Kill Bill
Scene analysis


Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman / Vivica A. Fox /Daryl Hannah / David Carradine
Duration:01:10:00-01:11:04

Mise-en-scene This is scene is about the revenge of the protagonist. The scene is set in the japans club where many people were entertaining. all of a sudden, the Bride (played by Uma Thurman) who seizes the Sophie fatale(played by Julie Dreyfuss) shout O-Ren Ishii(played by Lucy Liu) out and this is the first time they met each other after four years .then there will be lots of fighting frame.
Character Costume:
Protagonist :From the Bride Clothes, the whole style is yellow, which is really easy to remind audiences of the famous martial arts actor (Bruce Lee ).because bride’s clothes is pretty similar to the Costume that Bruce lee wear in the film named 《Game of Death》. In many people memory ,Bruce Lee always is the protagonist and has excellent KongFu. Bride wear this clothes, which is obvious that bride is a protagonist with excellent KongFu.
Antagonist: From the color of the clothes ,the O-Ren Ishii(played by Lucy Liu) wear the white Japanese kimono .and other people around her wear the black clothes, which has big contrast. Exserting the O-Ren Ishii who is antagonist. and other is her underling.

Lighting:
In this scene, High-key Lighting is used in the most time except for this scene above this is not really bright light and has a little bit red color light on the scene ,which has bloody and horrible feeling and suit the recollection.

Sound and Music:
This scene includes the diagetic Sound and non-diagetic Sound, for the non-Diegetic sound there is two types background music one is the feeling like ready for battle ,another music that appear when both of the character stare each other fill with revenge feeling .For the diagetic Sound protagonist said : you and I have unfinished business .”to shout O-Ren Ishii(played by Lucy Liu) out

Character relationship:
Firstly, The Bride shout out O-Ren Ishii and seizes the Sophie fatale who is underling of O-Renishii ;, then when they see each other .From Bride’s eyes filling with revenge, and then cut Sophie fatal hand .From this it is easy to understand Bride and O-renishii is enemy rather then friend.

Editing:
The first frame,At the beginning of the scene, when the bride shout out O-RenI shii , the screen is split to show each of the scenes at the same time, it make the atmosphere more tension and show that is the beginning of battle. The second frame,There are two frame combined in one, that also make it more tension ,the reason is that from this shot people can understand how the Bride hate O-Ren Ishii .Seeing O-Ren Ishii can make the Bride thing of the past evens.













Cinematography
Shot type: Extreme close up
It can make the the atmosphere more tension. Extreme close up can describe the Bride of the inner activities .audience can know how she hate O-Ren Ishii from eyes









Extreme long shot
It can show how many underling O-Ren Ishii have. .which can show that O-Ren Ishii have power and influence










Camera angle:
In this scene, the high angle and low angle are used.The low angle is not only the bride’s visual angle and also show the O-Ren Ishii look powerful








Camera movement:
Zoom in
The scene is used,this can show the bride hatred more and more intense, which can increase the tension










Depth of field:
It use Landscape focus .where the background is clear and foreground is blurred. All of this is used to make audience focus on that .












And this is the background is change from blurred to clear. All of this is used to make audience focus on that .










Deconstructed meaning:
The meaning of the whole sequence is to show the fist meeting of them in four years.