embrace a variety of genres, from the gangster film to the police procedural to the so-called social problem picture, and evidence a variety of visual approaches, from meat-and-potatoes Hollywood mainstream to outré. While many critics refer to film noir as a genre itself, others argue that it can be no such thing. Though noir is often associated with an urban setting, for example, many classic noirs take place mainly in small towns, suburbia, rural areas, or on the open road, so setting can not be its genre determinant, as with the Western. Similarly, while the private eye and the femme fatale are character types conventionally identified with noir, the majority of film noirs feature neither, so there is no character basis for genre designation as with the gangster film. Nor does it rely on anything as evident as the monstrous or supernatural elements of the horror film, the speculative leaps of the science fiction film, or the song-and-dance routines of the musical.

Extention 2



There is high lighting used in the shot. Most of the light is coming from the open door. A silhouette is created from the woman who's standing by the door. This suggests that where she's coming from (the room) has importance as it wouldn't have been signified through the lighting.

There is top-lighting coming from the door to glamourise the man's face. His facial expression and his cigarette stereotypically means he's a detective who has found an idea. Top lighting wouldn't have been used if the director didn't want us to pay attention to him.

The silhouette created by the filter lighting suggests that the women is mysterious and may have a darker motive. We can tell she has this villainy/uneasy look to her as how she's posing.