Kill Bill Vol 1 Intro

 Bill Vol 1

This is the introduction to a thriller by Quinten Tarantino, from these few minutes we, as an audience, are instantly gripped. The film starts with a black screen, over the diegetic sound of pained breathing. We are left for only 2 seconds with this, before an extreme close up of a blood covered woman hits the screen in black and white. These 3 seconds have already been used wonderfully to not only add suspense but to also create an image of classic thrillers. This close up is left for another 8 seconds before any other sense of action is added, this if anything is to add suspense within scene. The only time we see the camera move in the entire introduction, this shot is very low and only covers the feet, this not only means that we cannot see the face of the actor but also that the man is the dominance within the room. The best feature within any of Quinten Tarantino's films is dialogue, and Kill Bill is no exception, the first 5 words are an instant hit. "Do you find me sadistic?" are the first words of the film, and in a way should be the last. The entire film is just the story of how people are sadistic and how they are. I believe that this is one of the best structural devices used within the entire film. The second best feature of any Tarantino film is the camera angles and shots used. In this scene we see the dominant man leaning over the deviant woman and wiping blood from her face with a handkerchief labeled Bill. These two devices work hand in hand to create an entire plot within 20 seconds, The Title is Kill Bill, and the man within the shot is named Bill, this means that we already know the that this woman plans to kill this man and that he has greatly pained her in a somewhat sickening manner. To end this short introduction we see the woman crying as bill shoots her in the head. This is very sudden and adds tension upon our tower of suspense, we are left wondering whether or not this is a flash back or whether or not the end is in fact the beginning as "do you find me sadistic?" once implied.